The United States Joint Global Ocean Flux Study is a national component of international JGOFS and an integral part of global climate change research. Map Legend The U.S. launched the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) in the late 1980s to study the ocean carbon cycle. An ambitious goal was set to understand the controls on the concentrations and fluxes of carbon and associated nutrients in ...

Southern Ocean Process Study Program Coordinators Robert Anderson, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory boba@ldeo.columbia.edu Walker Smith, Virginia Institute of Marine Science wos@vims.edu Implementation Plan The U.S. JGOFS Antarctic Environment and Southern Ocean Process Study (AESOPS) began field work on August 29, 1996 and ended during April of 1998. The cruises were staged from Lyttleton, New ...