US GEOTRACES Report

Bob Anderson - US GEOTRACES Project Office

GEOTRACES SSC Meeting Goa, India October 2012

US GEOTRACES Major events of the past year

1)  Pacific planning workshop (La Jolla) - 12-14 September 2011

2)  Atlantic cruise (GA03) completed - Oct-Dec 2011

3)  Individual PI Pacific proposals submitted - 15 February 2012 (> 25 individual projects funded)

4)  Arctic planning workshop (NSF) - 13-15 June 2012

5)  Presentations to Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry workshop (Woods Hole) - 16-19 July 2012

6)  Arctic management proposal submitted - 18 October 2012

US GEOTRACES Project Office Changes

1)  Moanna St. Clair moved to a higher-level administrative position

2)  Still searching for a replacement

3)  Karen Benedetto temporarily helping with the project office on a part-time basis (5 hours/week)

US GEOTRACES Major events of the next year

1)  Atlantic data synthesis workshop (Norfolk VA) - 11-15 March 2013

2)  Pacific cruise logistics workshop (Woods Hole) - 24-26 April, 2013

3)  Chemical Oceanography Gordon Conference - 4-9 August 2013; Jim Moffett, Chair, Featuring GEOTRACES-related research (Chemical Geography of the Sea)

4)  Pacific Cruise (GP16) - Oct-Dec 2013

US GEOTRACES - GA03

From file <Noble_Boyle_GTNAZT_LeadJuly2012.ppt>

US GEOTRACES - GP16 Planned October - December 2013

US GEOTRACES Proposed Arctic cruise track for 2015

US GEOTRACES GA03 Selected preliminary results

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