Five working groups of the Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) will hold a joint workshop in March 2012 which will focus on the two themes of Tropical Warm Pool SST Diurnal Variability and Southern Ocean satellite SST retrieval, validation and inter-comparison.
Venue: Bureau of Meteorology Head Office, Melbourne, Australia
Dates: 5-9 March 2012
Participating Working Groups: Diurnal Variability WG, High Latitude TAG, Estimation and Retrievals WG, Satellite SST Validation WG, Intercomparison TAG (see https://www.ghrsst.org/ghrsst-science/science-team-groups/ for information on the research of these working groups)
Proposed Schedule:
Mon: Tropical Warm Pool Diurnal Variability (TWP+) Project presentations + discussion.  Icebreaker.
Tue: Southern Ocean SST presentations + discussion
Wed: Parallel working day on both themes.  Excursion in late afternoon to see sub-Antarctic penguins and conference dinner.
Thur