FRANCE-JGOFS PROOF README FILE =============================== 1/ CITATION POLICY ------------------- Refer to DVD_DMTT policy recommandations 2/ SPECIAL COMMENTS -------------------- 2.1- File formats are HETEROGENEOUS (pdf, excel, word, txt, gif, tar,gz) Files have been compressed in order to faciliate the user_interface import Do not hesitate to go to file directories 2.2- When pdf files are in parameters array, they are data set in there Some htm files present data set too Some data set have been digitized, others are available on report document cruise (so, do not hesitate to contact the french data manager) 2.3- You will find data set -- from 1986,87 in SO_DYFAMED atmospheric series -- others than core parameters -- not acquired during a cruise mission (atmospheric samples in SO_DYFAMED) 2.4- Methods, protocol are either INTO the data file , or an excel sheet, or a separate file sometimes, it is a publication reference sometimes there is not 2.5- The same data set WITH UPDATES are available on the web site http://www.obs-vlfr.fr/jgofs/dvd_dmtt/start_france_jgofs.html 2.6- France_Jgofs PROOF data manager CONTACT : dm_frjgofs@obs-vlfr.fr 2.7- It works better under Internet Explorer; with Netscape some problems with characters 2.8- A lot of comments are in french. 3/ HOW TO START -------------------------- Start with the file : start_france_jgofs.htm In each cruise : an overview file with information (including publications references) a parameter array with data set measured listed and PIs 4/ FRANCE_JGOFS and PROOF ---------------------------- Rationale of PROOF The French program PROOF (acronym for Biogeochemical processes in the Ocean and Fluxes), which was lead by Lilianne Merlivat during the last 5 years, has been renewed during the last term of 2001. A new scientific committee has been assigned (see the composition below) and new scientific orientations have been defined. As before, PROOF aims at stimulating research in marine biogeochemistry in continuation with the general guidelines of JGOFS. Nevertheless, from now, research undertaken under the umbrella of PROOF will be conducted more explicitly in the general context of climate change and of its effects on the natural environment. Five physical or chemical constraints resulting from climate change and anthropogenic perturbations have been identified : · Temperature increase · Changes in oceanic circulation · Increase in the release of anthropogenic material · Changes in desert dust deposition · Increase in UV radiations at the ocean surface PROOF stimulates the projects aiming at, on one hand, studying, quantifying and eventually predicting the influence of this chemical and physical forcing on the biological and biogeochemical response of the ocean and on the other hand identifying, quantifying and eventually predicting the feedback mechanisms of the oceanic system on the climate. Following these general principles, the PROOF program is now structured according to three main themes in accordance with the scientific orientations of emerging programs at an international level, like SOLAS and OCEANS. · Theme 1 deals with " The interaction between climatic changes and biogeochemical cycles through the ocean/atmosphere interface". Four main research lines have been identified for this theme. * CO2 fluxes at the air-sea interface * Effect of desert dust on the superficial ocean * Gas cycles which have a climatic impact * The impact of UV radiation on the superficial ocean · Theme 2 deals with " The respective effects of climate change and natural variability on the functional structure of marine ecosystems and on biogeochemical cycles" and is also structured according to four main research lines. * Biodiversity * Control factors of oceanic fertility * Non-living matter * Trophic interactions · Theme 3 deals with " The calibration of paleo proxies in the present ocean". The proxies under consideration are those allowing to reconstruct paleo-productvities Name Laboratory Email adress French members -------------- 1. BIANCHI Micheline LMM, Marseille m-bianchi@luminy.univ-mrs.fr 2. CLAUSTRE Hervé(1) LOV, Villefranche claustre@obs-vlfr.fr 3. DANDONNEAU Yves LODYC, Paris Yves.Dandonneau@lodyc.jussieu.fr 4. GREMARE Antoine LOB, Banyuls-sur-mer gremare@obs-banyuls.fr 5. GOYET Catherine CEFREM, Université de Perpignan cgoyet@univ-perp.fr 6. JACQUES Guy CEFREM, Université de Perpignan jacques@univ-perp.fr 7. KLEIN Patrice LPO, Brest pklein@ifremer.fr 8 LOSNO Rémi LISA, Creteil losno@lisa.univ-paris12.fr 9. MEMERY Laurent LODYC, Paris Laurent.Memery@ipsl.jussieu.fr 10. MOULIN Cyril LSCE, Gif-sur-Yvette moulin@lsce.saclay.cea.fr 11. SCIARE Jean LSCE, Gif-sur-Yvette sciare@lsce.saclay.cea.fr 12. SICRE Marie-Alexandrine(2) LSCE, Gif-sur-Yvette Marie-Alexandrine.Sicre@lsce.cnrs-gif.fr 13. TREGUER Paul IUEM, Brest Paul.Treguer@univ-brest.fr 14 WEINBAUER Markus LOV, Villefranche wein@obs-vlfr.fr Foreigner members ------------------ 14. DEHAIRS ANCH, VUB, Bruxelles fdehairs@vub.ac.be 15. LE QUERE Corinne Max Plank Institute, Jena, Germany lequere@bgc-jena.mpg.de 16. LEWIS Marlon Dalhousie, Halifax, Canada marlon@raptor.ocean.dal.ca 17. MANTOURA, Fauzi IAEA, Monaco rfcm@ccms.ac.uk 18. REPETA Dan WHOI, Woods Hole, USA drepeta@whoi.edu (1) Committee Chairman (2) Committee executive secretary