Working Groups

SCOR working groups are intended to address scientific issues that are impeding the advancement of contemporary ocean science. These include conceptual and methodological issues identified by oceanographic communities at large. As an international organization espousing ocean science, SCOR does not provide funds for research itself, i.e., producing data, observation, salary, etc. By facilitating international networking, SCOR aims to add value to outcomes from national activities.

Working groups are formed of not more than 10 Full Members and 10 Associate Members, to deliberate on a narrowly focused topic and develop a peer-reviewed publication and/or some other product that will advance the topic on which the working group is focused. The group's work is intended to be completed in 4 years or less.

Group: WG 170

Title
Physiology and Rates in Microbial Oceanography (PRIMO)
Chair(s)
Erin Bertrand (Canada), Robert Strzepek (Australia)
Reporter
Ilka Peeken

Group: WG 169

Title
Global Library of Underwater Biological Sounds (GLUBS)
Chair(s)
Miles Parsons (Australia), Sierra Jarriel (USA)
Reporter
Peter Croot

Group: WG 168

Title
Coordinating the Development of Gridded Four-Dimensional Data Products from Biogeochemical-Argo Observations (4D-BGC)
Chair(s)
Raphaëlle Sauzède (France), Jonathan Sharp (USA)
Reporter
Wee Cheah

Group: WG 167

Title
Reducing Uncertainty in Soluble aerosol Trace Element Deposition (RUSTED)
Chair(s)
Akinori Ito (Japan), Douglas Hamilton (USA), Morgane Perron (France)
Reporter
Marie-Alexandrine Sicre

Group: WG 166

Title
Developing resources for the study of Methylated Sulfur compound cycling PROcesses in the ocean (DMS-PRO)
Chair(s)
Martí Galí (Spain), Daniela del Valle (Argentina)
Reporter
Ilka Peeken

Group: WG 165

Title
Mixotrophy in the Oceans – Novel Experimental designs and Tools for a new trophic paradigm (MixONET)
Chair(s)
Aditee Mitra (UK) and George McManus (USA)
Reporter
Ilka Peeken

Group: WG 164

Title
CoNCENSUS: Advancing standardisation of COastal and Nearshore demersal fish visual CENSUS techniques
Chair(s)
Anthony Bernard (South Africa) and Rick D. Stuart-Smith (Australia)
Reporter
Judith Gobin

Group: WG 163

Title
Coupling of ocean-ice-atmosphere processes: from sea-Ice biogeochemistry to aerosols and Clouds (CIce2Clouds)
Chair(s)
Nadja Steiner (Canada) and Megan Willis (USA)
Reporter
Peter Croot

Group: WG 162

Title
Developing an Observing Air-Sea Interactions Strategy (OASIS)
Chair(s)
Meghan Cronin (USA), Sebastiaan Swart (Sweden), Christa Marandino (Germany)
Reporter
Ilka Peeken

Group: WG 161

Title
Respiration in the Mesopelagic Ocean (ReMO): Reconciling ecological, biogeochemical and model estimates
Chair(s)
Carol Robinson (UK), Iris Kriest (Germany), Javier Arístegui (Spain)
Reporter
Judith Gobin

Group: WG 160

Title
Analysing ocean turbulence observations to quantify mixing (ATOMIX)
Chair(s)
Cynthia Bluteau (Canada), Ilker Fer (Norway), Yueng-Djern Lenn (UK)
Reporter
Hans van Haren

Group: WG 158

Title
Coordinated Global Research Assessment of Seagrass System (C-GRASS)
Chair(s)
J. Emmett Duffy (USA), Chris McOwen (UK) (replaces Sara Pruckner and Lauren Weatherdon)
Reporter
Stefano Aliani

Group: WG 153

Title
Floating Litter and its Oceanic TranSport Analysis and Modelling (FLOTSAM)
Chair(s)
Stefano Aliani (Italy)
Reporter
Ilka Peeken

Group: WG 148

Title
International Quality Controlled Ocean Database: Subsurface temperature profiles (IQuOD)
Chair(s)
Catia Domingues (Australia) and Simon Good (UK) - formerly Matt Palmer (UK)
Reporter
Hans van Haren