1. SOLAS Norway Data Management Benjamin Pfeil CARBOOCEAN /SOLAS Norway data manager Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research University of Bergen, Norway

2. Outline Projects / scientists involved Working Groups Data Parameters

3. Projects National funding ECOBE - funding SAMI test on moorings NORCLIM - Inventories and FOCUS 3 WG3 GFI-SUP - air - sea exchange BCCR-SSF - station Mike, G.O. Sars, Mesocosms and C-modelling GFI-KJOS - Overall support Projects in IPY is starting now (BIAC) International funding CARBOOCEAN - Nuka, Trans Carrier, 75 North Section COST-735 - Euro - SOLAS New 2007? Ocean acidification proposal EPOCA International activities IPCC-report contributing on climate and C-cycle SOLAS-IMBER-CLIVAR-PAGES research

4. People directly involved in SOLAS science: Prof. Truls Johannessen, UoB-GFI-BCCR Prof. Christoph Heinze, UoB-GFI-BCCR Prof. Peter Haugan, UoB-GFI Prof. Helge Drange, NERSC-UoB-GFI Senior Engineer Craig Neill, BCCR-UOB-GFI Research Scientist Richard Bellerby, BCCR-UoB-GFI Research Scientist Alistar Jenkins, BCCR-UoB-GFI Research Scientist Are Olsen, BCCR-UoB-GFI Research Scientist Ingunn Skjelvan, BCCR-UoB-GFI Research Scientist Yngve Børsheim, IMR Post Dr. Karen Assman, BCCR-UoB-GFI Post Dr. Abirahman S.M. Omar, UoB-GFI-BCCR + Dr. Students and master students Data Manager: Benjamin Pfeil, CARBOOCEAN and SOLAS

5. 1. Surface ocean systems VOS line data (continious measurements) 2. Interior ocean carbon storage Repeated section 75 N (discrete measurements) 3. Carbon cycle climate sensitivities and feedbacks Mesocosm experiments (experimental data) Contributions to SOLAS science WG by WG:

6. Current VOS Lines (VOS = Volunteer Observing Ships) Total: 28 G.O. Sars Data Barents Sea, Nordic Seas, North Atlantic Station M

8. Data from discrete measurements Repeated section 75 North

9. Mesocosm experiments: Elevated CO 2 /pH changes and Carbon cycling/ecosystem responses

10. Heinze, C., 2004, Simulating oceanic CaCO 3 export production in the greenhouse, Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L16308 acidification feedbacks, A1B scenario: less CaCO 3 production ca. -20 ppm and less particle ballast ca. +20 ppm compensate each other POTENTIAL LIMIT? CaCO 3 export production Data from Model output 1750 2004 2100 2250 ballast effect

11. Data and parameters

12. VOS line and other underway data Data holdings from: Nuka Arctica, Trans Carrier and Norcliff VOS line Plus additional underway measurements from various cruises (continious from R/V GO SARS) Typical parameters:

13. Data from discrete measurements (bottle data) Repeated section 75 N Typical parameters Temperature, salinity, oxygen, nutrients, TCO2, TALK, pH, CFC, SF6

14. Mesocosm experiment data Various parameters (chemical, biological data)

15. All data… is archived in a World Data Center is archived according to international agreements (agreement fromTsukuba 2004 (for carbon data), WOCE standards, etc) is available via the dataportal http://solas.dataportal.wdc-mare.org/