Please find below details of a NATO Advanced Study Institute on "The Ocean Carbon Cycle and Climate" to be held in Ankara, Turkey, between 5th and 16th August, 2002. We welcome applications for participation from graduate students and young postdoctoral scientists. See below, or the attached pdf format flier, for more information.

Yours, Temel Oguz and Mick Follows

Announcing A NATO ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTE "THE OCEAN CARBON CYCLE AND CLIMATE" to be held 5th-16th August 2002 at Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey

This intensive summer school aims to introduce participants to recent developments in understanding of the ocean carbon cycle and its connections to climate change, encompassing observational developments, interpretations of new data, and advances in mechanistic understanding through modeling. It is intended primarily for students pursuing research towards a Ph.D. and young scientists at postdoctoral level. Participants will be accepted from a variety of backgrounds. Full or partial financial support will be available for applicants, especially those from NATO Partner and Mediterranean Dialogue Countries.

The format of the ASI will be a series of lectures covering the following themes:

i. Observations of the current biogeochemical state of global oceans,
ii. Ocean ecosystems; their characterization, biogeochemical role, and quantification,
iii. Interactions between the carbon reservoirs of the oceans, atmosphere and terrestrial biosphere,
iv. Global ocean circulation and its implications for biogeochemical cycles,
v. Carbon cycle and climate feedbacks,
vi. Modeling the global carbon cycle.

The program currently being finalized. Lecturers will include:

Dr. Tom Anderson, Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK
Prof. Hugh Ducklow, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, USA (tentative)
Prof. Tommy Dickey, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Dr Hezi Gildor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, USA
Prof. Nicholas Gruber, University of Los Angeles, USA
Prof. Genady Korotaev, Ukranian Academy of Sciences, Ukraine
Prof. Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Dr. Richard Matear, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia
Prof. Jim Murray, University of Washington, USA
Prof. Temel Oguz, Institute of Marine Sciences, Turkey
Dr. Mick Follows, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Prof. William Reeburgh, University of California, Irvine, USA
Prof. Jorge Sarmiento, Princeton University, USA

The Organizing Committee is
Temel Oguz, Insitute of Marine Sciences, METU, Turkey, (oguz@ims.metu.edu.tr),
Mick Follows, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT, USA, (mick@plume.mit.edu),
Genady Korotaev, Marine Hydrophysical Institute, Ukranian Academy of Sciences, Ukraine (ipdop@ukrcom.sebastopol.ua).

FOR MORE DETAILS AND UPDATED INFORMATION PLEASE SEE http://puddle.mit.edu/~mick/NATO-ASI/ASI.html

If you would like to participate please contact Mick Follows (mick@plume.mit.edu) or Temel Oguz (oguz@ims.metu.edu.tr) with a brief (1 page) statement of your educational background, current position and scientific interests by May 15th 2002.

Prof. Temel Oguz
Middle East Technical University
Institute of Marine Sciences
P.O. Box 28
Erdemli 33731, Icel, Turkey
Phone: 90 324 521 2150
Fax: 90 324 521 2327

Dr. Mick Follows
54-1514
Department of Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Phone: 617 253 5939
Fax: 617 253 5939

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