ICM hosts the 3rd meeting of the Global Ocean Observing System Steering Committee

From July 24 to 26, ICM is hosting in Barcelona the 3rd meeting of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS). GOOS is a permanent global system for observations, modelling and analysis of marine and ocean variables to support operational ocean services worldwide.
This system provides 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. It is made of many observation platforms including 3000 Argo floats, 1250 drifting buoys, 350 embarked systems on commercial or cruising yachts, 100 research vessels, 200 marigraphs, and more than 200 moorings in open sea. GOOS is sponsored by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the International Council for Science (ICSU), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). GOOS is implemented by member states via their government agencies, navies and oceanographic research institutions working together in a wide range of thematic panels and regional alliances.

GOOS SC members attending the Barcelona meeting are discussing how to develop and implement Essential Ocean Variables (EOV) beyond physical oceanography and how to steer the activity of the GOOS regional alliances. Board members include renowned scientists such as Rosalia Santoleri, a physical oceanographer with a long experience on marine circulation, satellite oceanography and air-sea interaction studies, working at the Istituto di Scienze dell'Atmosfera e del Clima (ISAC) of the Italian National Research Council, Robert Weller, senior scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and Albert  Fisher, Head of the Ocean Observations and Services section in the Inter-governmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO.

More information at its web page: http://www.ioc-goos.org/