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Affiliated Programs

In 1995, SCOR developed a process for affiliation of research programs and long-term study committees with SCOR. Programs can apply for affiliation through a process described in the attached document. SCOR does not provide financial support to these programs, but affiliation may increase a program's international visibility and access to scientists in SCOR member nations, as well as providing the benefit of SCOR advice on program committees and activities. Each affiliated program is reviewed for continued affiliation at each SCOR General Meeting.

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Census of Marine Life (CoML)

The Census of Marine Life (CoML) is an international research program that seeks to assess and explain the diversity, distribution, and abundance of life in the oceans. The emphasis of the program is field studies, which are to be conducted in poorly known habitats as well as those assumed to be well known. Through field studies and other projects, ranging from analyzing historical documents to modeling future ecosystems, CoML will enable scientists to compare what once lived in the oceans to current populations, as well as to project what will inhabit the oceans of the future. All information obtained through CoML will become freely accessible online through the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS).

International Antarctic Zone Program (iAnZone)

The primary goal of the International Antarctic Zone (iAnZone) program is to advance our quantitative knowledge and modeling capability of the seasonal cycle and interannual variability of the ocean and its sea ice cover, with emphasis on climate-relevant fluxes that couple the Antarctic Zone to the atmosphere and to the global ocean. The iAnZone group has been involved in the development and coordination of three large Antarctic zone projects, and it also organizes meetings intended to inform others of national research and field programs for the purpose of "value-added" linkages among the participants.

International Marine Global Change Study (IMAGES)

IMAGES (International Marine Global Change Study) is a program of the Past Global Changes (PAGES, a core project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program [IGBP]). IMAGES has been initiated to respond to the challenge of understanding the mechanisms and consequences of climatic changes using oceanic sedimentary records. The overriding IMAGES science issue is to quantify climate and chemical variability of the ocean on time scales of oceanic and cryospheric processes, to determine the sensitivity of such processes to identified internal and external forcing factors, and to determine the role of these processes in controlling atmospheric CO2.

International Ocean Colour Co-ordinating Group (IOCCG)

The International Ocean Colour Co-ordinating Group (IOCCG) was originally established under the auspices of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), following a resolution endorsed by the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS). IOCCG is an international group of experts in the field of satellite ocean colour, which acts as a liaison and communication channel between users, managers, and agencies in the ocean color arena.

International RIDGE Studies (InterRidge)

InterRidge is an international and interdisciplinary initiative concerned with all aspects of mid-ocean ridges. It is designed to encourage scientific and logistical coordination, with particular focus on problems that cannot be addressed as efficiently by nations acting alone or in limited partnerships. Its activities range from dissemination of information on existing, single-institution experiments to initiation of fully multi-national projects. 

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