[September 2026] Participated to the OCEAN:ICE final annual meeting in Cambridge, UK
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From September 15 to September 18, 2026, I joined OCEAN ICE final annual meeting at the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge.
🎉 I was very glad to present and share our latest progress of the variability of the South Atlantic Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW), as well as the new ocean observations deployment and recovery of the SAMBA line (34.5S). I also exchanged ideas with colleagues across the project, and discuss how some of these questions can be taken forward beyond OCEAN ICE.
🎇 As OCEAN ICE approaches its conclusion this October, the meeting was also a good opportunity to look back at the scientific questions that have gradually shaped my research over the past few years. A central theme of my work in this project has been to understand how the Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW) are transmitted through the ocean circulation, and how these changes propagate into the South Atlantic and influenced by the Indian Ocean.
🎇 When I joined the OCEAN ICE two years ago, I had far more questions than answers about where this research would lead. Looking back now, these ideas have developed into a much clearer scientific story, including two manuscripts currently in submission (Tan et al., 2026a, 2026b).
🌐 Going forward, I hope to push this work further by moving from detecting and understanding the mechanisms of regional ocean state changes from the South Atlantic to a wider scale, and connecting these physical changes to broader ocean climate risks.
It was also a great opportunity to reconnect with old friends, meet new colleagues working across Antarctic and the Southern Ocean science.
Below are some photos of this meeting:
