Meetings
Meeting of MEOP partners at the 18th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Quebec City.
There is a meeting organised for Monday evening, Oct 12th during the SMM conference (Oct 11th-16th). It will be open to all MEOP partners, students, collaborators etc. The meeting will provide an opportunity for us to present the latest results from individual programs, and to exchange ideas and views on a variety of issues related to data processing, linkages, synergies, publications and future deployment plans. We have booked a room at the conference venue, and there will be AV equipment available for presenting the latest results. Please email Kit (kit.kovacs [at] npolar.no) to let her know if you will attend.
MEOP scientists at OceanObs'09
Several researchers from the international MEOP team were present at the OceanObs'09 meeting that was held in Venice, Italy, 21-25 September. The goal of the meeting was: 1) to review the progress over the past decade in implementing a global ocean observing system, and 2) to develop a strategy for the next decade aimed at sustaining this system and to expand it to address not only climate variability but also the effects of this variability on biogeochemical and ecosystem processes as well as on the benefits to society. The biological community was strongly represented, and the approach to ocean observatiuon using animals as oceanographic platforms was highlighted in many presentations.The general feeling is that this approach has now matured to a stage where it should truly be considered as an important component of a future global ocean observing system, and especially the real-time delivery of these data via the GTS was greeted as a huge success.
Prior to the OceanObs'09 conference, there was also a workshop on Ocean Biology Observatories organised by the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR). The goal of the workshop was to bring together biologists, the observing community, and the technology community to develop ocean biology observatories that could address the challenges of observing ocean life and its response to global change. More specifically, the workshop aimed at providing input to the OceanObs'09 conference specifically on how the observing system can be expanded to include biogeochemical and ecosystem processes.
Prior to the OceanObs'09 conference, there was also a workshop on Ocean Biology Observatories organised by the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR). The goal of the workshop was to bring together biologists, the observing community, and the technology community to develop ocean biology observatories that could address the challenges of observing ocean life and its response to global change. More specifically, the workshop aimed at providing input to the OceanObs'09 conference specifically on how the observing system can be expanded to include biogeochemical and ecosystem processes.