We would like to inform you that the Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO), as part of its capacity-building programme, will be offering a number of shipboard fellowship opportunities on-board research vessels during 2019. Normally, specific calls are made a minimum of six months before the cruise begins. However, you are invited to submit your application already now because sometimes the POGO shipboard training programme is offered an available berth at shorter notice. We would also like to announce a call for applications for the first specific opportunity to join a 'South-North Atlantic Training Transect' (SoNoAT) cruise on board the RV Polarstern in June 2019. SoNoAT is a training survey that brings together International participants through a collaboration between the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), AtlantOS project, POGO and funded through the Nippon Foundation. There will be 25 scholarships available for participants, which include travel to the departure port, return flight from Bremerhaven, and all costs involved with living on board during the training.

The call for applications for SoNoAT will be open until 30 November 2018. Successful candidates will be informed by the middle of December.

We would like to let you know that the Ocean Carbon Data System (OCADS) at NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) published two new data publications. NDP-098 is a data synthesis product containing "A comprehensive global oceanic dataset of discrete measurements of helium isotope and tritium during the hygrographic cruises on various ships from 1952-10-21 to 2016-01-22 (NCEI Accession 0176626)." NDP-099 is a new data numeric package describing "Current calcite (CaCO₃) dissolution at the seafloor caused by anthropogenic CO₂ (NCEI Accession 0176672)."

We are thrilled to announce that IOCCP and EU BONUS INTEGRAL Project (Integrated carboN and TracE Gas monitoRing for the bALtic sea) are organizing a 10-day international training course on "Instrumenting our ocean for better observation:a training course on a suite of biogeochemical sensors." The course will be held on June 10-19, 2019 at the Sven Lovén Center for Marine Sciences, in Kristineberg, Sweden. Application process will open in mid-December 2018. Save the dates and stay tuned for updates on the course. 

Should you like to forward this information to your peers, please use the attached course flyer.

We would like to inform you that the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) has issued the 2019 Call for SCOR Visiting Scholars. Applications for the 2019 SCOR Visiting Scholars Program should be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 15 December 2018. Selections will be made by the SCOR Committee on Capacity Building by the end of January 2019. 

On behalf of the International SCOR working group #147, 'Towards comparability of global oceanic nutrient data' and the writing team led by Susan Becker (SIO-UCSD, USA), we are happy to inform you that they have completed the final draft of the updated version of the GO-SHIP nutrient manual entitled: "The precise and accurate determination of dissolved inorganic nutrients in seawater; Continuous Flow Analysis methods and laboratory practices." You can download the draft document from the IOCCP web site HERE. The public commenting will close at the end of this year, on 31 December 2018, at which time the comments and suggestions will be collated into a final published Manual.

Feedback from members of the scientific community will enhance the quality of this revised manual beyond the limits of the traditional closed peer review. Therefore, we invite you to send any comments/suggestions to both Susan Becker (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and Malcolm Woodward (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) by the end of 2018. The authors thank you in advance for your reviews.

The Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) Program is soliciting proposals for OCB activities that will take place or begin during the 2019 calendar year. We seek proposals for OCB-relevant workshops and activities such as: scoping workshops, working groups, synthesis activities, intercomparison activities, training or other activities. To get familiar with OCB's current slate of activities, PIs are strongly encouraged to view the OCB website before preparing and submitting a proposal. If you have questions about the relevance, timeliness, appropriate format, etc. of a proposed activity, please contact the OCB Project Office for guidance. Please submit workshop proposals electronically to the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) by December 3, 2018 for consideration by the OCB Scientific Steering Committee (SSC). Please see below for further details on format of supported activities, budgets and application requirements. 

We would like to let you know that the Biogeochemical-Argo program has issued its 5^th Newsletter which summarizes the program highlights and coming events. In this issue you can learn about: unanimous support from IOC-UNESCO Member States given to the proposal to incorporate biogeochemical sensors in the Argo array, Canada's financial commitment to support the implementation of the BGC-Argo program, past and upcoming workshops, and reports from successful float deployments, among other news.

You can subscribe to receive future issues of the Biogeochemical-Argo newsletter via this link.

We are happy to inform you about a newly published "Guideline of Ocean Observations" edited and published by The Oceanographic Society of Japan (JOS). The Guideline describes state-of-the-art protocols of the measurement of various oceanographic parameters that cover wide range of oceanographic topics from ocean weather to seafloor observation. The Guideline consists of 64 chapters in 10 volumes, but note that a few of the chapters are currently still in writing. In the process of protocol writing, 30 authors reviewed various existing international guidelines such as ISO, IAPSO and GO-SHIP guidelines, and examined the best protocols for each parameter. For those parameters which are not included in any existing international guidelines, original protocols were newly described by the authors and then reviewed by referees. These guidelines will be useful for oceanographers worldwide, and oceanographers of all countries are invited to use this Guideline as a reference for their ocean observations. The 3^rd edition of all the volumes of the Guideline can be accessed freely and openly as PDFs at: http://kaiyo-gakkai.jp/jos/en/guide/preface 

We are very happy to inform you that the Global Ocean Oxygen Network (GO₂NE) formed by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO) will hold an international Summer School from September 2 to 8, 2019, on Xiamen University's Xiang'an Campus in China, hosted by the State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science. IOCCP is one of the co-sponsors of the event, and IOCCP SSG member Véronique Garçon is part of the Scientific and the Organising Committee.

The IOC-GO₂NE SS2019 will bring together 40 PhD students and early career scientists and 16 world-leading international scientists. It aims to connect young researchers with leading scientists from the academic and SMEs world working on oxygen not only in a theoretical framework, but also through practical sessions on laboratory experiments, field work, modelling and special sessions on communication, ethics, and engagement with stakeholder. The IOC-GO₂NE SS2019 thus will provide to a generation of young scientists the crucible for designing innovative approaches to achieve the societal transition towards the Sustainable Development Goals approved by the United Nations for the next decade. To find more information on the program, organisation and logistics, please see the course website at: http://mel.xmu.edu.cn/summerschool/go2ne/index.asp. 

Application closes on 15 November 2018. You can submit your online applications by following this link: http://mel.xmu.edu.cn/summerschool/go2ne/applicationform.asp

We would like to let you know that regular registration for the OceanObs'19 Conference is now open. The poster abstract submission and registration have been integrated. If you are interested in submitting an abstract, the option will be available during your registration process.

Regular registration and poster abstract submission will close March 1, 2019. Late registration will open through September 16, 2019. For more on fees, deadlines, posters, and event registration click here. To view the conference at-a-glance click here.