The Southern Ocean
Observing System
Facilitating and Enhancing Global Southern Ocean Observations
Past Event
WAPSA Regional Working Group Workshop 2020
The second meeting of the West Antarctic Peninsula and Scotia Arc (WAPSA) Regional Working Group of the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) was held on July 28th 2020. The meeting was originally planned to be held in Hobart, to coincide with the SCAR 2020 Open Science Conference. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the meeting was held online.
The aims of the meeting were:
- To discuss research progress and share exciting new results from the WAP and Scotia Arc regions across the international community;
- To discuss ways forward for the implementation of the WAPSA WG goals;
- To build WG membership, activities and momentum, and to highlight Leadership Group opportunities in the WAPSA WG.
The meeting format was as follows:
- Introduction words from Kate Hendry (University of Bristol, UK) and Sian Henley (University of Edinburgh, UK)
- Keynote from Anne Christianson (Pew Charitable Trusts) on Marine Protected Areas in the WAP region
- Lightning talks from participants with brief questions, chaired by Juan Höfer (Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso, Chile)
- Open discussion on ongoing and future research initiatives across the WAPSA region, chaired by Oscar Schofield (Rutgers University, US)
- Online posters
A recording of the lightning talk sessions was made with speakers’ permission and is available through the SOOS YouTube Channel. Where speakers were willing, presentation slides are also available alongside the posters. All links to recordings and poster PDFs are available here.
