Physical Oceanography and Climate Committee
  • Acronym: POC
  • Parent Committee: SB
  • Chair: Dr. Lei Zhou <zhoulei1588@sjtu.edu.cn>
    Vice-Chair: Dr. Jennifer M. Jackson <Jennifer.Jackson@dfo-mpo.gc.ca>
  • Mailing List
  • Past Chairs:
    Emanuele Di Lorenzo (Nov. 2016 – Oct. 2022, USA)
    Kyung-Il Chang (Oct. 2010 – Nov. 2016, Korea)
    Michael G. Foreman (Oct. 2004 – Oct. 2010, Canada)
    Kuh Kim (Oct. 2001 – Oct. 2004, Korea)
    Vyacheslav Lobanov (Oct. 1998 – Oct. 2001, Russia)
    Paul H. LeBlond (Dec. 1995 – Oct. 1998, Canada)
    Yutaka Nagata (Oct. 1992 – Nov. 1995, Japan)
  • Past Vice-Chairs:
    Yury I. Zuenko (Nov. 2016 – Nov. 2021, Russia)
    Michael G. Foreman (Oct. 2010 – Nov. 2016, Canada)
    Ichiro Yasuda (Oct. 2005 – Oct. 2010, Japan)
  • Action Plan
Key Tasks
The POC Committee's area of responsibility is to promote and coordinate physical and chemical oceanography, atmospheric science, and interdisciplinary research in the northern North Pacific. Impacts of climate variability and physical dynamics in coastal, shelf and open ocean areas are considered with emphasis on processes that relate to living marine resources and environmental quality.
News
  • Changes within CC-S Membership (USA): Dr. Hernan Garcia stepped down as a member of the S-CC Section.
    9/11/2025 1:42:54 PM PST
  • Changes within CC-S Membership (USA): Dr. Richard A. Feely stepped down as a member of the S-CC Section.
    1/13/2025 4:30:48 PM PST
  • Changes within WG 50 Membership (Russia): Prof. Sergey Prants is a new member of the WG-50 representing Russia.
    12/2/2024 2:13:27 PM PST
  • Changes within CC-S Membership (USA): Dr. Yuichiro Takeshita is a new member of S-CC replacing Prof. Burke Hales.
    7/2/2024 5:51:27 PM PST
  • Changes within WG 50 Membership (Canada) Jody Klymak is a newly appointed member of WG-50.
    4/5/2024 2:12:03 PM PST

    • More News

Members
Dr. James Christian (CC-S, POC)
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Institute of Ocean Sciences
9860 W Saanich Road
Sidney, BC
Canada V8L 4B2
(1-250) 686-6081
(1-250) 363-8247
Jim.Christian@ec.gc.ca
Dr. Charles Hannah (AP-NPCOOS, POC, WG-49)
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Institute of Ocean Sciences
9860 W. Saanich Rd., P.O. Box 6000
Sidney, BC
Canada V8L 4B2
(1-250) 363-6369
(1-250) 363-6390
Charles.Hannah@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Dr. Jennifer M. Jackson (AP-NPCOOS, AP-UNDOS, POC, WG-49)
POC Vice-Chair, AP-NPCOOS Co-Chair
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Institute of Ocean Sciences 9860 W. Saanich Rd., P.O. Box 6000
Sidney, BC
Canada V8L 4B2
(1-250) 706-8549
Jennifer.Jackson@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Prof. Fangli Qiao (AP-UNDOS, FUTURE-SSC, GC, POC, WG-50)
First Institute of Oceanography, MNR
6 Xian-xia-ling Road, LaoShan District
Qingdao, Shandong
China, PR 266061
(+86-532) 8896-0055
(+86-532) 88965544
qiaofl@fio.org.cn
Dr. Fan Wang (POC)
Institute of Oceanology, CAS
7 Nanhai Rd.
Qingdao, China, PR 266071
0086053282898220
fwang@qdio.ac.cn
Dr. Lei Zhou (POC, SB)
POC Chair
School of Oceanography
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
1954 Huashan Rd.
Shanghai, China, PR 200030
+86-21-6293-3753
zhoulei1588@sjtu.edu.cn
Dr. Sachihiko Itoh (POC, WG-53)
Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
The University of Tokyo
5-1-5 Kashiwanoha
Kashiwa, Chiba
Japan 277-8564
(81-4) 7136-6326
(81-4) 7136-6327
itohsach@aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Dr. Taira Nagai (POC)
Fisheries Resources Institute (FRI)
Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency (FRA)
1-5939-22 Suido cho, Chuo ku
Niigata, Niigata
Japan 951-8121
+81-25-228-0616
+81-25-224-0950
nagai_taira57@fra.go.jp
Prof. Hiromichi Ueno (POC)
Faculty of Fisheries Sciences
Hokkaido University
3-1-1 Minato-cho
Hakodate, Hokkaido
Japan 041-8611
(81-138) 40-8874
(81-138) 40-8874
ueno@fish.hokudai.ac.jp
Dr. Chan Joo Jang (POC, WG-49)
WG-49 Co-Chair
Ocean Circulation and Climate Research Department
Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST)
385 Haeyang-ro, Youngdo-gu
Busan, Korea, R 49111
(82-51) 664-3117
(82-51) 403-4920
cjjang@kiost.ac.kr
Dr. Joon-Soo Lee (POC)
Ocean Climate & Ecology Research Division
National Institute of Fisheries Science (NIFS), MOF
216 Gijanghaean-ro, Gijang-eup, Gijang-gun
Busan, Korea, R 46083
(82-51) 720-2230
(82-51) 720-2219
leejoonsoo@korea.kr
Prof. SungHyun Nam (AP-UNDOS, CREAMS-AP, POC)
CREAMS-AP Co-Chair
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Seoul National University
1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanakgu
Seoul, Korea, R 08826
(82-2) 880-4138
namsh@snu.ac.kr
Dr. Vyacheslav B. Lobanov (AP-NPCOOS, CREAMS-AP, FUTURE-SSC, MONITOR, POC)
CREAMS-AP Co-Chair
V.I. Il'ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute (POI), FEB RAS
43 Baltiyskaya St.
Vladivostok, Primorsky Kray
Russia 690041
(7-908) 9944569
(7-4232) 312-573
lobanov@poi.dvo.ru
Dr. Elena I. Ustinova (POC)
Laboratory of Fisheries Oceanography
Pacific branch of Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (TINRO)
4 Shevchenko Alley
Vladivostok, Primorsky Kray
Russia 690091
(7-423) 260-4530
(7-423) 230-0751
elena.ustinova@tinro.vniro.ru
Dr. Yury I. Zuenko (CREAMS-AP, POC, S-CCME)
Fisheries Oceanography
Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, Pacific branch (TINRO)
4 Shevchenko Alley
Vladivostok, Russia 690091
(7-423) 2604-530
(7-423) 2300-752
zuenko_yury@hotmail.com
Dr. Steven J. Bograd (AP-ECOP, AP-UNDOS, FUTURE-SSC, POC, SB, SG-NPESR4, WG-49)
FUTURE-SSC Co-Chair, AP-ECOP Mentor, AP-UNDOS Co-Chair
Environmental Research Division
NOAA NMFS SWFSC
99 Pacific St., Suite 255A
Monterey, CA
U.S.A. 93940
(1-831) 648-8314
steven.bograd@noaa.gov
Prof. Emanuele Di Lorenzo (AP-UNDOS, FUTURE-SSC, POC, WG-49)
Earth, Environmental, & Planetary Sciences
Brown University
Lincoln Field Building, Room 203, 180 Thayer St, , RI .
Providence, RI
U.S.A. 02912
phone
e.dilorenzo@brown.edu
Prof. Jerome Fiechter (POC)
Ocean Sciences Department
University of California Santa Cruz
1156 High St.
Santa Cruz, CA
U.S.A. 95064
(1-831) 459-4736
fiechter@ucsc.edu
Active Groups

