1. Indian Ocean Science Drivers Improved description, understanding and ability to predict:  Seasonal monsoon variability  Monsoon ENSO interactions  Indian Ocean Dipole (El Niño-like phenomenon in the Indian Ocean)  Intraseasonal oscillations and far field impacts (west coast US rainfall, hurricane formation, ENSO)  Warming trends since the 1970s. Indian Ocean Dipole

2. Efforts to develop an Indian Ocean component to the Global Ocean Observing system for climate studies are accelerating  Compelling unanswered scientific questions;  Potential societal benefits from improved prediction;  One of the most poorly sampled regions of the world ocean;  Growing investments from India (2 new ships & major buoy program planned) and Japan (new 10 year Asian Monsoon Observing Initiative);  Summit on Earth Observations (July 2003) & Global Earth Observing System (GEO) establishes an agenda for international cooperation.

3. Chronology of Indian Ocean Moored Buoy Array Planning Efforts  Fifth Session of the TAO Implementation Panel (TIP-5), (Joint with First Session of the CLIVAR Asian-Australian Monsoon Panel), Goa, India, 18-21 November 1996.  Observations for Climate of the Indian Ocean (SOCIO) and TIP-9, Perth, Australia, 13-17 November 2000.  First Conference of the Indian Ocean Global Ocean Observing System (IOGOOS), Grand Baie, Mauritius, 4-9 November 2002.  First Session of the CLIVAR/GOOS Indian Ocean Panel (IOP-1), Goa, India, 18-20 February 2004.

4. CLIVAR/IOC Indian Ocean Panel Terms of Reference Develop, coordinate and implement a plan for a sustained ocean observing system for the Indian Ocean to…provide ocean observations needed for climate variability research…and operational ocean applications…particularly with regard to ocean-state estimation and climate prediction.

5. Draft Strategy for Indian Ocean Moored Buoy Array First Session of CLIVAR/GOOS Indian Ocean Panel 23-27 February 2004 Pune, India

6. ORV Sagar Kanya Cruise 9 October-17 November 2004  41 Day Cruise  4 ATLAS & 1 ADCP PMEL in collaboration with the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) and the National Center for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR), Goa, India.

7. First Data from Indian Ocean ATLAS Mooring at 0°, 80.5°E Deployed 22 October 2004