Dear Tobias and colleagues, this is a wise decision. We look forward to the revised dates and plans.

Best wishes to all and take care

Pedro





Dr. Pedro M. Scheel Monteiro
Head: Ocean Systems & Climate
CSIR-CHPC
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>>> On 3/25/2020 at 09:14 AM, in message <b06a8b1b-97b2-1d3f-f09a-6d705a861e91@norceresearch.no>, Tobias Steinhoff <tost@norceresearch.no> wrote:

Dear all,

many of you were wondering if the inter-comparison will take place in
August this year. The organizing committee met yesterday and we decided
to postpone the exercise. Even if there is a chance that the major peak
is of Covid-19 is over by August, it is too uncertain for everyone to
plan shipping and travel to Belgium. Our all health is more important
than the exercise.

We haven't decided about the new time of the exercise as there are many
things to consider, but we hope to present a new date within the next 3
weeks. It is pretty sure that it will take place in the first half of
2021. We are aware that 2021 will become a busy year for all of us and
we hope that most of you will still be able to attend. Maybe we need to
get creative for some instruments as everyone will be overbooked next
year, but we are looking forward to make it happen.

However, this doesn't mean you are off the hook for the next 6 month. We
see it more the way that we won time and we can prepare things even more
thoroughly:
1. We will go now through the groups around each instrument and contact
the groups individually to produce some kind of "Standard Operating
Procedures".
2. If you are aware of other interested parties please forward them to
us. The more the whole community is involved the better the outcome will be.

As mentioned above, we hope to come back wit a final date in the next
weeks. In the meantime stay safe and take care of you and your families.
All the best and don't hesitate to contact me with any questions,

Tobias
(on behalf of the organizing committee)

--
Dr. Tobias Steinhoff
ICOS - Ocean Thematic Centre
Email: tost@norceresearch.no


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