The Northwest Pacific Ocean Circulation and Climate Experiment (NPOCE), an international investigation and research program initiated by China and joined by 19 institutions from 8 countries, is endorsed by Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) as an international joint program on April 23, 2010. NPOCE is the first large-scale multi-national investigation and research program in the ocean field that is initiated and led by China.

The NPOCE inauguration meeting will be held on May 30, 2010 at Qingdao, China. Leaders of CLIVAR and other international scientific organizations, representatives from participating countries, leaders of related ministries of China, and many well-known scientists will attend the meeting and evidence the inauguration and implementation of the international cooperative program.

Time: Morning of May 30, 2010, 8:30-11:40

Venue: Conference center of Huanghai Hotel, Qingdao, China

Welcome to the meeting!

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