GOOS

The Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) includes various national and regional efforts to observe the global ocean on a sustained basis. The ocean observing systems comprise a set of ocean observing networks, many of which are tracked through Ocean OPS (formerly Jcommops):

• Argo network of profiling floats on Ocean OPS – see our summary of Argo
• Data Buoy Co-operation Panel (DBCP) network of surface floats on Ocean OPS
• Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS) of fixed sea level observing stations on Ocean OPS, including:
  • Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL)
  • The UK’s National Tidal and Sea Level Facility (NTLSF)
• GO-SHIP (Global Ocean Ship-based Hydrographic Investigations Program) on Ocean OPS
• Ocean Gliders on Ocean OPS
• OceanSITES of observations from fixed locations in the open ocean – on Ocean OPS
• Ship Operations Team (SOT) on Ocean OPS comprised of:
  • VOS (Voluntary Observing Ship) Scheme for underway data
  • ASAP (Automated Shipboard Aerological Programme) releasing weather balloons
  • SOOP (Ship-of-Opportunity Programme) deploying XBTs

There are other observing networks that are not currently tracked through Ocean OPS, such as:

• Global HF Radar Network
• Animal-Borne Instruments (AniBOS) and includes:
  • Marine Mammals Exploring the Oceans Pole to Pole (MEOP)
  • Ocean Tracking Network (OTN)

There are GOOS Regional Alliances that work to develop observations across ocean basins:

• All-Atlantic Ocean Observing System (AtlantOS)
• Black Sea GOOS
• Global Ocean Observing System in the Indian Ocean (IOGOOS)
• IOC in the Caribbean GOOS (IOCARIBE-GOOS)
• Mediterranean Oceanographic Network for the Global Ocean Observing System (MONGOOS)
• Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) who provide:
  • SOOSmap is a tool for discovering and downloading data across a range of ocean observations in the Southern Ocean based on the technology of EMODnet.
  • DueSouth is a tool for you to find potential collaborators who can help you collect the data you need in the Southern Ocean.
• Sustained Arctic Observing Network (SAON)
• See below for various Pacific-related alliances

There are also GOOS Regional Alliances, including but not limited to:

• Australian Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
• EuroGOOS and EOOS
• GOOS Africa
• GOOS Regional Alliance for South-East Pacific (GRASP)
• North-East Asian Regional GOOS (NEAR-GOOS)
• Regional Alliance for the Upper Southwest and Tropical Atlantic (OCEATLAN)
• Pacific Islands GOOS (PI-GOOS), part of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
• Southeast Asian GOOS (SEAGOOS)
• US Integrated Ocean Observing System (US IOOS)