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James C. Orr
 


Research Experience:

Research Director (Ocean carbon-cycle modeling), LSCE/CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France, 1998—present

Research Scientist, Marine Environment Lab / IAEA, Monaco (secondment from LSCE), 2006—2009

Participating Guest Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (1-year sabbatical), 2002

Research Scientist, LSCE, 1993—1997

Visiting Scientist, LSCE, 1992—1993

Research Scientist, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University, 1988—1992

Computer Graphics Consultant, Computing Services Center, Texas A&M University, 1987—1988

Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 1986

University Marine Fellowship, Texas A&M University, 1984—1986

Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 1979—1984

Chemical Research Technician, Dept. of Oceanography, University of Washington, 1978—1979

Scientific Diver, Dept. of Oceanography, University of Washington, 1978—1979

Pesticide Residue Analyst, Chemistry Department, Central Washington University, 1977—1978

Water Analysis Technician, Chemistry Department, Central Washington University, 1976—1977

Education:

Ph.D., Chemical Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 1988

B.S., Chemistry, Mathematics Minor, Central Washington University, 1978

Scientific Interests:

Carbon cycle and biogeochemistry.

Ocean acidification;

Ocean circulation and tracers;

Numerical simulation, model evaluation and comparison;

Research Projects:

Leader, Work package on intercomparison of ocean and earth system models, CarboOcean-2 EU Proposal (7th Framework), 2009

Leader, Theme on Modeling Ocean Acidification, EPOCA EU Project (7th Framework), 2006—present

Principal Investigator, Carbo-Ocean IP, EU Project (6th Framework), 2005—2009

Principal Investigator, EurOceans NoE, EU Project (6th Framework), 2005—2008

Principal Investigator, CAVASSOO (Carbon Variability Studies by Ships of Opportunity), EU Project (5th Framework), 2000—2003

Coordinator, NOCES (Northern Ocean Carbon Exchange Study) Project, EU Project, 2002—2005

Coordinator, OCMIP (Ocean Carbon-Cycle Model Intercomparions Project), Phase 3, Interannual-to-decadal variability, IGBP/GAIM, 2002—2005

Coordinator, OCMIP, Phase 2, IGBP/GAIM and IGBP/JGOFS, 1998—2001

Coordinator, OCMIP, Phase 1, IGBP/GAIM, 1995—1997

Coordinator, GOSAC-EC (Global Ocean Storage of Anthropogenic Carbon) Project, European component of OCMIP-2, EC Environment and Climate Programme, 1998—2002

Coordinator, GOSAC-IEAGHG, Focus on puposeful ocean sequestration by direct injection, International Energy Agency Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme, 1998—2000

Principal Investigator, ESCOBA-Ocean project (European Study of Carbon in the Ocean, Biosphere, and Atmosphere: Ocean Section) of the EC Environment and Climate Programme, 1996—1998.

Research Director, 3-D ocean carbon cycle modeling at LSCE (simulating natural and anthropogenic tracers of circulation and the carbon cycle, interannual to decadal variability, future climate-carbon simulations, micronutrient limitation, ocean acidification, purposeful CO2 sequestration), since 1998.

Professional Memberships and Honors:

Member, American Geophysical Union, since 1982

Member, the Oceanography Society

Fellow, University Marine Fellowship, U.S. Sea Grant Program, awarded twice for Ph.D. research on marine radiochemistry

Editorships and Committees:

Member, International SOLAS-IMBER Ocean Acidification working group, 2009

Guest Editor, Special Issue on the Ocean in a High CO2 World II, Biogeosciences, 2008-2009

Editor (board member), Biogeosciences, since 2007

Member, Planning and Steering Committees, European Project on Ocean Acidification (EPOCA) [7th Framework Coordinated Project], 2006—present

Member, Steering Committee, International GEOTRACES Project, 2006-present

Chair, Scientific Planning Committee for the 2nd symposium on The Ocean in a High CO2 World, a SCOR/IOC-UNESCO/IAEA/IGBP international symposium (Oct. 6—9, 2008, Monaco), 2006-2009

Member, TOP model Working Group—the Tracers in the Ocean Paradigm model is the component used to simulate passive tracers (carbon, nutrients, freons, etc.) within the NEMO ocean circulation model, 2004—present

Member, DRAKKAR Project Team, international effort focused on high-resolution ocean circulation modeling, 2004—present

Guest Editor, Journal Geophysical Research (Oceans) Special Section: The Ocean in a High CO2 World, 2004—2005

Associate Editor, Journal Geophysical Research (Oceans), 2000 to 2004

Vice-Chair, SCOR-IOC planning committee for international symposium on The Ocean in a High-CO2 World, Paris, May 2004

Member, Steering Committee, Carbo-Ocean IP, EU Project (6th Framework), since 2003

Chair, Working Group on Direct effects of anthropogenic CO2 on biogeochemical cycles and ecosystems, IGBP OCEANS Core Project, 2003

Member, IGBP/GAIM Task Force (International Geosphere Biosphere Programme/Global Analysis, Integration and Modeling), 1998-2003

Research Supervisor for:

Dufour, C., Role of ocean eddies in mediating the response of the Southern Ocean air-sea CO2 flux to recent evolution of the SAM, Doctoral thesis, Université Joseph Fourier, 2008-present.

