The Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS), the CLIVAR-CliC-SCAR Southern Ocean Region Panel (SORP), and the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), representing the Southern Ocean community, provided comprehensive comment on the Year of Polar Prediction Implementation Plan. These comments have been publishedand the document is now available online.

This Working Paper is designed to highlight key Southern Ocean field and modelling capabilities of relevance to YOPP, identify key areas for collaborative efforts, and raise the imperative of the Southern Ocean’s role in prediction capabilities. 

Citation: Newman, Louise et al.. (2015). Southern Ocean community comment on the Year of Polar Prediction Implementation Plan. Zenodo. 10.5281/zenodo.27261