Applications of Analytical Chemistry to Oceanic Carbon Cycle Studies (1993)
Chapter: Front Matter
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COMMITTEE ON OCEANIC CARBON
TARO TAKAHASHI,
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory,
Chair
ROBERT BERNER,
Yale University
PETER BREWER,
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
ELLEN DRUFFEL,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
HUGH DUCKLOW,
University of Maryland
CHARLES D. KEELING,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
JORGE SARMIENTO,
Princeton University
SHARON SMITH,
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Department of Energy
ERIC SUNDQUIST,
U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole
PIETER TANS,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
DAVID WALT,
Tufts University
RAY F. WEISS,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
JAMES YODER,
University of Rhode Island
Additional Contributors
KENNETH S. JOHNSON,
Moss Landing Marine Laboratory
PETER JURS,
Pennsylvania State University
MARK E. MEYERHOFF,
University of Michigan
GEORGE H. MORRISON,
Cornell University
JANET G. OSTERYOUNG,
North Carolina State University
RICHARD THOMPSON,
University of Maryland
EDWARD S. YEUNG,
Iowa State University
ALBERTO ZIRINO,
Naval Ocean Systems Center
Staff
EDWARD R. URBAN, JR., Staff Officer
OCEAN STUDIES BOARD
CARL I. WUNSCH,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Chair
DONALD F. BOESCH,
University of Maryland
PETER G. BREWER,
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institution
KENNETH BRINK,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
ROBERT CANNON,
Stanford University
SALLIE W. CHISHOLM,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BILIANA CICIN-SAIN,
University of Delaware
WILLIAM CURRY,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
GORDON EATON,
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
RANA FINE,
University of Miami
MICHAEL FREILICH,
Oregon State University
EDWARD A. FRIEMAN,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
ARNOLD L. GORDON,
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
GORDON GREVE,
Amoco Production Company
WILLIAM MERRELL,
Texas A&M University
ARTHUR R.M. NOWELL,
University of Washington
DENNIS A. POWERS,
Stanford University
FRANK RICHTER,
University of Chicago
BRIAN ROTHSCHILD,
University of Maryland
PAUL STOFFA,
University of Texas at Austin
Staff
MARY HOPE KATSOUROS, Director
EDWARD R. URBAN, JR., Staff Officer
ROBIN RICE, Staff Associate
DAVID WILMOT, Research Associate
MARY PECHACEK, Administrative Associate
LAVONCYÉ MALLORY, Senior Secretary
COMMISSION ON GEOSCIENCES, ENVIRONMENT, AND RESOURCES
M. GORDON WOLMAN,
The Johns Hopkins University,
Chair
PATRICK R. ATKINS,
Aluminum Company of America
PETER S. EAGLESON,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
EDWARD A. FRIEMAN,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
HELEN M. INGRAM,
University of Arizona
W. BARCLAY KAMB,
California Institute of Technology
GENE E. LIKENS,
The New York Botanical Garden
SYUKURO MANABE,
NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
JACK E. OLIVER,
Cornell University
FRANK L. PARKER,
Vanderbilt/Clemson University
DUNCAN T. PATTEN,
Arizona State University
RAYMOND A. PRICE,
Queen's University at Kingston, Canada
MAXINE L. SAVITZ,
Garrett Ceramic Components
LARRY L. SMARR,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
STEVEN M. STANLEY,
The Johns Hopkins University
WARREN WASHINGTON,
National Center for Atmospheric Research
EDITH BROWN WEISS,
Georgetown University Law Center
IRVIN L. WHITE,
Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories
Staff
STEPHEN RATTIEN, Executive Director
STEPHEN D. PARKER, Associate Executive Director
JEANETTE SPOON, Administrative Officer
ROBIN LEWIS, Senior Project Assistant
Acknowledgments
The committee was aided in preparation of this report by a group of expert contributors—analytical chemists and oceanographers—listed on the committee page of this report. These individuals contributed the technical information about the measurement technologies described in this report and provided recommendations for actions necessary to bring closer interactions between the fields of chemical oceanography and analytical chemistry. This report would have been impossible without their efforts.