Simeon, J., Sensitivity of interannual varying air-sea CO2 flux to ocean model resolution and forcing, Research Scientist, CEA funded, 2008-present.

Sasai, Y., Analysis of intermediate water formation and CFC-11 simulated in two high-resolution ocean models, Research Scientist funded by Japan, 2007, 2008

Jamet, C., Estimating ocean anthropogenic CO2 with a neural network, Postdoctoral Study, 2006

Doutriaux, C., Constructing AutoMOD (Automated Model Output Diagnosis) Facility, Computer Scientist, CEA funded, 2006

Courtine, B., An interface to automate analysis of ocean model output, Computer Scientist, CEA funded, 2005

Raynaud, S., Interannual-to-decadal variability of North Atlantic air-sea CO2 fluxes, Postdoctoral Study, 2003—2006

Lachkar, Z. Simulation des traceurs passifs océaniques (incluant les radioisotopes et le carbone) en haute résolution à l'échelle mondiale (Doctoral thesis director), Université Paris VI, 2003—2006

Alvarez-Rodriguez, M., Data-model comparison of carbon transport in the Atlantic Ocean Postdoctoral Study, 2004

Epitalon, J.-M., Evaluation and comparison of simulated interannual variability of air-sea CO2 fluxes, EU funded contract, 2002—2003

Rodgers, K., Interannual to interdecadal variability of ocean circulation and tracers, Postdoctoral Study, 1999-2002

Laurendeau, E., Radiocarbon validation of OCMIP model circulation fields, Stage, Ecole PolyTechnique Feminine, 2001

Brockmann, P., Development of visualization and analysis tools for OCMIP phase 2, Computer Scientist, EU funded, 1998—2001

Aumont, O., Global Ocean Storage of Anthropogenic Carbon (GOSAC) purposeful carbon sequestration simulations, Postdoctoral Research, EU funded, 1998—2000

Stoens, A., Simulation and analysis of ocean carbon cycle simulations during OCMIP-2, Postdoctoral Research, EU funded, 1998—2000

Le Quéré, C., Variabilité du carbone océanique de 1979 à 1997: modélisation et évaluation, (Doctoral thesis director), Université Paris VI, 1996—1999

Bopp, L., Impact of climatic change on the ocean carbon cycle, Mémoire DEA, Univ. Paris VI, DEA, 1998

Moulin, C., Analysis of ocean carbon cycle simulations during OCMIP-1, Postdoctoral Research, EU funded, 1997—1998

Brian, E., Modeling Argon-39 in the ocean, Mémoire DESS, Université Paris VI, 1997—1998

Leboucher, V., Carbone 14 thermonucléaire et tritium, traceurs de la circulation des masses d'eaux et de la pénetration du CO2 anthropique dans l'océan Indien, Université Paris VI, (Advisor for portion of Doctoral thesis), 1996—1998

Aumont, O., étude du cycle naturel du carbone dans un modèle 3D de l'océan mondial, Université Paris VI, (CEA Director for Doctoral thesis), Bourse CEA, 1994—1998

Dufourg, N., Analysis of ocean carbon cycle simulations from OCMIP-1, Postdoctoral research, NASA and EU funded, 1995—1996

Lefèvre, N., Preparation of boundary condistions for ocean carbon-cycle simulations during OCMIP-1, Postdoctoral research, NASA funded, 1995

Jamous, D., Simulations of natural 14C in a 3-D global ocean model, Postdoctoral research, EU funded, 1993—1995

Aumont, O., Three-dimensional modeling of the penetration of 13C in the ocean, Mémoire DEA, Ecole Centrale Paris, Université Paris VI, DEA 1993

Pesson, Y., Visualizing results from 3-D ocean model simulations, Stage, Univ. Paris VI, 1993

Publications:

2009

Cao, L., M. Eby, A. Ridgwell, K. Caldeira, D. Archer, A. Ishida, F. Joos, K. Matsumoto, U. Mikolajewicz, A. Mouchet, J. C. Orr, G.-K. Plattner, R. Schlitzer, K. Tokos, I. Totterdell, T. Tschumi, Y. Yamanaka, and A. Yool, The role of ocean transport in the fate of anthropogenic CO2, Biogeosciences, 6, 375-390, 2009. (link)

Fautin, D. G., J. M. Guinotte, J. C. Orr, Comparative depth distribution of corallimorpharians and scleractinians (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) Marine Ecology Progress Series, in press, 2009.

