Watson Gregg (NASA GSFC) and Paul Ginoux (UMBC&NASA GSFC), the conveners of the session A-20 titled "Coupling Iron between the Atmosphere and Ocean" at the AGU Fall meeting December 2002 in San Francisco, we would like you to submit an abstract in this session as related to your work on Aeolian iron source, transport, dissolution or deposition and transport in the ocean. More information on the session can be found at http://submissions6.agu.org/fm02_database by selecting A-Atmospheric Sciences and then session A20. The session description is: "Iron plays an important role in bio-geochemical processes in major portions of the global ocean. In these regions, the major source of iron is derived from the atmosphere, representing an intimate coupling between the atmosphere and ocean. Thus atmospheric and oceanic processes are important for understanding the cycling of iron and its implications for biogeochemistry. The session is looking for papers from both Oceanic and Atmospheric studies related to the measurements and modeling of iron source, transport and bio-geochemical processes." The AGU meeting will be particularly rich in sessions devoted to aerosols with several of them focusing on iron or dust study. In particular, the sessions OS 20 will be focusing on the "Impacts of Air/Sea Exchange on Bio-geochemical Processes in the Ocean ", the session OS-3 is related to the "Southern Ocean Iron Enrichment Experiments", and there is a special session on dust forecasting (A-21). We are working with the organizers to avoid the overlapping of these sessions. If you would like to participate in the AGU Session please submit your request through the AGU web site http://www.agu.org/. Abstracts submitted by mail are due August 29, 2002. Abstracts submitted electronically are due by September 5, 2002. NOTE: There is a registration cost associated with AGU and abstract submission. If you would need additional information, don't hesitate to contact us. We hope you are considering attending the meeting and we'll meet you there. Cheers, Paul Ginoux (ginoux@rondo.gsfc.nasa.gov) and Watson Gregg (gregg@cabin.gsfc.nasa.gov).

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