Southern Ocean GLOBEC


Update on 2002 Program Activities

2002 U.S. SO GLOBEC Activities

	Mooring recovery/deployment cruise in March 2002
	Process and survey cruises in April-May 2002
	Process and survey cruises in August-September 2002

Program Office Activities

	Cruise reports for the 2002 mooring cruise, April-May process and survey cruises, and August-September 2002 process cruise have been published and distributed
	Report  for August-September survey cruise will be available by the end of the year
	Article describing SO GLOBEC published in Oceanography – reprints are available and article can be obtained from SO GLOBEC web site
	SO GLOBEC contribution to an IGBP Science Series Publication on GLOBEC – published in early 2003

Program Office Activities (Cont.)

	Successful SO GLOBEC sessions at Ocean Sciences Meeting – February 2002
	SO GLOBEC SSC met 9-10 July – minutes available on SO GLOBEC web site
	Poster describing 2002 field activities developed and presented at GLOBEC OSM in China in October 2002 – copies available
	Good representation of SO GLOBEC at OSM

First SO GLOBEC DSR Issue

	Co-editors of volume are Hofmann, Wiebe, Costa and Torres
	Publication is set for late 2003 or early 2004
	10 manuscripts received and 8-10 more expected – titles and abstracts on web site
	Submissions from international SO GLOBEC community

SO GLOBEC-Related Meetings

	Zooplankton Production Meeting, 20-23 May in Gijon, Spain – many SO GLOBEC related papers
	2003 IUGG General Assembly, 30 June-11 July in Sapporo, Japan includes a special session on Southern Ocean research
	Abstract deadline is 30 January 2003
	Special session on SO GLOBEC at 2004 Ocean Sciences Meeting, 26-30 January in Portland, OR

SO GLOBEC Cruises

	UK SO GLOBEC cruise in December 2002 and January 2003
	UK Scotia Sea Frontal Cruise in January-February 2003
	UK mooring deployments around South Georgia in April-May 2003
	German SO GLOBEC second phase is Lazarev Sea program in 2003-2005 which will focus on winter processes

Future SO Studies

	Early January 2003 the IGBP-SCOR OCEANS program will hold an Open Science Meeting in Paris
	Poster describing a new Southern Ocean initiative will be presented
	Initiative is circumpolar, international, climate related, focus is on food web and feedbacks to biogeochemical cycles

Future SO Studies

	If accepted then there will be a series of international and national workshops to define the science questions and research plans for the program
	Target date is 2007 to 2008