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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.
Highlights: Arctic and Antarcic Research Institute
Examples: 1-6 day forecasts of mean daily sea-ice drift, currents, and sea level.
Seasonal-to-Interannual Climate Prediction

Description - analyses of data fields for monitoring and predicting El Niño/La Niña phenomena.
Highlights: JCOMM Electronic Products Bulletin
Example: Monthly Mean Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly
Numerical Weather Prediction

Description - marine weather forecasts in the 1-5 day range.
Highlights: Gulf of Maine (USA) Information System
Example: Near-real time surface ocean / meteorological conditions and weather forecasts for Southern New England.
High-Quality Products for Climate Study

Description - Carefully calibrated and quality-controlled data sets for climate studies.
Highlights: NOAA - Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory live-access to climate data
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
Example: ALGALINE programme phytoplankton bloom reports for the Baltic Sea

 

Environmental Indices

Description - monitoring of sea-state or environmental conditions affecting the coastal zone, port areas, and offshore operations (e.g., current speed and direction, marine air quality, coastal water quality).
Highlights: Poseidon System Greece - real-time coastal seas monitoring data
Fisheries Stock Assessments

Description - monthly, seasonal, or annual stock assessments or landing statistics
Highlights: NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
Example: Monthly Commercial Landing Statistics in the U.S.
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