LIST OF TASKS AND RESPONSIBLE SCIENTISTS
(according to March 1999 meeting)
| Temel Oguz (IMS METU) (Home-page) Gennady Korotaev |
TASK I.1.,I.2.,I.3. Coupled
OGCM-BGCM studies with data assimilation, Process modeling and near-real time nowcast/forecast modeling. |
| Ozden Basturk (IMS METU) Nugzar
Buachidze |
TASK II.1.A. A study of the
Oxic/Anoxic interface and the formation of anoxia. TASK II.1.D. The role of Mn and Fe in the redox processes. |
| Sergey Konovalov (MHI) |
TASK II.1.B. The roles of
chemical element fluxes in the Global Biogeochemical Cycles TASK II.1.C.1. Euphotic layer chemical structure in conjunction to the biological and physical processes in the deep waters of the Black Sea. |
| Adriana Cociasu (RMRI) |
TASK II.1.C.2. Euphotic layer chemical structure in conjunction to the biological and physical processes in the north-western part of the Black Sea. |
| Aysen Yilmaz (IMS METU) (Home-page) |
TASK II.2. Understanding the roles of new and regenerated production in ecosystem dynamics, sources of new nutrients and their transport mechanisms for the new production, capacity of new production in the Black Sea, f-ratio, and contribution to total production. |
| M.E. Vinogradov (SIO) E. A. Shushkina |
TASK.II.3.A.1. Processes
determining the structure (spatial) at pelagic communities in the coastal and open areas. TASK II.3.A.2.Functioning properties of ecosystems and their spatial and temporal variability. |
| Alexander Mikaelyan (SIO) |
TASK II.3.B1. Studies of the dynamics of main phytoplankton populations, growth rates and mortality rates in relation to the environmental conditions and the other trophic groups of plankton communities in the deep waters. |
| Snejana Moncheva (IO BAS) |
TASK II.3.B2. Studies of the dynamics of main phytoplankton populations, growth rates and mortality rates in relation to the environmental conditions and the other trophic groups of plankton communities in the coastal waters. |
| Elena Arashkevich (SIO) |
TASK II.3.C. Studies of the zooplankton population dynamics, respiration and grazing rates, generation cycle characteristics, in relation to the basin scale circulation features and trophic interactions. |
| Nickolay Nezlin (SIO) |
TASK II.3.D. Studies on the response of phytoplankton communities to the abiotic environment (meteorological, hydrophysical, anthropogenic) using remote sensing. |
| Igor Polikarpov (IBSS) |
TASK II.3.E. Study of the dynamics of bacterioplankton and microzooplankton with particular emphasis of evaluation of rate constants and relative role of microbiological loop in the plankton food web structure. |
| Georgy Shulman (IBSS) |
TASK II.3.F. Study on food provision for fish populations and macrozooplankton, and interactions between lower and higher trophic levels. |
| Oleg
Kopelevich (SIO) |
TASK II.4.A. Development of a "regional" algorithm for the assessment of surface chlorophyll via satellite ocean colour sensors. |
| Vadim Suetin (MHI) |
TASK II.4.B. Development of an algorithm for the assessment of the daily values of surface and underwater PAR. |
| Vladimir
Vedernikov (SIO) |
TASK II.4.C. Analysis of the temporal and spatial variability in chlorophyll "a" concentration and primary productivity. |
| Zosim Finenko (IBSS) |
TASK II.4.E. Development of an algorithm for the evaluation of carbon to chlorophyll ratio for the Black Sea phytoplankton. |
| Leonid Ivanov (MHI) |
TASK II.5. Exchanges between the coastal seas, shelf seas and the Black Sea interior, including those induced by the Rim Current instabilities and cross-shelf structures such as filaments, mushroom eddies and squirts. |
| Vladimir
Vladimirov (MHI) (Home-page) Halil Sur
Vladimir
Miroshnichenko |
TASK III.1. Development of data
management and quality control software operating in delayed and/or near real-time modes. TASK III.2. Development of formats and algorithms for the extension of the existing Data Base Management System to handle data obtained from satellites, buoys, ships TASK III.3. Development of the methods, software and interfaces for near real-time data exchange between the models and the data base. TASK III.4. Development of the user interfaces for dissemination of results to end users. TASK III.5. Maintenance of the NATO TU-Black Sea Data Base. |
| Ilkay Salihoglu (IMS METU ) |
TASK IV. Dissemination of the results of the project to the end users, and other environmental management agencies and authorities. |
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