SORP (Southern Ocean Region Panel)

The Southern Ocean Region Panel Expert Group (SORP) aims to coordinate the discussion and communication of scientific advances in the understanding of climate variability and change in the Southern Ocean, and advise CLIVAR, CliC, and SCAR on progress, achievements, new opportunities and impediments in Southern Ocean research.

About

The Southern Ocean Region Panel was formed to serve as a forum for the discussion and communication of scientific advances in the understanding of climate variability and change in the Southern Ocean. It is cosponsored by the World Climate Research Programme’s Climate and Ocean: Variability, Predictability and Change (CLIVAR) and the Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) projects, and SCAR and its purpose is to advise CLIVAR, CliC, and SCAR on progress, achievements, new opportunities and impediments in internationally-coordinated Southern Ocean research.

For more information, please visit the SORP website.

Terms of Reference

News and Updates from the SORP Community.

Members

Contact

The co-chairs of the CLIVAR/CliC/SCAR Southern Ocean Region Panel are Carolina Dufour and Ariaan Purich.

Membership

Name Role Institute Country
Carolina Dufour Co-chair 2026 McGill University Canada
Ariaan Purich Co-chair 2026 Monash University Australia
Natalie Robinson Member 2023 New Zealand’s Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research New Zealand
Ronald Souza Member 2023 Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) Brazil
Neil Swart Member 2023 Environment and Climate Change Canada Canada
Michiyo Yamamoto-Kawai Member 2023 Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology Japan
Tore Hattermann Member 2024 Norwegian Polar Institute Norway
Alexander Haumann Member 2024 Princeton University USA
Clive McMahon Member 2024 Sydney Institute of Marine Sciences Australia
Elin Darelius Member 2025 University of Bergen and the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research Norway
Carolina Dufour Member 2025 McGill University Canada
Ted Scambos Member 2025 University of Colorado Boulder USA
Alvaro Scardilli Member 2025 Servicio de Hidrografía Naval Argentina
Luciano Pezzi Ex officio Ex-officio of SOOS Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) Brazil

See also details of Southern Ocean Region panel national representatives.
The ICPO contact for the CLIVAR/CliC/SCAR Southern Ocean Region Panel is Liping.

Resources

Publications and links of interest to the SORP community.