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SIBER Science Plan and Implementation Strategy Ac k n o w l e d g e m e n t s This Science Plan and Implementation Strategy has been compiled and edited on the basis of contributions from: Rajesh Agnihotri Siyed Ahmed Tom Anderson Farooq Azam Adnan Al-Azri Herman Bange Karl Banse Lynnath Beckley Lex Bouwman Lou Codispoti Greg Cowie Nick D’Adamo Alan Devol Mangesh Gauns Joaquim Goés Helga Gomes B. N. Goswami Catherine Goyet Dale Haidvogel Julie Hall Dennis Hansell Raleigh Hood Baban Ingole P. K. Karuppasamy John Kindle Hiroshi Kitazato Dileep Kumar S. Prasanna Kumar Siby Kurian Michael Landry Marina Lévy John Marra Richard Matear Jay McCreary Wade McGillis Michael McPhaden Gary Meyers James Moffett Joseph Montoya Margie Mulholland Raghu Murtugudde V.S.N. Murty Hema Suresh Naik Wajih Naqvi Nagappa Ramaiah Rengaswamy Ramesh Laure Resplandy Timothy Rixen Christopher Sabine Man Mohan Sarin V.V.S.S. Sarma Y.V.B. Sarma Jorge Sarmiento Sybil Seitzinger Sharon Smith Rosamma Stephen Ajit Subramaniam P.V. Sundareshwar Mitsuo Uematsu Daniela Unger Jérôme Vialard Maren Voss Anya Waite Jerry Wiggert Ursula Witte Faiza al Yamani Bernie Zahuranec We thank the following organizations and programs for financial contributions, support and endorsement during the development of SIBER: The US National Science Foundation (NSF), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), India’s National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MOES) and National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Perth Regional Programme Office, the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), the International Research Program on Climate Variability and Predictability and the Global Ocean Observing System (CLIVAR/GOOS), the Indian Ocean Panel of CLIVAR/GOOS, the Indian Ocean Observing System (IndOOS) Resources Forum (IRF), the INDO-US Science and Technology Forum, the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR), the Indian Ocean Global Ocean Observing System (IOGOOS), the Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (IMBER) project, the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA), and the International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project (IOCCP). 6
SIBER Science Plan and Implementation Strategy Co n t e n t s Executive summary 1 Introduction 5 General background 5 Historical background 7 Scientific background 8 Ocean currents and biogeochemical variability 8 Control and fate of primary production 10 Global change and anthropogenic impacts 11 Role of higher trophic levels in ecological processes and biogeochemical cycles 13 Summary 14 Science plan and implementation strategy 15 Introduction to SIBER 15 Scientific themes 17 Regional scientific themes 17 Theme 1: Boundary current dynamics, interactions and impacts 17 Theme 2: Variability of the equatorial zone, southern tropics and Indonesian Throughflow and their impacts on ecological processes and biogeochemical cycling 21 Theme 3: Physical, biogeochemical and ecological contrasts between the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal 25 General scientific themes 32 Theme 4: Control and fate of phytoplankton and benthic production in the Indian Ocean 32 Theme 5: Climate and anthropogenic impacts on the Indian Ocean and its marginal seas 37 Theme 6: The role of higher trophic levels in ecological processes and biogeochemical cycles 42 Implementation strategy 48 Remote sensing studies 49 Modeling studies 52 In situ observations and potential for leveraging existing infrastructure 56 SIBER methods for data synthesis and management and modeling 68 Methods for data synthesis and management 68 Fieldwork coordination and development 68 Integration 70 Planning and integrating activities 70 Linkages 70 Structure of SIBER 71 Communication 73 Training and education 74 SIBER program outputs and legacy 74 7
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