Feely R. A., J. C. Orr, V. J. Fabry, J. A. Kleypas, C. L. Sabine and C. Langdon. Present and future changes in seawater chemistry due to ocean acidification. in AGU Monograph on Carbon Sequestration and Its Role in the Global Carbon Cycle, eds. B. J. McPherson and E. T. Sundquist, 2009. (link)

Lachkar, Z., J. C. Orr, J.-C. Dutay, P. Delecluse. On the role of mesoscale eddies in the ventilation of Antarctic Intermediate Water, Deep-Sea Research I, 56, 909-925, 2009. (PDF, 3 Mb)

Lachkar, Z., J. C. Orr, and J.-C. Dutay. Seasonal and mesoscale variability of oceanic transport of anthropogenic CO2, Biogeosciences, 6, 2509-2523, 2009. (link)

Orr, J. C., S. Jutterström, L. Bopp, L. G. Anderson, P. Cadule, V. J. Fabry, T. Frölicher, E. P. Jones, F. Joos, A. Lenton, E. Maier-Reimer, A. Olsen, J. Segschneider, M. Steinacher, and D. Swingedouw, Amplified acidification of the Arctic Ocean, in revision, 2009.

Orr, J.C., K. Caldeira, V. Fabry, J.-P. Gattuso, P. Haugan, P. Lehodey, S. Pantoja, H.-O. Pörtner, U. Riebesell, T. Trull, M. Hood, E. Urban, and W. Broadgate. Research Priorities for Ocean Acidification, report from the Second Symposium on the Ocean in a High-CO2 World, Monaco, October 6-9, 2008, convened by SCOR, UNESCO-IOC, IAEA, and IGBP, 25 pp., 2009. (link)

Orr, J. C. et al. (other authors as above), Monaco Declaration on ocean acidification, 2009. (link)

Orr, J. C. et al. (other authors as above), Ocean acidification, a summary for policymakers from the second symposium on the ocean in a high-CO2 world, 2009. (link)

Orr, J. C. et al. (other authors as above), Ocean research priorities for understanding ocean acidification: summary from the second symposium on the ocean in a high-CO2 world, Oceanography, submitted, 2009. (PDF, 0.4 Mb)

Orr, J. C. and C. Turley, The ocean in a high-CO2 world, the second symposium on ocean acidification, Global Change Newsletter, 73, 22-23, 2009. (PDF, 3.3 Mb)

2008

Davies A. J., M. Wisshak, J. C. Orr, J. M. Roberts Predicting suitable habitat for the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa (Scleractinia), Deep-Sea Research I, 55,1048-1062, 2008. (PDF, 0.9 Mb)

Fabry, V. J., B. A. Seibel, R. A. Feely and J. C. Orr. Impacts of Ocean Acidification on marine fauna and ecosystem processes. ICES J. of Marine Science, 65 (3), 414-432, 2008. (PDF, 1 Mb)

Martin, S., F. Gazeau, J. C. Orr, and J.-P. Gattuso. L'acidification des océans et ses conséquences, Lettre PIGB-PMRC France, 21, 5-16, 2008. (PDF, 0.3 Mb)

R. Jeffree, S. Martin, T. Lacoue-Labarthe, F. Houlbreque, F. Oberhänsli, S. Comeau, J. L. Teyssié, F. Boisson, J. P. Gattuso, and J. C. Orr. Experimental studies of ocean-acidification impacts on Mediterranean seafood species, in Impacts of acidification on biological, chemical and physical systems in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. CIESM Monograph 36 (editor F. Briand), 124 pages, Monaco. (link)

2007

Orr, J. C., and R. F. C. Mantoura. Using isotopes to understand the oceans and climate change, in Nuclear Technology Review, IAEA, Vienna, 72—83, 2007. (PDF, 3 Mb)

Caldeira, K., D. Archer, J.P. Barry, R. G. J. Bellerby, P. G. Brewer, L. Cao, A. G. Dickson, S. C. Doney, H. Elderfield, V. J. Fabry, R. A. Feely, J.-P. Gattuso, P. M. Haugan, O. Hoegh-Guldberg, A. K. Jain, J. A. Kleypas, C. Langdon, J. C. Orr, A. Ridgwell, C. L. Sabine, B. A. Seibel, Y. Shirayama, C. Turley, A. J. Watson, and R. E. Zeebe. Comment on ''Modern-age buildup of CO2 and its effects on seawater acidity and salinity'' by Hugo A. Loáiciga. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L18608, doi:10.1029/2006GL027288, 2007. (PDF, 78 kb)

