U.S. JGOFS collection
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of materials related to the JGOFS program. Subjects include the development of JGOFS, specific studies, internationals programs, meetings and reports, publications, committee members, and staff. Most of the folder labels describe the extent of their contents, but it should be noted that the folders under the subseries “Omnet E-mails” also include reports, drafts, and other documents. These materials have been noted in the folder titles.
Some of the publications have “archives copy” written in parentheses on the folder title. This means that at least one other copy exists in the circulating collection. Those publications that do not say this are the only copy in the library’s collection.
Dates
- Creation: 1978-2005
Language of Materials
The records are in
English.
Access
Open: materials are available for research.
Use
Copyright: Permission to publish material from the collection must be authorized by the Institution Archivist.
Historical Note
The U.S. JGOFS (Joint Global Ocean Flux Study) program, a component of the U.S Global Change Research Program, grew out of the recommendations of a National Academy of Sciences workshop in 1984. The international program, which has more than 30 participating nations, began three years later under the auspices of the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR). In 1989, JGOFS became a core program of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP).
JGOFS had two primary goals:
- To determine and understand on a global scale the processes controlling the time-varying fluxes of carbon and associated biogenic elements in the ocean and to evaluate the related exchanges with the atmosphere, sea floor and continental boundaries
- To develop a capability to predict on a global scale the response of oceanic biogeochemical processes to anthropogenic perturbations, in particular those related to climate change.
The strategy for addressing these goals had five major components:
- a global survey of oceanic CO2 and the bio-optical properties of the surface ocean, coordinated with theWorld Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE)
- long-term time-series observations at key oceanic sites
- a series of studies of biogeochemical processes in parts of the ocean that lend themselves to effective observation of particular phenomena
- the development of models to assimilate results, produce large-scale descriptions and predict responses to future disturbances
- the development of an accessible, comprehensive biogeochemical database
[From the U.S. JGOFS: History and Mission website.]
Extent
40 boxes (47.5 lin. ft.)
Overview
This collection consists of materials related to the JGOFS program.
Arrangement
The collection is divided into fifteen series. Four series have subseries. Three new accessions that have not yet been processed have folder listings after the other series.
Custodial History
The custodial history of the records is undocumented.
Acquisitions Information
These materials were given to the Data Library and Archives in March 2006 by Mary Zawoysky. Cyndy Chandler added 12 compact discs to the collection in February 2007. Materials from 2009 were added by David Schneider. Accession numbers include acc2006-05, 2007-02, 2009-07, 2009-09 and 2013-04.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Rosemary Davis in July 2007. The materials were well-labeled when they arrived in the Archives, so the bulk of the processing involved arranging them in a logical order.
Folder listings of the materials received in 2009 and 2013 were created by David Sherman.
- Title
- A Guide to the U.S. JGOFS collection, 1978-2005
- Author
- Rosemary Davis
- Date
- July 2007
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written inEnglish
Repository Details
Part of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Data Library and Archives Repository