S-CCME: Joint PICES/ICES Section on Climate Change Effects on Marine Ecosystems
(PICES-2011 - PICES-2025), (also reports to BIO and FIS)

AP-CREAMS: Advisory Panel for a CREAMS/PICES Program in East Asian Marginal Seas
(PICES-2005 – PICES-2024), (also reports to MONITOR)

S-CC: S ection on Carbon and Climate
(PICES-2005 – PICES-2027), (also reports to BIO)

WG 50: Working Group on Sub-mesoscale Processes and Marine Ecosystems
(PICES-2021 - PICES-2025)

Disbanded Groups

WG 46: Joint PICES/ICES Working Group on Ocean Negative Carbon Emissions (ONCE)
(PICES-2020 – PICES-2023), (also reports to BIO)

WG 40: Working Group on Climate and Ecosystem Predictability
(Term: PICES-2017 - PICES-2021) (Disbanded: IGC-2023)(also reports to FUTURE SSC)

WG 38: Working Group on Mesoscale and Submesoscale Processes
(PICES-2016 – Jan. 2023)

WG 29: Working Group on Regional Climate Modeling
(PICES-2011 – PICES-2015) (also reports to BIO)

WG 27: Working Group on North Pacific Climate Variability and Change
(Jun. 2011 – PICES-2015)

WG 25: Joint PICES/ICES Working Group on Forecasting Climate Change Impacts on Fish and Shellfish
(Jan. 2009 – PICES-2011) (also reports to FIS)

WG 20: Working Group on Evaluations of Climate Change Projections
(PICES-2005 – PICES-2010)

AP-NPDB: Advisory Panel on North Pacific Data Buoy
(PICES-2001 – PICES-2006)

WG 17: Working Group on Biogeochemical Data Integration and Synthesis
(PICES-2001 – PICES-2005)

WG 13: Working Group on Carbon Dioxide in the North Pacific
(PICES-1997 – PICES-2002)

WG 7: Working Group on Modeling of the Subarctic North Pacific Circulation
(PICES-1993 – PICES-1995)

WG 1: Working Group on Okhotsk Sea and Oyashio Region
(PICES-1992 – PICES-1993)

Products
Annual Meetings

Reports

2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992

Session and Workshop Summaries

TBA

Related Materials

PICES Sci. Rep. No. 54, 2018
Report of Working Group 29 on Regional Climate Modeling

PICES Sci. Rep. No. 45, 2013
Report of the PICES/ICES Working Group on Forecasting Climate Change Impacts on Fish and Shellfish

PICES Sci. Rep. No. 40, 2011
Report of Working Group 20 on Evaluations of Climate Change Projections

PICES Sci. Rep. No. 36, 2009
Proceedings of the Fourth Workshop on the Okhotsk Sea and Adjacent Areas

PICES Sci. Rep. No. 34, 2008
Forecasting Climate Impacts on Future Production of Commercially Exploited Fish and Shellfish

PICES Sci. Rep. No. 22, 2002
PICES Science: The First Ten Years and a Look to the Future

PICES Sci. Rep. No.13, 2000
Bibliography of the Oceanography of the Japan/East Sea

PICES Sci. Rep. No.12, 1999
Proceedings of the Second PICES Workshop on the Okhotsk Sea and Adjacent Areas

PICES Sci. Rep. No. 8, 1998
Multilingual Nomenclature of Place and Oceanographic Names in the Region of the Okhotsk Sea (Reprint from MIRC Science Report, No.1, 1998)