Implementation of GEOTRACES is guided by a single international Science Plan, which calls for essential Enabling Activities to be completed in advance of the global field program. Intercalibration together with the establishment of a Data Management Strategy, including a Data Policy and a Data Center, constitute the principal enabling activities. Preparation for the global program has been supported by a series of workshops, some focusing on research priorities for Ocean Basins or specific geographic regions, and some bringing together modeling with observations well in advance of the program. Reports derived from these activities can be downloaded through the links provided below.
Planning Documents:
DATA MANAGEMENT
Data Policy (2008)
INTERCALIBRATION
Standards and Intercalibration Committee Report (forthcoming)
GEOTRACES IPY Protocols (2007)
OTHER DOCUMENTS
2010
Trace that metal, by Mark Schrope, Vol. 463, pp. 145.
2008
Chemical & Engineering News, September 2008
GEOTRACES Gets Going: Largest ever ocean chemistry study will span about 20 years by Rachel Petkewich. This article appeared in Chemical & Engineering News, Vol. 86, No. 35, pp. 57-60, September 1, 2008.
2006
Chemistry International, November-December 2006
GEOTRACES: Chemistry Takes Center Stage in Marine Science by David Turner. Appeared in Chemistry International, Vol. 28, No. 6, November - December 2006. To access this article via the journal's website, go to: http://www.iupac.org/publications/ci/2006/2806/1_turner.html
2005
Oceanography, September 2005
Program Update by R. F. Anderson and G. M. Henderson: GEOTRACES - A Global Study of the Marine Biogeochemical Cycles of Trace Elements and Their Isotopes. Appeared in Oceanography, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 76-79, September 2005.2004
GEOTRACES Gathers Speed by R. F. Anderson and G. M. Henderson. Appeared in IGBP's Global Change Newsletter, No. 60, pp. 10 - 13, December, 2004.
Additional links for the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) Newsletter are listed below.
To access the complete No. 60 issue of the IGBP Newsletter as a PDF document, click here.
You may access IGBP's past and current newsletters on their website: http://www.igbp.kva.se/2003
Geotraces: Trace Elements and Isotopes in our Oceans by Angie Souren. Appeared in Newsletter of the Geochemical Society, No. 117, pp. 17-18, October 2003.
EOS August 2003
GEOTRACES: Studying the Global Marine Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements and Isotopes . Appeared in EOS, Vol. 84, No. 34, 26 August 2003.
- Contributed by Hein J. W. de Baar
de Baar, H. J. W. and et al., 28 September 2005 .
Synthesis of Iron Fertilization Experiments: From the Iron Age in the Age opf Enlightenment. Published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 110 , C09S16, doi:10.1029/2004JC002601.