Launch of the Second International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE-2)


Session ID#: 11247

Session Description:
The second International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE-2) will begin in December 2015 and run through 2020. This session will present the research themes of the IIOE-2 Science Plan, the IIOE-2 Implementation Plan components and status of each, a preliminary report on the first IIOE-2 cruise, activities and meetings planned in the coming year, and status of national committees. The session will also present the mechanisms for involvement of interested scientists in IIOE-2 activities.
Primary Contact:  Raleigh R Hood, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge, MD, United States
Presenters:  Edward R Urban Jr, Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research, University of Delaware, Newarrk, DE, United States, Michael J McPhaden, NOAA Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States, Karen J. Heywood, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4, United Kingdom and Rana A Fine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • A - Air-sea Interactions and Upper Ocean Processes
  • B - Biogeochemistry and Nutrients
  • MG - Marine Geology & Sedimentology
  • PO - Physical Oceanography/Ocean Circulation

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