
Science Plan schematic illustration taken from Newman, Hancock et. al., (2022). The Southern Ocean Observing System 2021-2025 Science and Implementation Plan. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6324359

Implementation Plan schematic schematic illustration taken from Newman, Hancock et. al., (2022). The Southern Ocean Observing System 2021-2025 Science and Implementation Plan. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6324359

SOOS observational highlights figure taken from Newman, Hancock et. al., (2022). The Southern Ocean Observing System 2021-2025 Science and Implementation Plan. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6324359

Schematic illustration of the observation and models required to resolve key uncertainties regarding the impacts of global change on Southern Ocean ecosystems.
Citation: Newman et al., (2019). Delivering sustained, coordinated, and integrated observations of the Southern Ocean for global impact. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, 433. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00433

Schematic of the key elements of a Southern Ocean air-sea flux observing system in order to reduce uncertainties in air-sea and air-sea-ice fluxes of heat, momentum, freshwater, and carbon.
Citation: Newman et al., (2019). Delivering sustained, coordinated, and integrated observations of the Southern Ocean for global impact. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, 433. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00433

Schematic of the platforms required to observe key sea-ice processes toward capturing circumpolar sea-ice variability and deriving sea-ice thickness and volume.
Citation: Newman et al., (2019). Delivering sustained, coordinated, and integrated observations of the Southern Ocean for global impact. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, 433. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00433

Schematic of the observational platforms required to observe the Antarctic Bottom Water formation.
Citation: Newman et al., (2019). Delivering sustained, coordinated, and integrated observations of the Southern Ocean for global impact. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, 433. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00433

Components of an optimal observing system to constrain and quantify biogeochemical cycling processes in the Southern Ocean.
Citation: Newman et al., (2019). Delivering sustained, coordinated, and integrated observations of the Southern Ocean for global impact. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, 433. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00433

Schematic of the integrated system of observational platforms required to determine the contribution of oceanic heat to ice-shelf melt for a generic ice-shelf configuration.
Citation: Newman et al., (2019). Delivering sustained, coordinated, and integrated observations of the Southern Ocean for global impact. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, 433. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00433

Schematic of the scientific and societal drivers that led to the development of SOOS.
Citation: Meredith, M.P., Schofield, P., Newman, L., Urban, E., & Sparrow, M. (2013) The vision for a Southern Ocean Observing System. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 5 (3-4), 306-313. DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2013.03.002

Major biological energy pathways by which energy moves from primary producers to higher trophic levels in Southern Ocean ecosystems (integrated across seasons and across sea-ice environments).
Citation: Newman et al., (2019). Delivering sustained, coordinated, and integrated observations of the Southern Ocean for global impact. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, 433. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00433