SOPRAN

Surface Ocean Processes in the Anthropocene

Johanna Schietke

WDC-MARE/PANGAEA

University of Bremen, Germany

Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften at the University of Kiel

– H. Bange, P. Brandt, C. Eden, A. Körtzinger, J. LaRoche, K. Lochte, U. Riebesell, D. Wallace (Coordinator)

University of Heidelberg – C. Garbe, B. Jähne, U. Platt, R. VonGlasow

University of Hamburg – M. Gade, R. Kaese, W. Michaelis, G. Peters,

R. Seifert, D. Stammer

University of Bremen – W. Balzer, M. Rhein

Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung, Leipzig – H. Herrmann, I. Tegen, A. Wiedensohler

Leibniz-Insitut für Ostseeforschung, Warnemünde – K. Jürgens, M. Nausch, F. Pollehne, H. Siegel,

D. Schulz-Bull, M. Voss

Max-Planck Institut für Chemie, Mainz – J. Williams

Max-Planck Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg – E. Maier-Reimer

Max-Planck Institut für Biogeochemie, Jena – M. Heimann

Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Bremerhaven – C. Völker, A. Engel, D. Wolf-Gladrow

GKSS Forschungszentrum, Geesthacht – M. Schartau, K. Wirtz

11 Institutes:

Theme 1: The oceanic response to atmospheric dust

Theme 2: Effect of high CO2 on marine ecosystems and sea-to-air gas fluxes

in situ CO2 perturbation experiments with

mesocosms in off shore waters

Theme 3: Production / emission of radiatively and chemically active gases in the Tropical Oceans

Theme 4: Inter-Phase Transfer at the Sea Surface

Areas in the Baltic Sea for Theme 2 and 4:

Blue Line: Volunteer Observing Ship (VOS) line Red circle (SW): FINO-2 wind-energy research platform Red circle (NE): location for mesocosm deployments

Theme 1 and 3:

Tropical eastern Atlantic, Cap Verde- Area

Expected Data:

Cruise-derived data sets:

• Vertical profiles CTD/ bottle/ other profiler data structures - large data quantities, consistent formats. Simple metadata.

• Underway data; sediment-trap data, etc. -Relatively large data quantities with consistent parameters, formats and structures. Simple metadata.

• Experimental data: - tabular data structures of variable form. Relatively small data quantities with highly variable parameters and structures. Complex metadata.

Time-Series data (e.g. from Cape Verde):

Atmospheric Site: • Atmospheric data at relatively high frequency. Similar to Underway data but with more complex and extensive metadata. UK-SOLAS will handle and process these data via the British Oceanographic Data Centre and the British Atmospheric Data Centre.

Water-column data from measurements off Cape Verde: • Profile data of limited amount and according to standard parameters. • Experimental data from Cape Verde site: similar to cruise data discussed above. • Mooring data.

Data from mesocosm experiments:

• Mesocosm study data: Tabular data structures of variable form. Wide range of small to medium data quantities with highly variable parameters and structures. Complex metadata.

• Lab-Experimental data: Tabular data structures of variable form. Relatively small data quantities with highly variable parameters and structures. Complex metadata.

Data from gas exchange studies

Experimental data of unique design. • Tabular data structures of variable form. • Relatively large data quantities with highly variable parameters and structures. • Complex metadata.

The data will be archived at the WDC-MARE and will be available via www.pangaea.de and the dataportal http://solas.dataportal.wdc-mare.org/