Lachkar, Z., J. C. Orr, J.-C. Dutay, and P. Delecluse. Effects of mesoscale eddies on global distributions of CFC-11, CO2, and Δ14C, Ocean Science, 3, 461-482, 2007. (link)

Meehl, G. A., T. F. Stocker, W. Collins, P. Friedlingstein, A. Gaye, J. Gregory, A. Kitoh, R. Knutti, J. Murphy, A. Noda, S. Raper, I. Watterson, A. Weaver, Z.-C. Zhao (Contributing authors: J. C. Orr et al). Chapter 10: Global Climate Projections, in Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of WGI to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2007. (link)

Naegler, T., P. Ciais, J. C. Orr, O. Aumont, and C. Rödenbeck. On evaluating ocean models with Atmospheric Potential Oxygen. Tellus 59B(1), 138—156, doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2006.00197.x, 2007. (PDF, 1.4 Mb)

Najjar, R. G., X. Jin, F. Louanchi, O. Aumont, K. Caldeira, S. C. Doney, J.-C. Dutay, M. Follows, N. Gruber, F. Joos, K. Lindsay, E. Maier-Reimer, R. J. Matear, K. Matsumoto, P. Monfray, A. Mouchet, J. C. Orr, G. K. Plattner, J. L. Sarmiento, R. Schlitzer, M. F. Weirig, Y. Yamanaka and A. Yool. Impact of circulation on export production, dissolved organic matter, and dissolved oxygen in the ocean: Results from Phase II of the Ocean Carbon-cycle Model Intercomparison Project (OCMIP-2), Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 21, GB3007, doi:10.1029/2006GB002857, 2007. (PDF, 1 Mb)

2006

Raynaud, S., J. C. Orr, O. Aumont, K. Rodgers, and P. Yiou. Interannual-to-decadal variability of North Atlantic air-sea CO2 fluxes, Ocean Science, 2, 43—60, 2006. (link)

Guinotte, J. M., J. C. Orr, S. Cairns, A. Freiwald, L. Morgan, and R. George (2005) Climate change and deep-sea corals: will chemical and physical changes in the world's oceans alter the distribution of deep-sea bioherm forming scleractinians?, Front. Ecol. Environ., 4(3), 141—146, 2006. (PDF, 2.9 Mb)

Kleypas, J. A., R. A. Feely, V. J. Fabry, C. Langdon, C. L. Sabine and L. L. Robbins (Contributing authors: J. C. Orr et al). Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reefs and Other Marine Calcifiers. A Guide for Future Research, Report of a workshop sponsored by NSF, NOAA and the USGS. 88 pp., 2006. (link)

2005

Orr, J. C., V. J. Fabry, O. Aumont, Laurent Bopp, S. C. Doney, R. A. Feely, A. Gnanadesikan, N. Gruber, A. Ishida, F. Joos, R. M. Key, K. Lindsay, E. Maier-Reimer, R. Matear, P. Monfray, A. Mouchet, R. G. Najjar, G.-K. Plattner, K. B. Rodgers, C. L. Sabine, J. L. Sarmiento, R. Schlitzer, R. D. Slater, I. J. Totterdell, M.-F. Weirig, Y. Yamanaka, and A. Yool, Anthropogenic ocean acidification over the twenty-first century and its impact on calcifying organisms, Nature, Vol 437, doi:10.1038/nature04095, 681—686, 29 Sept. 2005. (PDF, 1Mb;
Supplement, 2 Mb)

Orr, J. C., S. Pantoja, and H.-O. Poertner. Introduction to special section: The Ocean in a High-CO2 World, J. Geophys. Res., 110, C09S01, doi :10.1029/2005JC003086, 2005. (PDF, 61 kb)

Orr, J. C., O. Aumont, A. Yool, G.-K. Plattner, F. Joos, E. Maier-Reimer, M.-F. Weirig, R. Schlitzer, K. Caldeira, M. E. Wickett, R. J. Matear, B. K. Mignone, J. L. Sarmiento, Narrowing the uncertainty for deep-ocean injection efficiency, in Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, eds. M. Wilson, T. Morris, J. Gale, K. Thambimuthu, Vol II, part I, 1481—1485, Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK, 2005. (PDF, 72 kb)

Raynaud, S., O. Aumont, K. Rodgers, P. Yiou, et . J. C. Orr. Interannual-to-decadal variability of North Atlantic air-sea CO2 fluxes, Ocean Science Discussions 2, 437—472, 2005. (link)

