Nine working group proposals that have been submitted to the SCOR Secretariat for consideration at the 2018 SCOR Annual Meeting are available on the SCOR Web site. The Executive Committee will be very grateful for comments from SCOR National Committees, individuals, and interested organizations to assist in the review of these proposals. This is, in fact, one of the most important ways in which SCOR’s National Committees and cooperating organizations can provide input to SCOR on scientific priorities. SCOR WG proposal reviews are due to Ed Urban, Executive Director of SCOR, before 1 August 2018. Decisions on which group(s) will be funded will be made at the SCOR annual meeting on 4-7 September 2018 in Plymouth, UK.

On behalf of the AtlantOS/NSF/IOC Best Practice Working Group, we would like to invite you to join an online meeting designed to bring the ocean observing community up-to-date with  latest developments, and discuss next steps and issues with regard to the OceanBestPractices System. The 1-hour meeting will take place on Tuesday 08 May 2018 @ 07:00 PDT, 10:00 EDT and 16:00 CEST. As you may be aware, through participation in the first Ocean Best Practice Workshop in Paris last year or other fora, there has been good progress in the IODE Best Practices repository (http://www.oceanbestpractices.net) and a linked research topic in a peer review journal. A vital part of the implementation process is to ensure community engagement, which in turn requires wide understanding and acceptance of the system's added value. If you're interested in participating in the meeting, please email the Working Group at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Connection details to the meeting will be circulated to those participating.

We would like to inform you that the new Global Ocean Data Analysis Project (GLODAP) website is now live. If you're looking for GLODAP data in various formats, want to know who the GLODAP Reference Group is, or want to find out more about GLODAP and its impact, check out the website at https://www.glodap.info. The new web page is built on the same framework and is meant to serve a similar purpose as the SOCAT web page (www.socat.info). This should make many of you feel right at home from the start. If you're keen on receiving timely updates on GLODAP-related news, follow GLODAP on twitter (#GLODAP).

The GLODAP website is hosted by the Bjerknes Climate Data Centre and the ICOS Ocean Thematic Centre (Bergen, Norway). If you see any room for improvements or have trouble with GLODAP data, please do not hesitate to let the team know either by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or by filling out the contact form on the website.