The 15th Session of CLIVAR/IOC-GOOS Indian Ocean Region Panel took place in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, on 14-15 March 2019.

The Years of the Maritime Continent (YMC) field campaign has started since July 2017. Several Intensive Observation Periods (IOPs) have been conducted. 

A new article entitled ‘Exploring the Interplay Between Ocean Eddies and the Atmosphere’, written by Walter Robinson, Sabrina Speich and Eric Chassignet, has recently been published on Eos (https://doi.org/10.1029/2018EO100609), summarising the workshop on ‘Ocean Mesoscale Eddy Interactions with the Atmosphere’.

The 2nd Indian Ocean Observing System (ndOOS) Review Workshop took place on March 22 and 23, 2018 in Jakarta, Indonesia. There were 45 participants, including a Review Board of six, lead authors, IORP and SIBER members, and local observers. 

The CLIVAR/IOC GOOS Indian Ocean Region Panel held its 14th Session in the afternoon of March 21, 2018, in Jakarta, Indonesia, alongside the IIOE-2 Steering Committee Meeting, IOGOOS-14 and SIBER-8.