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GOOS is a permanent global system for observations, modelling and analysis of marine and ocean variables to support operational ocean services worldwide. GOOS will provide accurate descriptions of the present state of the oceans, including living resources; continuous forecasts of the future conditions of the sea for as far ahead as possible; and the basis for forecasts of climate change. |
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GOOS is being implemented by
national and international facilities and services, and is sponsored by |
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Global maps showing implementation:
examples (JCOMMOPS maps, GLOSS map)
GOOS Products & Services Bulletin
Publications indexed
by theme (see under relevant item)
The state of the art
GOOS Capacity Building Implementation Strategy
The GOOS Capacity Building Panel
Business Partnerships / Users' Needs / Cost Benefit Studies
Requirements of the US Recreation and Tourism Industry for Climate, Weather, and Ocean Information,
by Dr Mary G. Altalo, Project Director, Corporate Vice President, Science Applications International Corporation, and Monica Hale, Senior Sustainability Specialist, Orestes Anastasia, Senior Climate Change Analyst, Harry Alverson, Communications Specialist.Concept of Industry Trials as a means of matching supply push with demand pull. These trials are generic, and can be used in any industry sector (not just marine), and indeed in government as well as industry.
use of environmental information in industry operational decision aids and scenario building, by Mary G Altalo
(paper in press in the Proceedings of the 3rd EuroGOOS Conference on Operational Oceanography, Athens, Greece, 2-6 December 2002)The Potential Economic Benefits of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems: The Gulf of Maine
Defining the Requirements of the U.S. Energy Industry for Climate, Weather, and Ocean Information
, by Mary G. AltaloThe economics of sustained ocean observations
(Dr Weiher, NOAA)Dividends from Investing in Ocean Observations: A European Perspective (N. Fleming, Southampton Oceanographic Laboratory)
Improving El Niņo Forecasting: the Potential Economic Benefits (Rodney F. Weiher, Editor, NOAA)
There was a Proposal for methodology for addressing costs and benefits presented at GSC-III (May 2000) by Nic Flemming
The first GOOS Users' Forum (Costa Rica, Nov. 2000)
The EuroGOOS analysis of the need for operational ocean remote sensing
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| Updated: 24 January 2005 |