CARBON-OPS
An operational UK air-sea carbon flux observation capability
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Partners


The project partners are involved in a number of different ways. Details of the partners and their role are provided below.

Operational development

British Oceanographic Data Centre    British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC), Liverpool, UK.
Role: software development for data processing and automated quality control (QC), data archiving, web site development including NRT data access, delayed mode manual QC and data curation.
Contact: Gwen Moncoiffé
BODC website
Plymouth Marine Laboratory    Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), Plymouth, UK.
Role: project co-ordination, data provision, liaison with ships’ instrumentation technicians, pCO2 instrument maintenance, calibration of sensors and on-board gas standards.
Contact: Nick Hardman-Mountford
PML website
University of East Anglia    School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia (UEA), Norwich, UK.
Roles: data provision, quality control expertise and data analyses (PhD studentship).
Contact: Dorothee Bakker
UEA website

Research Vessels operations

British Antarctic Survey     British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Cambridge, UK.
Role: RRS James Clark Ross operations.
Contact: Angus Atkinson
BAS website
National Oceanography Centre     National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Southampton, UK.
Role: RRS James Cook and RRS Discovery operations.
Contact: Gareth Knight
NOC website
University of Wales, Bangor    University of Wales, Bangor, UK.
Roles: RV Prince Madog operations.
Contact: Gay Mitchelson-Jacob and Ray Wilton
University of Wales, Bangor website

Knowledge Transfer end-users

Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership    Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership (MCCIP), Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), Lowestoft, UK.
Role: development of pCO2-based products relevant as climate change indicators.
Contact: Steven Dye
MCCIP website
Met Office    Met Office, Exeter, Devon, UK.
Role: Model validation and development of end-user carbon products.
Contact: Rosa Barciela
Met Office website

Technology development

Dartcom    Dartcom, Yelverton, Devon, UK.
Role: pCO2 instrument developments and satellite communication.
Contact: Colin Opie
Dartcom website
Centre for Observation of Air-Sea interactions and Fluxes    Centre for Observation of Air-Sea interactions and Fluxes (CASIX)
Role: pCO2 instrument development and deployment, data quality control expertise.
Contact: Nick Hardman-Mountford
CASIX website

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