ActivityreportontheIntersessionalworking

groupforCSK-2Co-Leads

Kentaro Ando,Xiaopei Lin,CesarVillanoy

Actionssincethelastsession(FromRecommendation)

• CompletedraftingfromthefirstFace-to-FacemeetinginJan2017• HavethesecondFace-to-Facemeeting additionalreviewtofinalizethereportinNov2017• SubmitthereporttotheinternationalJournalforreview,ortotheWESTPACoffice.• DiscussanimplementationstrategybyhavingthemeetinginJan2019

Workshops,meetingsandreviewprocessesbynow

• Jan2017: First wrokshop in China. Developed the draft contents of thereport

• April2017: WESTPACintergovernmentalsessioninChina.ThecurrentIntersessional WGforCSK-2wasformedfortwoyearsperiod.

• Nov2017:SecondworkshopinChina.Developedthesubstancesforthereport.

• March2018:Finalizedthezero-orderdraft.CirculatetoNFPforonymousreviews.Thanks to all reviewers.

• July2018:Onymous reviewsfinalized.• August2018:Firstorderdraftaccomplished,andalsoEnglisheditingaccomplished.

• September2018:Presentthesecondorderdraft(version27th-August)totheWESTPAC-AGmeetinginManila

• January2019:Thirdmeetingtodiscussbasedonthesecondorderdraft.

IntroductionandOverviewofdraftCSK-2 reviewreport

AuthorsKentaro Ando,Xiaopei Lin,CesarVillanoy,

MikhailDanchenkov,Jae-Hak Lee,Hui-JunLiu,Quian Liu,YangLiu,Vyacheslav Lobanov,Xiao-LinMa,Hanung Agus Mulyadi,AkiraNagano,Jin-

LingRen,Augy Syahaliatua,Yongjun Tian,Lunyu Wu,JingZhang,LinlinZhang,Mei-Xun Zhao,andJinglingZheng

Thecontentsofthereport (1/3)

Thecontentsofthereport (2/3)

Thecontentsofthereport(3/3)

Outputs/OutcomessincetheCSKprojectfrom1964-1979• ManyscientificfindingsonKuroshiofromupstreamtodownstreamandtropicalregionbymanyresearchcruises(ourcapacitieshaveincreased)

• EstablishmentinstitutesinKoreasuchasKORDI(currently)KIOST• EstablishmentofDataCenterandoftendataexchanges• Newslettersmainlyoncruises• Manycapacitydevelopmentsactivities• CSKstandardsolutionsforwaterpropertyanalysis• Developedmanycollaborationsincethen• Publishimportantbooksatnationallevelandinternationallevel• Verylong-termobservationsof137EhydrographiclinebyJMA

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Somescientifictopicsinthereport- Regionaloceancirculation-

(CourtesyofNagano)

(FromMasuzawa)

(Nagano2008)

Somescientifictopicsinthereport- RegionaloceancirculationanditsrelationtoLLWBCandITF-

(NPOCESciencePlan)

(Renetal,2015)

Somescientifictopics- BiogeochemicaltransportsalongKuroshio-

Somescientifictopicsinthereport– Biologicalconnectivity-

Somescientifictopicsinthereport– Fisheryandoceanography-

Gapsidentifiedinthereport(Section4ofthereport)1.Scientificgaps:1.1.Physicalaspect:WBCandcirculations,Eddies,CoastalvsKuroshio,NEC,NGCCandMC,ITF,Air-seainteractionsinmid-latitudeandinthewarmpool

1.2.Biogeochemicalaspect:Kuroshiocarboncycle,nutrientmissingsupply,micronutrients,Paleo,algaebloomandcoastalecosystem,needtoestablishinterdisciplinarycooperativefieldstudies.

1.3.Biologicalaspect:Newspeciesandbiodiversity,DNAstudies,endangeredandendemicspecies,fisheryimpactsfromclimatechangeandvariations,larvalfishpatterns,spawning,andmigrations(e.g.Japaneseeels),managementofresourcesforsustainability,

Gapsidentifiedinthereport(Section5ofthereport)

2.IntegratedapproachestoKuroshioandmarginalsea:- Observationisstillsparse,butnocoordination,andno

integration.- Interactivestudiesbetweencoastalandopenocean.- Cooperationwithnumericalandsatellitestudies.

3.Intergovernmentalcoordination:- MarineScientificResearch(MSR)clearanceinEEZs- Datapolicy

GroupPhotoofthethirdmeetinginJanuary2019

Output-1fromthelatestWSinJan2019---

Commontheme:“Material,Organism,Salt&Heattransportsandchanges,andtheseecosystem,weatherandclimateservicestosocieties,economiesandcultures”

Regionalcommonmajorbenefits/intereststosocietiesontheroleofKuroshioandmarginalseas:1. Climatechangeandweather(includingdisaster):sealevel&stericheight

changesalongKuroshioandmarginalseasfromreal-timetoglobalwarmingtimescale

2. Marineecosystem(includingfishery,hypoxia,andHAB):Developmentofecologicalindicators,basedonobservationsandmodellingstudies.

3. Biodiversity:roleofKuroshioforbiodiversity,anddeliversciencetopolicyissue

4. Marinedebris:newstudiestobecooperatedwithCSK-2

Output-2fromthelatestWS– Actionsbyourown- asagroupofexpertsofIntersessionalWG-

• Revisethezero-orderversionofthereport,includingexecutivesummary,bytheendofMarch2019• Developmentofscienceplanbyearly2020andidentificationofpilotstudies• UpdateoftheGroup– engagementofexpertsfrombiologistandbiogeochemist• Collectinformationondataexchanges/policyandMSR(EEZclearances) fromMSs• NextmeetingbyNov2019

Output-2fromthelatestWS– Actionsbyourown- asagroupofexpertsofIntersessionalWG-

• Revisethezero-orderversionofthereport,includingexecutivesummary,bytheendofJune2019• Developmentofscienceplanbyearly2020andidentificationofpilotstudies• UpdateoftheGroup– engagementofexpertsfrombiologistandbiogeochemist• Collectinformationondataexchanges/policyandMSR(EEZclearances)fromMSs• NextmeetingbyNov2019

Recommendations to the session

Werecommend;1. TocontinuetheWorkingGroupinthenextintersessional

period,2. Tonominatesuitableexpertsinopenendedworkinggroup,

andprovidefinancialsupporttotheworkinggroup,and3. TosupporttheWGtodevelopascience planand

implementationstrategyforanewKuroshioandmarginalseastudybasedonthesocietalbenefitsinthereviewreport.

Output-3fromthelastWSinJan2019