An ocean carbon modeling session at 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting

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We would like to encourage interested carbon modelers to submit their
abstracts to a session we are chairing at the 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting.

038: Progress in Mechanistic Modelling of the Ocean Carbon Cycle

As observations of the ocean carbon cycle proliferate, numerical models of
the ocean carbon cycle provide an important tool for synthesizing, testing,
and clarifying our understanding of fundamental processes. We invite
presentations of recent work that advances the mechanistic representation of
carbon cycling and nutrient dynamics in regional and global ocean models
from seasonal and interannual through geological time scales. Of particular
interest are studies that explore the sensitivity of and feedbacks between
carbon cycling and climate, and that use observations to both evaluate and
improve model skill. Research emphasizing ecosystem functioning, respiration
and remineralization in the water column, and the fate of benthic carbon and
carbonate deposition are welcomed.

The online abstract submission deadline is 2 October, 2007 via
http://aslo.org/meetings/orlando2008/.

Thanks,
Curtis Deutsch and Katsumi Matsumoto