We are pleased to share with you the 2nd Biogeochemical-Argo Newsletter which highlights the main activities over the last four months.
The Biogeochemical-Argo communities are currently expending and organizing themselves at a national level. Official inauguration meetings were held in Canada and Australia. Many other events (past and upcoming) are reported here and we are welcoming your inputs, news and publications for the next edition.
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Hervé Claustre & Ken Johnson
co-chairs of the Biogeochemical-Argo program

On January 4-5, 2017 a planning workshop for the Canadian contribution to the Biogeochemical-Argo program was held at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada. About 30 researchers from universities and government labs representing the Canadian Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific regions met to discuss the key science questions that a Canadian Biogeochemical-Argo contribution would address. A white paper is being prepared, and a strategy for securing funding in support of the program was discussed and will be pursued over the coming months.

A workshop was convened to share the learnings from the Biogeochemical-Argo program in order to inform the current Indian Ocean Observing System (IndOOS) review. Around 35 participants from 10 different nations met in Perth, Australia, alongside the International Indian Ocean Science Conference, during 2-3 Feb 2017. The goals of the workshop were inter alia to bring together Indian Ocean researchers interested in Biogeochemical-Argo observations, present findings from Indian Ocean region deployments of Biogeochemical-Argo floats, formulate recommendations for the implementation of Biogeochemical-Argo as part of the review of the Indian Ocean Observing System and discuss potential coordination of future research initiatives and funding