Southern Ocean Indian Sector (SOIS) Working Group 1st Meeting Report

The first meeting of the Southern Ocean Indian Sector (SOIS) Regional Working Group (RWG) was held in Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan on 12-16 August, 2017. Eighteen people attended the first meeting representing Japan, China, India, France and Australia. The aims of the meeting were to: i. identify the com...

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Main Authors: Constable, Andrew, Odate, Tsuneo, Koubbi, Philippe, D'Adamo, Nick, Hindell, Mark, Kumar, N. Anil, Makabe, Ryosuke, McMahon, Clive, Moteki, Masato, Mishra, Rajani Kanta, Mizobata, Kohei, Shi, Jiuxin, Shimada, Keishi, Swadling, Kerrie, Takahashi, Kunio, Tamura, Takeshi, Trebilco, Rowan, Zhu, Guoping
Format: Report
Language:unknown
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/4083240
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4083240
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Summary:The first meeting of the Southern Ocean Indian Sector (SOIS) Regional Working Group (RWG) was held in Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan on 12-16 August, 2017. Eighteen people attended the first meeting representing Japan, China, India, France and Australia. The aims of the meeting were to: i. identify the community of active researchers in the Indian Sector ii. gain consensus on the key drivers in the region iii. develop a picture of the status of multidisciplinary observations in the Indian Sector iv. discuss key observational gaps, regional priorities, and challenges Discussion covered a range of issues including research areas of common interest, current marine science activities in the Indian sector, key drivers in the region, the status of multidisciplinary observations, regional priorities and challenges.