2004

Belviso, S., L. Bopp, C. Moulin and J. C. Orr, T.R. Anderson, O. Aumont, S. Chu, S. Elliott and M.E. Maltrud, and R. Simó, Comparison of global climatological maps of sea surface dimethylsulfide, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 18, 3, GB3013, doi:10.1029/2003GB002193, 2004. (PDF, 0.9 Mb)

Cicerone, R., J. C. Orr, P. Brewer, P. Haugan, L. Merlivat, T. Ohsumi, S. Pantoja, H.­O. Poertner, The Ocean in a High CO2 World, EOS, 85, 37, 2 pp.,2004. (PDF, 50 kb)

Cicerone, R., J. C. Orr, P. Brewer, P. Haugan, L. Merlivat, T. Ohsumi, S. Pantoja, H.­O. Poertner, The Ocean in a High CO2 World, Oceanography, 17, 3, 7278, 2004. (PDF, 0.4 Mb)

Doney, S.C., K. Lindsay, K. Caldeira, J.-M. Campin, H. Drange, J.-C. Dutay, M. Follows, Y. Gao, A. Gnanadesikan, N. Gruber, A. Ishida, F. Joos, G. Madec, E. Maier-Reimer, J.C. Marshall, R.J. Matear, P. Monfray, A. Mouchet, R. Najjar, J.C. Orr, G.-K. Plattner, J. L. Sarmiento, R. Schlitzer, R. Slater, I.J. Totterdell, M.-F. Weirig, Y. Yamanaka, A. Yool, Evaluating global ocean carbon models: the importance of realistic physics, submitted to Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 18, GB3017, doi:10.1029/2003GB002150, 2004. (PDF, 2.7 Mb)

Dutay, J.C., P. Jean-Baptiste, J.M. Campin, A. Ishida, E. Maier-Reimer, R.J. Matear, A. Mouchet, I.J. Totterdell, Y. Yamanaka, K. Rodgers, G. Madec, and J. C. Orr, Evaluation of OCMIP2 ocean model's deep circulation with mantle helium3, J. of Marine Systems, 48, 1-4, 1536, doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2003.05.010, 2004. (PDF, 2.3 Mb)

Matsumoto, K., J.L. Sarmiento, R.M. Key, O. Aumont, J.L. Bullister, K. Caldeira, J.-M. Campin, S.C. Doney, H. Drange, J.-C. Dutay, M. Follows, Y. Gao, A. Gnanadesikan, N. Gruber, A. Ishida, F. Joos, K. Lindsay, E. Maier-Reimer, J.C. Marshall, R.J. Matear, P. Monfray, R. Najjar, G.-K. Plattner, R. Schlitzer, R. Slater, P.S. Swathi, I.J. Totterdell, M.-F. Weirig, Y. Yamanaka, A. Yool, J.C. Orr, Evaluation of ocean carbon cycle models with data-based metrics, Geophys. Res. Lett.,31, LO7303, doi :10.1029/2003GL018970, 2004. (PDF, 0.4 Mb)

Orr, J. C., Modelling of ocean storage of CO2---The GOSAC study, Report PH4/37, IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme, 96 pp., 2004. (PDF, 8.7 Mb)

Rodgers, K. B., O. Aumont, B. Blanke, G. Madec, C. Menkes, J. C. Orr, D. P. Schrag, P. Monfray, Radiocarbon as a thermocline proxy in the eastern equatorial Pacific, submitted to Geophys. Res. Lett.,, 31, L14314, doi:10.1029/2004GL019764, 2004. (PDF, 0.2 kb)

2003

Le Quéré, C. , O. Aumont, P. Monfray, and J. C. Orr, Propagation of climatic events on ocean stratification, marine biology and CO2: case studies over the 1979-1999 period. J. Geophys. Res., 108C(12), 4182, doi:10.1029/2003GL016867, 2003. (PDF, 4.9 Mb)

Orr, J. C., O. Aumont, A. Yool, G.-K. Plattner, F. Joos, E. Maier-Reimer, M.-F. Weirig, R. Schlitzer, K. Caldeira, M. Wickett, R. Matear, B. Mignone, J. Sarmiento, J. Davison, The GOSAC project to predict the efficiency of ocean CO2 sequestration using 3-D ocean models, in Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies—6th International Conference, eds. J. Gale and Y. Kaya, Pergamon, 2003. (PDF, 138 kb)

