摘要
The first Southern Ocean Observing System （SOOS） Asian Workshop was successfully held in Shanghai, China in May 2013, attracting over 40 participants from six Asian nations and widening exposure to the objectives and plans of SOOS. The workshop was organized to clarify Asian research activities currently taking place in the Southern Ocean and to discuss, amongst other items, the potential for collaborative efforts with and between Asian countries in $OOS-related activities. The workshop was an important mechanism to initiate discussion, understanding and collaborative avenues in the Asian domain of SOOS beyond current established eflbrts. Here we present some of the major outcomes of the workshop covering the principle themes of SOOS and attempt to provide a way forward to achieve a more integrated research community, enhance data collection and quality, and guide scientific strategy in the Southern Ocean.
The first Southern Ocean Observing System （SOOS） Asian Workshop was successfully held in Shanghai, China in May 2013, attracting over 40 participants from six Asian nations and widening exposure to the objectives and plans of SOOS. The workshop was organized to clarify Asian research activities currently taking place in the Southern Ocean and to discuss, amongst other items, the potential for collaborative efforts with and between Asian countries in $OOS-related activities. The workshop was an important mechanism to initiate discussion, understanding and collaborative avenues in the Asian domain of SOOS beyond current established eflbrts. Here we present some of the major outcomes of the workshop covering the principle themes of SOOS and attempt to provide a way forward to achieve a more integrated research community, enhance data collection and quality, and guide scientific strategy in the Southern Ocean.
基金
hosted and sponsored by the Polar Research Institute of China (PRIC), with additional sponsorship by the State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (LASG), the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IAP/CAS), the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) "Climate and the Cryosphere" project (CliC), SCAR and the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR). We thank Alexander Klepikov, Hyoung Chul Shin, Katsuro Katsumata for providing the information on ship tracks. The conveners would like to thank the efforts by all participants, in particular the presenters, in making the first SOOS Asia Workshop a successful forum by which to highlight the extensive Asian research activities in the Southern Ocean and discuss a way forward in driving collaboration and integration with SOOS, as well as the greater international community. SOOS would like to recognize the support of the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS, University of Tasmania) in hosting the SOOS International Project Office, and the sponsorship of the office by numerous international organizations (see www.soos.aq/index.php/ about-us/sponsors)
