Lucia Campos from Brazil and Hyoung Chul Shin from Korea have joined the Expert Group

The 3rd SOOS meeting was held in St Petersburg in July 2008. Talks and additional information such as a timeline for publication are available now and a meeting report will be available shortly

SOOS is now co-sponsored by the World Climate Research Programme. The official sponsors are now SCAR, SCOR, POGO, CAML, WCRP and GOOS. NOAA have also provided significant funds for SOOS meetings

The 2nd SOOS meeting was held in Bremen on 1-3 October 2007.See article in CLIVAR Exchanges 43. A meeting report is available

The Terms of Reference of the group has been revised. The membership has been revised to more readily reflect the focus of the group on the SOOS

During the SCAR/SCOR Oceanography Group meeting in Hobart (10-11 July 2006) it was agreed that one of the key functions of the Group was to facilitate the development of a Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS).