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Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (IMBER) Project

SCOR and IGBP initiated planning for the Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (IMBER) project by forming a Transition Team to plan the OCEANS Open Science Meeting, held in January 2003, to gather community input for the new project. The Transition Team wrote a Science Plan and Implementation Strategy, which was reviewed and approved, in principle, by SCOR and IGBP. A Scientific Steering Committee for IMBER was formed in early 2004 and will respond to reviewers' comments to produce the final version of the Science Plan and Implementation Strategy in 2004.

Scientific Steering Committee Members
 Chair: Julie Hall (New Zealand)
Vice-chair: Dennis Hansell (USA)
Vice-chair: Patrick Monfray (France)

Ann Bucklin (USA)
Jay Cullen (Canada)
Wilco Hazeleger (The Netherlands)
David Hutchins (USA)
Arne Körtzinger (Germany)
Carina Lange (Chile)
Coleen Moloney (South Africa)
Jack Middleburg (The Netherlands)
Syed Wajih Ahmad Naqvi (India)
Raymond Pollard (UK)
Hiroaki Saito (Japan)
Carol Turley (UK)
Jing Zhang (China-Beijing)

Sponsors: SCOR, IGBP, U.S. National Science Foundation

Terms of Reference

  1. To develop the IMBER Science Plan and Implementation Strategy, in accordance with guidance from the sponsoring organisations.
  2. To oversee the development of IMBER in accordance with its Science Plan and Implementation Strategy.
  3. To collaborate, as appropriate, with related projects of the sponsors IGBP and SCOR, and other related programmes and organisations (e.g., IHDP, DIVERSITAS, IOC and the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), etc.)
  4. To establish appropriate data management policies to ensure access to, sharing of, and preservation of IMBER data, taking into account the policies of the sponsors.
  5. To report regularly to SCOR and IGBP on the state of planning and the accomplishments of IMBER.
Web site for Activity: www.imber.info

Questions or Comments?
Please contact SCOR.