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.
SORP (Southern Ocean Region Panel)
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.
News
News and Updates from the SORP Community.
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Report of NORP-SORP Workshop on Polar Fresh Water
SPICE-UP Workshop Links Northern and Southern Polar Oceans in A …
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Call for nominations to Southern Ocean Region Panel 2022
The CLIVAR/CliC/SCAR Southern Ocean Region Panel (SORP) seeks nominations for …
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Online Questionnaire for special issue of CLIVAR Exchanges, 10th March
The CLIVAR/CliC/SCAR SORP panel has decided to organize a special …
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SORP session on Southern Ocean Freshening at Ocean Sciences Meeting
The Southern Ocean Region Panel is organising a session at …
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 | |
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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.