Special Feature: Insights into Biogeochemical Exchange Processes at Sea Ice Interfaces (BEPSII-2)
Biogeochemical Exchange Processes at Sea Ice Interfaces (BEPSII) is an international expert group on sea-ice biogeochemistry focusing on harmonizing methodologies for sea-ice biogeochemical research and observation; sea ice biogeochemical data-archiving approaches and data mining; process studies to determine impacts of physical sea-ice processes on ecology and biogeochemical cycles; improvement of the representation and evaluation of sea ice biogeochemistry in regional and Earth system numerical models; synthesis and integration of observational and modeling efforts including conceptual model development to describe sea ice interactions in or with the Earth system. More recently BEPSII is also focusing on big-picture questions of global relevance and feedbacks related to the sea ice ecosystem.