Towards a sustained global ocean observing network
for marine biogeochemistry
Institute of Oceanology of Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Powstańców Warszawy 55, 81-712 Sopot, Poland
Phone: +48 58 731 16 10 / Fax: +48 58 551 21 30, www.ioccp.org
Benjamin Pfeil – Project Data ManagerMaciej Telszewski - Project Director
IOCCP Mission and Field of Expertize IOCCP SSGChair
Toste Tanhua (Germany)
Underway pCO2: Rik Wanninkhof (USA)
Surface CO2 Data:
Kim Currie (New Zealand)
Repeat Hydrography: Masao Ishii (Japan)
Ocean Interior Data: Are Olsen (Norway)
Time Series Networks: Laura Lorenzoni (US)
Instruments and Sensors: Todd Martz (US)
Data Management: Benjamin Pfeil (Norway)
NutrientsMichio Aoyama (Japan)
Ocean AcidificationRichard Feely (USA)
SOLAS/IMBER: Andrew Lenton (Australia)Niki Gruber (Switzerland)
Project Director: Maciej Telszewski (Poland)
The IOCCP promotes the development of a global network of observations for marine biogeochemistry through technical coordination and communication services, international agreements on standards and methods, and advocacy and links to the global ocean observing system. In each of the fields of our interest (left) IOCCP follows the following scheme:
Source: CDIAC
- finalized by 12/2015
Source: CDIAC
IOCCP Major Activities – Time Series stations
Source: CDIAC
Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas• SOCATv3 released in 9/2015
• Consists of 14.5 million fCO2 data on > 3600 cruises covering the years 1957-2014
• All data is citable using DOIs
• Yearly updates from 2016
• Prominent users: Global Carbon Project (GCP) and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
• Data will be available as CDIs by 2015
SOCATv3
Framework for Ocean ObservingApproved governance structure
GOOS Steering Committee(Peak Bodies, Sponsors, Observing Panel Chairs,
Observing System leaders)
Observing System Panels(focused on EOVs e.g. Physics, Carbon/Biogeochemistry,
Biology/Ecosystems); Coordination for observing system elements
Technical Advisory Groups(Observing technologies and networks,
Variable focus: data and products, synthesis, link to models)
Available Essential Ocean and Climate Variables (EOVs and ECVs)
•Temperature•Salinity•Oxygen•Nutrients•Carbon (alkalinity, pH, TC, fCO2)•Ocean tracers