Watson, A. J. and J. C. Orr. Carbon dioxide fluxes in the global ocean Chapter 5 in Ocean Biogeochemistry: the Role of the Ocean Carbon Cycle in Global Change (a JGOFS Synthesis), eds. M. Fasham, J. Field, T. Platt, and B. Zeitzschel, Springer, Berlin, pp. 123—141, 2003. (PDF, 2.3 Mb)

2002

Dutay, J.-C., J. Bullister, S. C. Doney, J. C. Orr, R. G. Najjar, K. Caldeira, J.-M. Campin, H. Drange, M. Follows, Y. Gao, N. Gruber, M. W. Hecht, A. Ishida, F. Joos, K. Lindsay, G. Madec, E. Maier-Reimer, J. C. Marshall, R. Matear, P. Monfray, G. K. Plattner, J. L. Sarmiento, R. Schlitzer, R. D. Slater, I. J. Totterdell, M.-F. Weirig, Y. Yamanaka, and A. Yool, Evaluation of ocean model ventilation with CFC-11: Comparison of 13 global ocean models, Ocean Modelling, 4(2), 89-120, 2002. (PDF, 5.5 Mb)

Orr, J. C., Final OCMIP-2 Report, 128 pp., 2002. (link)

Prentice, C., G. Farquhar, M. Fasham, M. Goulden, M. Heimann, V. Jaramillo, H. Kheshgi, C. Le Quéré, R. Scholes, and D. Wallace. (Contributing authors: including J.C. Orr) The carbon cycle and atmospheric CO2, in Climate Change:The Scientific Basis, the contribution of WGI of the IPCC to the IPCC Third Assessment Report (TAR), eds. J. Houghton and D. Yihui, Cambridge University Press, pp. 183-237, 2002. (link)

2001

Aumont, O., J. C. Orr, P. Monfray, W. Ludwig, P. Amiotte-Suchet, and J.-L. Probst, Riverine-driven interhemispheric transport of carbon, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 15, 393—405, 2001. (PDF, 3 Mb)

Bopp, L., P. Monfray, O. Aumont, J.-L. Dufresne, H. LeTreut, G. Madec, L. Terray, and J. C. Orr, Potential impact of climate change of marine export production, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 15, 81—99, 2001. (PDF, 3.8 Mb)

Friedlingstein, P., L. Bopp, P. Ciais, J.-L. Dufresne, L. Fairhead, H. LeTreut, P. Monfray, and J. C. Orr, Positive feeedback of the carbon cycle on future climate change, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 1543—1546, 2001.

Jean-Baptiste, P., P. Ciais, J. C. Orr, and R. Ducroux, Séquestration du CO2 : Faisabilité et Coût, CEA Report CEA-R-5989, DSM, CEA Saclay, France, 70, 2001. (PDF, 1.1 Mb)

Orr, J. C., OCMIP evaluation of deep-ocean circulation, Research GAIM, 2, 5, 2001. (link)

Orr, J. C., O. Aumont, A. Yool, K. Plattner, F. Joos, E. Maier-Reimer, M.-F. Weirig, R. Schlitzer, K. Caldeira, M. Wickett, and R. Matear, Ocean CO2 sequestration efficiency from 3-D ocean model comparison,, in Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (Proceedings of the 5th Inter. Conf. on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies), edited by D. Williams, B. Durie, P. McMullan, C. Paulson, and A. Smith, CSIRO, Collingwood, Australia, pp. 469-474, 2001. (PDF, 1.2Mb)

Orr, J. C., P. Monfray, E. Maier-Reimer, U. Mikolajewicz, J. Palmer, N. K. Taylor, J. R. Toggweiler, J. L. Sarmiento, C. L. Quéré, N. Gruber, C. L. Sabine, R. M. Key, and J. Boutin, Estimates of anthropogenic carbon uptake from four three-dimensionsal global ocean models, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 15, 43—60, 2001. (PDF 5.4 Mb))

2000

Le Quéré, C., J. C. Orr, P. Monfray, O. Aumont, and G. Madec, Interannual variability of the oceanic sink of CO2 from 1979 to 1997, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 14, 1247—1265, 2000. (PDF, 3.7 Mb)

Orr, J. C., Global Ocean Storage of Anthropogenic Carbon, Proceedings from European Climate Science Conference (CD-ROM), Vienna. European Commission, CD-ROM, 8 pp., 2000.

