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First Announcement: International Indian Ocean Science Conference (IIOSC)-2020 The International Indian Ocean Science Conference 2020 (IIOSC-2020) sponsored by Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Govt. of India, will be held during 16-20 March, 2020 at Goa India co-hosted by National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) Goa, National Centre for Polar Ocean Research (NCPOR) Goa, Goa University and…

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In this Issue: News from U.S. Committee for IIOE-2 U.S. Science Activities in the Indian Ocean NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown Establishes New Mooring Sites in the Arabian Sea Topographic Effects on Tropical Cyclone Formation over the Indian Ocean Upcoming Plans and Activities Read the full newsletter or download here. Please contact Raleigh Hood at…

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Potential IUSSTF-funded proposal for bilateral U.S.-Indian planning for joint research in the Indian Ocean—The U.S. IIOE-2 Steering Committee plans to submit a proposal to the Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) to convene a bilateral India–U.S. IIOE-2 proposal development workshop in fall 2020.  This meeting will be open to all interested U.S. investigators.

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Promotion of U.S. research on marine geology and geophysics in the Indian Ocean—The U.S. IIOE-2 Committee will enter discussions to follow up on the recent SCOR-InterRidge and IODP meetings focused on the Indian Ocean region to develop mechanisms for greater U.S. involvement in these activities.   BGC Sensors on RAMA moorings—Plans are underway for adding…

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Thanks to funding from the US Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) program, NOAA, the NASA Physical Oceanography Program, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum, a planning meeting was held at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography on September 11-13, 2017. Discussions at the meeting led to the development of a US…

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