1. WP21(Training activities) Final deliverable (D.18)

2. As a CO WP21 final deliverable, a contest for best CO related publication, authored/co-authored by CO PhD students was announced (~1st August), and run till 15th September Pre-conditions to enter the contest: Publication authored/co-authored by CO PhD student Publication published,or at least accepted for pub.,before 15th Sep., 2009 Topic related to CO issues Possible entries sent to J.Pempkowiak/Ch.Heinze till 15th Sep.,2009

3. There are quite a number of publications by (former and current) PhD students doing CarboOcean-related research. In the context of WP2, eg. Friedrich and Oschlies (2009) JGR 114: C03020; Telszewski et al. (2009) BG 6: 1405-1421; Steinhoff et al. (2009). Padin et al (2007) JMS 66: 285-296. Padin et al (2009) JMS 75: 280-285. Patecki and Manning (2007) IEEE, 061215-11. Santana-Casiano et al. (2009) DSR II 56: 533-541. However, only publications that reached Heinze/Pempkowiak before 15th Sep. were considered

4. > List of entries to the CO contest  Vázquez-Rodríguez, M., F. Touratier, C. Lo Monaco, D. W. Waugh, X. A., Padin, R. G. J. Bellerby, C. Goyet, N. Metzl,A. F. Ríos, and F. F. Pérez, Anthropogenic carbon distributions in the Atlantic Ocean: Databased estimates from the Arctic to the Antarctic, Biogeosciences, 6, 439-451 (2009).  Kuliński K., Pempkowiak J., Dissolved organic carbon in the southern Baltic Sea: Quantification of factors a affecting its distribution,> Est. Coast. Shelf Sci, 78, 38-44 (2008)  Hofmann A.F., F.J.R. Meysman, K.Soetaert, J.J. Middelburg A., Step-by-step procedure for pH model construction in aquatic systems.Biogeosciences, 5, 227-251 (2009)  Gerber, M., F. Joos, M. Vazquez-Rodriguez, F. Touratier, F. C.Goyet, Regional air-sea fluxes of anthropogenic carbon inferred with an Ensemble Kalman Filter, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 23, GB1013 (2009)  Frölicher, T. L., F. Joos, G.-K. Plattner, M. Steinacher, S.C.Doney. Natural variability and anthropogenic trends in oceanic oxygen in a coupled carbon cycle-climate model ensemble. Global Biogeochem.Cycles, 23/, GB1003,(2009)  Steinacher, M., Joos, F., Frölicher, T. L., Plattner, G.-K., Doney, S. C.: Imminent ocean acidification in the Arctic projected with the NCAR global coupled carbon > cycle-climate model.Biogeosciences, 6, 515-533 ( 2009).

5. Tools used in research were as follow: -2x modeling -2x experimental -2x calculations However, all six publications are :  authored by CO PhD students,  devoted to CO subject, and  published in excellent journals.

6. Therefore the following solution was adopted:  all six PhD students are awarded for outstanding contribution to CO goals  Awardees will be hended a diploma stating their achievement (signed by Ch.Heinze and J.Pempkowiak)  Awardees will get a lump sum of 150 Euro as a token of CO appreciation of their successful involvement in CO research

7. List of awarded PhD students Marcos Vasquez Rodriguez Andreas Hofmann Karol Kuliński Markus Gerber Thomas Frölicher Marco Steinacher