Sarmiento, J. L., P. Monfray, E. Maier-Reimer, O. Aumont, R. Murnane, and J. C. Orr, Sea-air CO2 fluxes and carbon transport: A comparison of three ocean general circulation models, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 14, 1267—1281, 2000. (PDF, 3.2 Mb)

Taylor, J. A., and J. C. Orr, The natural latitudinal distribution of atmospheric CO2, Global and Planetary Change, 26, 375—386, 2000. (PDF, 0.8 Mb)

1999

Aumont, O., J. Orr, P. Monfray, G. Madec, and E. Maier-Reimer, Nutrient trapping in the equatorial Pacific: the ocean circulation solution, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 13, 351—370, 1999. (PDF, 3 Mb)

Aumont, O., and J. C. Orr, Injection-HOWTO. Internal OCMIP Report, LSCE/CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France, 17 pp., 1999. (link)

Leboucher, V., J. C. Orr, P. Jean-Baptiste, P. Monfray, N. Tisnerat-Laborde, A. Poisson, and J. C. Duplessy, Oceanic radiocarbon between Antarctica and South Africa along WOCE section I6 at 30oE, Radiocarbon, 41, 51—73, 1999. (Abstract)

Najjar, R., and J. C. Orr, Biotic-HOWTO. Internal OCMIP Report, LSCE/CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France, 15 pp., 1999. (link)

Orr, J. C., Ocean Carbon-Cycle Model Intercomparison Project (OCMIP): Phase 1 (1995-1997), GAIM Rep. 7, IGBP/GAIM Office, EOS, Univ. New Hampshire, Durham, 1999. (link)

Orr, J. C., On ocean carbon-cycle model comparison, Tellus, 51B, 509—510, 1999.

Orr, J. C., Ocean circulation and the Ocean Carbon-Cycle Model Intercomparison Project, Int. WOCE Newsletter, 35, 24—25, 1999. (link)

Orr, J. C., Ocean Carbon-Cycle Model Intercomparison Project (OCMIP), Research GAIM, 2, 7, 1999. (link)

Orr, J. C., and O. Aumont, Exploring the capacity of the ocean to retain artificially sequestered CO2, in Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, edited by B. Eliasson, P. Reimer, and A. Wokaun, pp. 281—286, Elsevier Science Ltd., 1999. (link)

Orr, J. C., and J.-C. Dutay, OCMIP mid-project workshop, Research GAIM, 3, 4—5, 1999. (link)

Orr, J. C., J.-C. Dutay, R. Najjar, J. Bullister, and P. Brockmann, CFC-HOWTO. Internal OCMIP Report, LSCE/CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France, 12 pp., 1999a. (link)

Orr, J. C., R. Najjar, C. L. Sabine, and F. Joos, Abiotic-HOWTO. Internal OCMIP Report, LSCE/CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France, 25 pp., 1999b. (link).

1998

Orr, J. C., and R. G. Najjar, OCMIP-2 in progress, Research GAIM, 2, 9, 1998. (link)

Aumont, O., J. C. Orr, D. Jamous, P. Monfray, O. Marti, and G. Madec, A degradation approach to accelerate simulations to steady state in a 3-D tracer transport model of the global ocean, Clim. Dyn., 14, 101—116, 1998. (PDF, 628 kb)

1997

Joos, F., J. C. Orr, U. Siegenthaler, Ocean carbon transport in a box-diffusion vs. a general circulation model J. Geophys. Res., 102, 12367—12388, 1997. (PDF, 6.4 Mb)

Orr, J. C., Ocean carbon-cycle models: exploring the differences, Research GAIM, 1, 8—10, 1997. (link)

Orr, J. C., P. Monfray, J. L. Sarmiento, E. Maier-Reimer, J. R. Palmer, and R. G. Najjar, Transition time for ocean carbon-cycle model comparison, Research GAIM, 1, 8—10, 1997. (link)

1997

Orr, J. C., The Ocean Carbon-Cycle Intercomparison Project of IGBP/GAIM, in Ocean Storage of Carbon Dioxide, ed. B. Ormerod, IEA Greenhouse R&D Programme, Workshop 3 — International Links and Concerns, pp. 33—52, ISBN 1 898373 04 3, CRE Group Ltd., Cheltenham GL52 4RZ, UK, 1996.

1993

Toggweiler, J. R., and J. C. Orr, Summary of Workshop on Dissolved Organic Carbon in the Ocean, in The Global Carbon Cycle, ed. M. Heimann, NATO ASI Series, I15, 585-586, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1993.

Orr, J. C. Accord of Ocean Models in Predicting Uptake of Anthropogenic CO2 Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 70, 465-481, 1993.

Downing, J. P., M. Meybeck, J. C. Orr, R. R. Twilley, and H. W. Scharpenseel Land and Water Interface Zones Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 70, 123-137, 1993.

Baskaran, M., D. J. Murphy, P. H. Santschi, J. C. Orr, and D. R. Schink A method for Rapid In Situ Extraction and Laboratory Determination of Th, Pb, and Ra Isotopes from Large Volumes of Seawater Deep-Sea Research, 40, 849—865, 1993.

