1. Review the present level of knowledge on the processes controlling CO₂ in the North Pacific, and identify the gaps and problems;
2. Review the existing methodology of the CO₂ measurements including the prepara-tion of standards and reference materials, and advise on the intercalibration and quality control procedures;
3. Identify and encourage ongoing and planned national and international CO₂-related scientific programmes in the North Pacific region, including long-term time-series observations;
4. In coordination with TCODE, identify available and suitable data sets on the oceanic CO₂ system, and recommend the mechanisms of data and information exchange;
5. Develop a symposium, workshop or an annual meeting session on the CO₂ study in the North Pacific.

Canada
C.S. Wong

Japan
Akihiko Murata
Yukihiro Nojiri (Co-Chairman)

People's Republic of China
Zhang-Gui Wang

Republic of Korea
Myung-Woo Han
Dong- In Lee (until `98)

Russia
Alexander Nedaskovsky (until `99)
Galina Pavlova (from `00)
Igor P. Semiletov
Pavel Tishchenko

U.S.A.
Andrew Dickson
Richard A. Feely (Co-Chairman)
Paul Quay