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Mon July 10
7:30-8:30	Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:30	INTRODUCTION:  logistics - current status - new PIs - special volume - future directions - short courses - community outreach
9:30-10:00	WORKSHOP REPORT:  Equatorial Pacific
10:00-10:30	Break
10:30-12:00	15 MIN TALKS (Tropical Pacific/Atlantic, HOT & BATS; S. Ocean):
	Hofmann et al.  Evaluation of marine primary productivity in the tropical Pacific and Atlantic Oceans using satellite ocean color and numerical models Christian et al.  Modeling interannual variability of plankton and biogeochemistry in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Turk et al.  Basin scale estimates of new production during 1997-1999 El Nino and La Nina events in the tropical Pacific; a multisensor approach Christian & Letelier  Modeling microbial processes and dissolved organic matter: a case study at the US JGOFS time series station ALOHA McGillicuddy et al.  Modeling mesoscale biogeochemical processes in a Topex/Poseidon diamond surrounding the US JGOFS Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study. Hofmann et al.  Comparative modeling and data analysis studies for the Ross Sea and West Antarctic Peninsula Regions: a JGOFS synthesis and modeling project
12:00-1:30	Buffet Lunch
1:30-3:00	15-MIN TALKS (Primary Production, Zooplankton and Ecosystem Dynamics):
	Wiggert  Primary productivity during the winter monsoon in the northern Arabian Sea: Processes controlling diurnal cycling and interannual variability. Sambrotto et al.  Estimate of new (nitrate) uptake and net community production in the Antarctic Polar Front region. Dutkiewicz et al.  Effect of interannual variability of mixing and light on phytoplankton abundances. Leising et al.  Zooplankton grazing functions and ecosystem dynamics: a critical review of the assumptions. Part I. Gentleman et al.  Zooplankton grazing functions and ecosystem dynamics: a critical review of the assumptions. Part II. Anderson & Ducklow  Bacterial control of DOM cycling in the open sea and marginal seas. I. Steady state flow analysis
3:00-3:30	Break
3:30-4:15	DATA MANAGEMENT - Presentation on US JGOFS Data Management System by Christine Hammond, followed by overall discussion of data management issues
4:15-5:00	PLENARY DISCUSSION
5:00-7:00	*** RECEPTION ***
7:00->	Dinner on your own
evening	POSTERS
Tue July 11
7:30-8:30	Continental Breakfast
8:30-8:45	BRIEFING
8:45-9:15	WORKSHOP REPORT:  Nitrogen Fixation
9:15-10:15	15-MIN TALKS (Nitrogen Fixation and Satellite Applications):
	Hood et al.  Part 1: Remote estimation of N2-fixation by Trichodesmium; and Part 2: Detecting Trichodesmium Blooms in SeaWiFS Imagery Siegel et al.  Global ocean distribution of colored organic materials. Yoder  Interannual variability in satellite ocean color imagery.
10:15-10:45	Break
10:45-11:15	WORKSHOP REPORT:  Continental Margins
11:15-12:00	15-MIN TALKS (Continental Margins):
	Redalje et al.   Ocean Margins Program Carr & Kearns  A comparison of potential productivity in the California and Benguela Currents. Muller-Karger et al.  Synoptic analysis of factors influencing carbon fluxes at the CARIACO continental margin time series.
