Data Product and Service Bulletin

HIGHLIGHTS

Products are listed in 10 categories of applications, and provide examples of the types of products and services developed through the GOOS programme.  Choose a category to browse this month's highlighted products ...

 

Operational Marine Coastal and Ocean Short-range Forecasting and Analysis 

Description -  ocean surface and sub-surface forecasts and warnings in the 0-10 day range.

Seasonal-to-Interannual Climate Prediction 

Description - analyses of data fields for monitoring and predicting El Nino / La Nina phenomena.

Numerical Weather Prediction

Description  - marine weather forecasts in the 1-5 day range. 
Highlights:  Gulf of Maine (USA) Information System  

High-Quality Products for Climate Study

Description -  Carefully calibrated and quality-controlled data sets for climate studies. 

Biodiversity and Habitats

Description - monitoring habitat quality, living marine resource abundance and diversity.
Highlights:  Sir Alistair Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science Continuous Plankton Recorder Surveys

Natural and Man-made Hazards

Description  -  forecasts and warnings for natural disasters including coastal flooding, wind events, storm surges and tsunamis, as well as harmful algal bloom events and contamination affecting aquaculture operations and fisheries.
Highlights:  Baltic GOOS database 

Environmental Indices 

Description - monitoring of sea-state  or environmental conditions  affecting the coastal zone, port areas, and offshore operations (eg, current speed and direction, marine air quality, coastal water quality).

Fisheries Stock Assessments 

Description - monthly, seasonal, or annual stock assessments or landing statistics
Highlights:  NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service  

Satellite Data Processing Systems

Description - observations from satellites of atmospheric, terrestrial, and marine parameters affecting the marine and coastal environment 
Highlights:  NOAA Coastal Services Center Near-real time satellite imagery of SST, Turbidity, and Vegetation Index for the coastal U.S.

Regional, Integrated Systems 

Description -  monitoring systems concentrated on a specific region to provide high-resolution spatial and temporal observations.
Highlights: Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Array real-time data display