CofE Data management module introduced
Beginning of partnership with IOC-IODE for a teaching module on data management at the NF-POGO Centre of Excellence.
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OceanObs ’09
POGO was an ‘endorsing organisation’ for the decadal OceanObs’09 Conference. OceanObs ’09 brought together more than 600 scientists from 36 nations, supported by 99 Community White Papers and 47 Plenary Papers, to build a common vision for the provision of routine and sustained global information on the marine environment sufficient to meet society’s needs for describing,
GEO-IV in Cape Town
POGO and other Oceans United members worked together on an extensive media campaign for GEO-IV in Cape Town, including a video about ocean observing.
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POGO Secretariat Moves
In 2007, the POGO Secretariat relocated from Bedford Institute of Oceanography, in Dartmouth, Canada, to Plymouth Marine Laboratory in Plymouth, UK.
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NF-POGO Centre of Excellence established at Bermuda Institute of Ocean Science (BIOS)
The Nippon Foundation-POGO Centre of Excellence (NF-POGO CofE) provides world class education and training in the field of observational oceanography. The Centre offers a 10-month programme of study, at postgraduate level, to 10 students every year. Information on past cohorts of scholars who attended the Centre of Excellence can be accessed by following the links
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POGO-funded Visiting Professorship to Iran
Following the success of the NF-POGO Visiting Professorship Programme, which ran for 3 years (2004-2007) POGO continued to run a Visiting Professorship programme, which generally funded one Professor every year (2009-2014). The first of these was hosted by the Iranian National Centre for Oceanography.
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Launch of International Cruise Information Database
As an outcome from the POGO-SCOR workshop held in December 2005, an International Cruise Information Database was launched in 2006, to facilitate coordination and volunteer observations.
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Beagle Cruise Results published
Initial results were published in Science (12 May, 2006). In this paper, authored by Heather Bouman and others, the bio-optical properties of the phytoplankton are related to the molecular genetic structure of the populations. The global-scale variations in population structure are accounted for by the global-scale variability in vertical mixing. Reports from selected trainees are
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First Meeting and establishment of ChloroGIN as a pilot project of GOOS.
ChloroGIN was created in 2006 during a workshop sponsored by POGO, GOOS, GEO, IOCCG and PML, and was inspired by the Latin American Network Antares. It aims to promote in situ chlorophyll measurements in combination with satellite-derived estimates. ChloroGIN was funded by the Canadian Space Agency, and was included as a Task within the first
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