John Gould (UK) and Walter Zenk (Germany) describe the work of SCOR’s Working Group 21 and, particularly, the WG’s activities aboard RV “Akademik Kurchatov”. They describe their personal memories of the voyage and their subsequent research relating to the use of current meters and the investigation of the oceans’ mesoscale variability and global scale circulation.
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Member positions open in the leadership group of the SOOS Amundsen and Bellingshausen Sector Regional Working Group
The Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) Amundsen and Bellingshausen Sector (ABS) Regional Working Group is calling for applications to join the leadership group. The appointments are for 2-year terms, with the possibility of a 2nd term.
Applications close 1st March 2021. More information at – http://www.soos.aq/activities/rwg/abs
Recipients of the 2020-2021 TOS honors
We are delighted to announce that Ed Urban, former Executive Director of SCOR has been honored as a Fellow of The Oceanography Society (TOS). Ed was made a Fellow based on the outstanding service and leadership that he has provided for several decades to the oceanographic community.
Along with Ed, Emmanuel Boss from the University of Maine and Dawn Wright from ESRI were also honored as Fellows of TOS this year. Emmanuel is currently the co-chair of Working Group #154 on Integration of Plankton-Observing Sensor Systems to Existing Global Sampling Programs (P-OBS), and a member of the Scientific Steering Group of the International Carbon Coordination Project (IOCCP). Dawn served as a Nominated Member for the SCOR US National Committee.
Claudia Benitez-Nelson from the University of South Carolina was honored the Mentoring Award. Claudia is the Chair of the Capacity Development Committee of SCOR.
SCOR is extremely proud and thanks the awardees for making SCOR a participant of such great honors!
Call for SCOR 2021 Working Groups is open
The SCOR Secretariat will accept proposals for new working groups from the 1 of February to the 30 April 2021. The guidelines, a template, and word limits are available at
http://www.scor-int.org/SCOR_WGs_Proposal_Instructions.htm, including a PowerPoint presentation explaining the proposal process. Read the full call
SCOR Newsletter #44
SCOR Newsletter #44 is available at https://scor-int.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/SCOR_Newsletter_44_November2020final.pdf
SCOR Newsletter #43
SCOR Newsletter #43 is available at https://scor-int.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/SCOR-Newsletter-43Final.pdf
SCOR History Report on the International Indian Ocean Expedition
The collected papers of Robert G. Snider in relation to the first years of the International Indian Ocean Expedition is available at:
https://scor-int.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/SCOR_History_Report_2-1.pdf
SCOR Newsletter #42 – Ocean Sciences 2020 Edition
SCOR Newsletter #42 is available at https://scor-int.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Early_career_call_2020_final.pdf
Message from SCOR to the ocean science community
SCOR acknowledges the many personal and professional challenges everyone is facing and wishes to send the ocean science community a message of support and solidarity in these very difficult times.
See the link below for some updates on SCOR activities and mitigating strategies.
SCOR Newsletter #41
SCOR Newsletter #41 is now available at http://www.scor-int.org/Publications/SCOR-NL-41.pdf.