CALL FOR PAPERS FOR A DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II SPECIAL ISSUE ON INTERPRETATIONS OF OPEN OCEAN BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES AT THE U.S. JGOFS BERMUDA AND HAWAII TIME SERIES SITES

Dear Colleague,

We would like to announce a call for papers for a special issue of Deep-Sea Research Part II (DSR-II) on the interpretation of biogeochemical processes at the U.S. JGOFS time series sites off Bermuda and Hawaii. It has been more than two years since the last DSR-II volume on the U.S. JGOFS time series sites was published and it seems to us and the DSR-II editor, John Milliman, that the time is ripe for a new special issue.

After consulting several members of the community and Professor Milliman, it was decided to focus the special issue on a common theme (see below) and to provide information about other submitted papers so that the resulting DSR-II issues can be cohesive descriptions of biogeochemical processes at the two time series sites. Hence, we are requiring authors to prepare a letter of intent to assess suitability of the submission and to assist all authors in developing their final submissions. The letter of intent must include:

working title
author list
contact information (including email)
whether you would include data or multimedia data on a CD-ROM (see below), and
a short description of the work (1/2 page max).
Multiple submissions will require multiple letters of intent. These will be due (via email to davey@icess.ucsb.edu) by the end of May. The co-editors expect to have completed their review of the suitability of the submitted letters by mid-June. At this time, the letters will be available to all authors via the world wide web. When appropriate, the co-editors may act to facilitate communication among the submitting authors.

The theme of the special issue will be the "Interpretations of Open Ocean Biogeochemical Processes at the U.S. JGOFS Bermuda and Hawaii Time Series Sites". The choice of a theme is to provide guidance to the authors and to build a cohesion among the submitted articles. This is not to say that physical, biological, optical or atmospheric papers are not welcome; but rather that we would like the contributing authors to focus their manuscripts on the potential implications of their work on biogeochemical processes at the time series sites.

The timing for the special issues works out as follows: 

  Letter of Intent Due           May   29, 1998
  Letters of Intent Available    June  20, 1998
  Due date for manuscripts       Sept  1,  1998
  Drop dead date for reviews     March 1,  1999
  First volume out               October   1999
  Second volume out              March     2000
As of now, we are planning on publishing two special issues. Whether your submission is in the first or the second issue depends on how rapidly your paper (along with its cohort) goes through the review process.

We are excited by the possibility of including a CD-ROM with raw data and imagery with each DSR-II issue. The primary intent is to provide a place to archive data and model results for the time series site that are not served by the U.S. JGOFS project office. Tables of data should be put on the CD-ROM, not in the manuscript. In addition, the availability of digital publication option provides the author an opportunity to present your results with broad range of media; including jpeg and gif images, mpeg movies, etc. We would like to limit the types of multi-media items included on the CD-ROM to those which can be viewed with a standard www browser with appropriate plug-ins. Please notify the co-editors in your letter of intent whether you choose to include data or multi-media information on the CD-ROM.

The co-guest editors for the special issues are Dave Siegel (UCSB), Dave Karl (UH) and Tony Michaels (USC). Dave Siegel will handle the submissions of manuscripts and letters of intent and can be reached at this address.

David Siegel
Institute for Computational Earth System Science
University of California at Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3060
Vox: 805-893-4547
Fax: 805-893-2578
Email: davey@icess.ucsb.edu
Address for FedEx: 6832 Ellison Hall

Please pass this notice to any and all colleagues who would be interested in participating.

Sincerely,

Dave Siegel,
Dave Karl (dkarl@soest.hawaii.edu),
and
Tony Michaels (tony@usc.edu)