Who Would Conduct OIF?
Climos will select and fund a Lead Scientist (Principal Investigator) to lead and coordinate the experimental cruise on our behalf. Our preference is a Lead Scientist with previous experience in conducting OIF experiments. We are discussing the position with a small number of scientists. During the fall of 2008 Climos will hold a workshop for members of the international community familiar with OIF science to discuss the measurements and modeling necessary to quantify export/sequestration. A second workshop will emphasize measurements and modeling to quantify impacts of OIF, including ecological. We anticipate that it will be held during early spring 2009. We have been discussing co-sponsorship with an international global change program focused on interdisciplinary marine ecosystem study. Using the information and planning from the workshop the Lead Scientist will propose a scientific team to perform the demonstration cruise on our behalf. This team will be chosen for their scientific
