IOCCP in close collaboration with our global partners, continues to foster the integration of efforts around quality assurance for inorganic carbon measurements with the global metrology systems so that those measurements are metrologically traceable to the International System of Units.

Therefore we are pleased to invite you to respond to a call for abstracts for a session at the 2025 EGU General Assembly:

Session OS3.6. Advancing marine biogeochemistry: The role of metrology

Co-sponsored by IAPSO and BIPM

Conveners: Maribel I. García-Ibáñez, Marta Álvarez, Tobias Steinhoff, Matthew Humphreys

In marine biogeochemistry, essential ocean variables often lack standardized links to the International System of Units (SI). As data collection from diverse platforms and sensors expands, issues related to measurement biases and signal-to-noise ratios discrepancies are becoming significant challenges. Thus, metrology - the science of measurement - plays a crucial role in addressing these challenges by improving data comparability, reliability, and ultimately, the detection of global change impacts in our oceans.

We invite abstracts exploring the impact of instrument calibration, metrological traceability, and reference material usage on marine biogeochemical measurements. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to the seawater carbonate system, dissolved inorganic nutrients, dissolved oxygen, and carbon and oxygen isotopes. This session will showcase how accurate calibration and metrology enhance data quality and reproducibility, thereby advancing our scientific understanding of the oceans.

To submit your abstract to our session, please use this link by 15 January 2025, 13:00 CET.
Detailed abstract submission guidelines can be found here.

We look forward to welcoming you to Vienna in April 2025!