1992

Orr, J. C., Carbon Dioxide Disposal: The deep-six fix again, Nature, 357, 283—284, 1992.

Orr, J. C. and J. L. Sarmiento, Potential of Marine Macroalgae as a Sink for CO2 : Constraints from a 3-D General Circulation Model, Water, Air, & Soil Poll., 64, 405—421, 1992.

Sarmiento, J. L., J. C. Orr, and U. Siegenthaler, A Perturbation Simulation of CO2 Uptake in an Ocean General Circulation Model, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 3621—3645, 1992.

1991

Sarmiento, J. L., and J. C. Orr, Three Dimensional Ocean Model Simulations of Impact of Southern Ocean Nutrient Depletion on Atmospheric CO2 and Ocean Chemistry, Limnol. and Oceangr., 36, 1928—1950, 1991. (PDF, 2.9 Mb)

Sarmiento, J. L., and J. C. Orr The Iron Fertilization Strategy, Proceedings of the Conference Oceans, Climate, Man, Fondazione, San Paolo di Torino, Italy, 1991.

1988

Orr, J. C., 222Rn, 226Ra , and 228Ra as Tracers for the Evolution of Warm Core Rings, Ph.D. Thesis, Dept. of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 339 pp., 1988.

Orr, J. C., Evaluation of Counting Methods for Oceanic Ra-228 J. Geophys. Res., 93, 8265—8278, 1988.

1985

Orr, J. C., N. L. Guinasso Jr., and D. R. Schink Radon Surpluses in Warm Core Rings J. Geophys. Res., 90, 8903—8916, 1985.

1984

Orr, J. C., N. L. Guinasso Jr., and D. R. Schink Device for In Situ Extraction of Tracers from Large Volumes of Seawater, Technical Report 84-T-1, Dept. of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 60 pp., 1984.

Recent Public Outreach:

2008

Report in Nice Matin newspaper, Villefranche : L'acidification des océans fragilise les coquillages (in French), 26 Feb 2008

2007

Interview in film Should we Manipulate the Oceans?, EurOceans short documentary film (French and English versions), shown in aquariums and museums, see link

Interview in film De forste CO2-ofrene?, CarboOcean / Univisjon mini-documentary (in Norwegian), see link

Lecture on Writing Readable Scientific Papers, CarboOcean-EurOceans 2007 Summer School (Kiel, Germany), for program and handout see link

Lecture on Ocean Sciences, International School of Nice (High School in Nice, France)

Lecture on Our Oceans, Pain de Sucre (Elementary School, Cagnes-sur-mer, France)

2006

Interview in film Ocean Acidification, EurOceans short documentary (French and English versions), shown in aquariums and museums, see link

Interview on France 3 Evening News (11 July 2006), see link

Interview on French Television TF1 Evening News (8 June 2006), see link

Interview on France 2 Afternoon News (9 June 2006), see link

Interview on Direct 8 Television (France)

Coauthor of Zoom sur les coraux profondes (Zoom on deep-sea Corals) in Pour la Science, a French science magazine affiliated with Scientific American (May, 2006)

Lecture on Ocean Acidification, Lycee Corot, (High School, Savigny-sur-Orge, France)

2005

Interview on France 2 Evening News (7 Dec 2005), see link

Lecture on Global Warming and Marine Ecosystem Impacts, CEA Cyclope Public Conference (5 November 2005)

Source for articles in the international press, see list at link

Seagoing Experience:

1978: R/V Hoh, Puget Sound (three several-day cruises)

1979: R/V Thomas Thompson, Sannich Inlet, Canada (July)

1980: R/V Gyre, Cruise 80-G-6, Norfolk—Woods Hole, Western Atlantic (July)

1981: R/V Atlantis II, Cruise 110: Gulf Stream and Sargasso Sea, Warm-Core Ring 81-D (September—October)

1982: R/V Oceanus, Cruise 118: NW Atlantic, young Warm-Core Ring 82-B (April)

1982: R/V Oceanus, Cruise 121: NW Atlantic, middle-aged Warm-Core Ring 82-B (June)

1982: R/V Oceanus, Cruise 125: NW Atlantic, old Warm-Core Ring 82-B (August)

1982: R/V Knorr, Cruise 98: NW Atlantic, large Warm-Core Ring 82-H (September—October)

1986: R/V Gyre, Radium Intercalibraion Cruise: Gulf of Mexico

1989: R/V Melville, Cruise 318, SAVE6—Hydros4: Co-Chief Scientist, Uruguay—Barbados (March—April)

2007: GGIX, IAEA Coastal Sampling Cruise: Mediterranean Sea