ANNUAL REPORT

 

NATIONAL GOOS ACTIVITIES

 

1. COUNTRY [CYPRUS]

 

2. PRINCIPAL NATIONAL CONTACT FOR GOOS

 

Dr George Zodiatis

Head, Oceanography Section

Department of Fisheries and Marine Research

Aeolou 13

1416 Nicosia

Cyprus

Tel:+357-22807814

gzodiac@spidernet.com.cy

gzodiac@ucy.ac.cy

 

3. MECHANISM FOR NATIONAL COORDINATION OF GOOS

 

Oceanography Section,

Department of Fisheries and Marine Research

Short name: OS-DFMR

 

 

4. MEMBERSHIP OF AND CONTRIBUTION TO REGIONAL GOOS BODIES

 

a funded member of MedGOOS

contribution to EuroGOOS through participation in related EU and international projects

 

 

5. NATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO GOOS IMPLEMENTATION

 

5.1     CONTRIBUTIONS TO ELEMENTS OF THE GOOS INITIAL OBSERVING SYSTEM

 

 

The Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS) network of tide gauges.

 

Actual, MedGLOSS station, OS-DFMR

 

 

Ocean observations from the operational satellites of NOAA and other entities.

 

Actual, SST  NOAA receiving station, OS-DFMR

 

 

Selected National Operational Centres.

 

Actual , MFS-Cyprus Ocean Forecasting System, OS-DFMR and Oceanography group MAS-UCY.

 

www.ucy.ac.cy/~mfspp

 

 

5.2 CONTRIBUTIONS TO GOOS PILOT PROJECTS

 

EuroGOOS regional projects including:

(i)                   Mediterranean;

MFSPP, Actual, OS-DFMR and Oceanography group MAS-UCY

MFSTEP, Actual, OS-DFMR and Oceanography group MAS-UCY

 

MedGOOS regional projects including:

MAMA, Actual, OS-DFMR and Oceanography group MAS-UCY

 

      www.ucy.ac.cy/~cymama

 

 

MedGLOSS regional projects including:

ESEAS-RI, Actual, OS-DFMR

 

 

5.3 CONTRIBUTIONS TO GOOS-RELATED RESEARCH

 

Cyprus oceanographic research programmes supporting MedGOOS and EuroGOOS  research activities

 

 

5.4     OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO GOOS

 

CYNODC –Cyprus National Oceanographic  Data Centre, Actual, OS-DFMR

Cyprus Ocean Modeling activities/centres , Actual, OS-DFMR and Oceanography group MAS-UCY

 

 

6. CAPACITY BUILDING IN SUPPORT OF GOOS OR GOOS-RELATED RESEARCH

 

7. IMPEDIMENTS TO PROGRESS

(eg fiscal restraints, government awareness etc)

 

8. INDICATIONS OF FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TO GOOS

 

8.1 IINVESTMENT IN NATIONAL ACTIVITIES

 

8.2 INVESTMENT IN NATIONAL COORDINATION

 

8.3 INVESTMENT (REAL OR POTENTIAL) IN INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION