The CLIVAR/CliC/SCAR Southern Ocean Region Panel had its regular teleconference on 14^th October 2020. In this meeting, the panel mainly focused on the annual report and the WCRP Lighthouse Activities.

The following tasks were discussed:

• Update on the planned replacement for the half-day WAMC/YOPP-SH/SOOS/ASPeCt workshop alongside SCAR OSC
• Synthesis of national reports and update on USA national representative
• Update on NORP&SORP workshop after the GOOS/GCOS/WCRP freshwater transport workshop in Exeter
• YOPP-SH update
• The SORP annual report for CLIVAR
• WCRP Lighthouse Activities (LHAs) and how SORP can map onto them
• SORP-14 and the CLIVAR workshop on observations