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SIBER Science Plan and Implementation Strategy SIBER m e t h o d s f o r d a t a s y n t h e s is a n d m a n a g e m e n t a n d m o d e l i n g Me t h o d s f o r d a t a s y n t h e s i s a n d m a n a g e m e n t SIBER will develop a data management policy under the guidance of IMBER and IOGOOS, that will be published on the SIBER website. The SIBER Data Policy will facilitate the use of all available data resources (including raw and processed field and laboratory data and model output), thus reducing fieldwork and research duplication, while respecting the intellectual property rights of the contributors. SIBER intends to work closely with data management teams from different countries and projects to promote availability and interoperability of datasets where possible. Linking and collaborating with other national and international ocean science programs will add significant value to data mining and syntheses. For example, linking predator and food web community data to programs, such as CLIOTOP, would facilitate analysis of their distributions in relation to satellite-observable features. SIBER will promote linkages with all international programs operating in the IO to share historical data and achieve the goals of each program. Its activities will contribute to the CoML, CLIVAR, SOLAS, IOCCP-GCP, GEOTRACES, GOOS/IndOOS, etc. SIBER data management and mining efforts will integrate with modeling and fieldwork activities. For example, modeling efforts will benefit from the identification, compilation and synthesis of existing datasets to produce regional and basinwide physical, biogeochemical and biological distributions for model initialization, calibration and verification (see integration section below). Fi e l d w o r k c o o r d i n a t i o n a n d d e v e l o p m e n t It is logistically difficult to work in the IO because it is so vast, and the southern IO open ocean is particularly remote. This problem is compounded by the limited availability of research vessels. SIBER aims to improve the integration of existing and planned field studies by promoting cross-cutting science activities and the exchange of personnel, expertise, methodologies, data and equipment. This should increase the efficiency and scientific value of the outcomes of the individual programs. It will require increased cooperation among the many nations and regional programs operating in the IO to streamline scientific objectives, integrate physical, biogeochemical and ecological data, identify key gaps and ensure effective future planning. SIBER’s role will be to: 1) facilitate the fieldwork coordination among nations and programs to address these issues; 2) identify knowledge gaps from historical data analysis, remote sensing and modeling; and 3) maximize subsequent international efforts to begin to fill these gaps. These fieldwork efforts will be an integral part of the parallel initiatives of data syntheses and model development. Existing field activities encompass only a small portion of the different biogeographic areas of the IO, with national programs often targeting restricted geographical regions and the coastal zone. A particular focus of SIBER will be to promote an international effort to improve geographical coverage of the IO, in both coastal and open ocean areas. This will be facilitated by increasing the use of satellite data and through deployment of remote instrumentation. The 68
SIBER Science Plan and Implementation Strategy latter will include both fixed location devices, such as oceanographic moorings, and those on mobile platforms, such as ship of opportunity measurements, oceanographic (Argo) drifters and gliders. In terms of planning future field efforts, regions that have been the focus of a number of national and international efforts (such as the AS) and have proved to be of significant interest, will continue to provide data for synthesis and modeling. Other less studied regions (such as the BoB, the equatorial waters and the open ocean areas of the southern IO) should be the focus of future coordinated field efforts. 69
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