12:00-1:30	Lunch
1:30-3:00	WG MEETINGS:  Regional Test Beds Food Web  Satellite Biogeochemisty/Continental Margins
3:00-3:30	Break
3:30-5:00	WG MEETINGS:  Global Scale Biogeochemistry Large-scale Data Sets Functional Groups/N2 Fixation
6:00->	Dinner on your own
evening	POSTERS
Wed July 12
7:30-8:30	Breakfast
8:30-8:45	BRIEFING
8:45-10:15	15-MIN TALKS (Basin & Global-scale Synthesis & Modeling):
	Lee et al.  Global fields of carbonate ion concentration using the recently collected WOCE/JGOFS global carbon data Robbins et al.  Oxygen and carbon fluxes in the Pacific Ocean determined from the WOCE/JGOFS hydrographic survey Gruber et al.  Net air-sea fluxes of natural and anthropogenic CO2 from an inversion of ocean inorganic carbon observations Mishonov et al.  Global POC synthesis from beam attenuation data collected during JGOFS, WOCE and other programs Honjo et al.  Global export and recycling of biogenic material into the ocean interior:  Strategy and initial results towards a synthesis
10:15-10:45	Break
10:45-11:30	15-MIN TALKS (Basin & Global-scale Synthesis & Modeling - continued):
	Jahnke  Global synthesis of deep ocean carbon, carbonate, opal and nutrient particle fluxes, benthic fluxes and sediment accumulation Armstrong et al.  A bottom (of the ocean) up approach to ecosystem modeling for global biogeochemistry Hansell & Carlson  Dissolved organic carbon export by overturning circulation Gnanadesikan  New production as a constraint on ocean circulation Sarmiento et al.  Sensitivity of air-sea CO2 balance to surface nutrients and ocean circulation
11:30-12:00	UPDATE:  Working Group organization (splitting and/or lumping?), needs, goals, etc
12:00-1:30	Buffet Lunch
1:30-3:00	WG MEETINGS: Regional Test Beds Food Web  Satellite Biogeochemisty/Continental Margins
3:00-3:30	Break
3:30-5:00	WG meetings, continued
6:00->	Dinner on your own
evening	POSTERS
Thu July 13
7:30-8:30	Continental Breakfast
8:30-8:45	BRIEFING
8:45-10.15	15-MIN TALKS (Basin & Global-scale Synthesis & Modeling - continued):
	Gruber et al.  Recent highlights from the Ocean Carbon-Cycle Model Intercomparison Project (OCMIP) Robbins & Dickson  A revised method for estimating anthropogenic carbon inventories in the ocean Moore et al.  Iron Cycling and Nutrient Limitation Patterns in the World Ocean: Results from A Marine Ecosystem Model Lima et al.  Preliminary results from an ecosystem model for the North Atlantic McGillicuddy et al.  The role of mesoscale eddies in basin-scale biogeochemical budgets of the North Atlantic: Results from a high resolution (0.1 degree) simulation Pietrafesa  The Ocean Margins Program: Overview of mooring array
10:15-10:45	Break
10:45-12:00	PLENARY DISCUSSION
12:00-1:30	Buffet Lunch
1:30-3:00	WG MEETINGS:  Global Scale Biogeochemistry Large-scale Data Sets Functional Groups/N2 Fixation
3:00-3:30	Break
3:30-5:00	WG meetings, continued
6:00-8:00	*** CLAMBAKE AND DINNER ***
evening	POSTERS
Fri July 14
7:45-8:30	Continental Breakfast
8:30-10:15	WRAP-UP:  10-min reports on WG achievements; General Discussion of Community Synthesis and Modeling
10:15-10:45	Break
10:45-12:00	FINAL PLENARY

POSTERS:

Bates et al.  Seasonal variability of dissolved inorganic carbon and comparative estimates of anthropogenic CO2 in the Indian Ocean
Brostrom  The carbon cycle in the upper North Atlantic:  A simplistic view
Brostrom  Advection of plankton in GCM's, is there a potential problem?
Coles & Hood  Modeling Trichodesmium and the impact of nitrogen fixation in the Atlantic Ocean
Conkright & Murphy Assembly, Quality Control and Analysis of Components of the Carbon Dioxide System
Dutkiewicz et al.  Effect of interannual variability of mixing and light on phytoplankton abundances (same as oral presentation)
Garcia & Keeling  On the seasonal nitrate distribution and relations to air-sea oxygen flux in the global ocean
Gordon et al.  Status of nutrient data calibration for the Pacific WHP, One-time survey
Jackson & Burd  Modeling sub-euphotic zone zooplankton dynamics and its impact on falling organic matter
Jiang et al.  Physical-Biogeochemical Modelling Modulation of Decadal Variability on ENSO events in the Equatorial Pacific
Keller et al.  Decadal scale trends in North Pacific nutrient and oxygen concentrations:  Biological or physical explanation?
Kleypas et al.  Nutrients and primary production in the mixed layer - a compilation of data collected at eight JGOFS sites
McNichol  no title provided
Mishonov et al.  Global POC synthesis from bean attenuation data collected during JGOFS, WOCE and other programs (same as oral presentation)
Peng et al.  Distribution of bomb-produced radiocarbon in a physical-biogeochemical model of the Pacific Ocean
Sabine et al.  Consistency and synthesis of Pacific Ocean CO2 survey data
Wischmeyer et al.  Meridional asymmetric nutrient distribution in the equatorial Pacific upwelling system:  Its role in the variability of CO2 efflux to the atmosphere