GODAE is sponsored by
Global Ocean Observing System
Initiated as a pilot project of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), GODAE was established to improve the way data are assimilated into models. Within the GOOS context GODAE is seen as essential to the implementation of the global observation systems, not only in the climate context but also in giving real-time capacity for physical modelling.
GODAE has contributed greatly to the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) by initiating project like Argo (in collaboration with CLIVAR) or the GODAE High-Resolution Sea Surface Temperature - Pilot Project (GHRSST-PP).
GOOS is intended to be a permanent global system for observations, modelling and analysis of marine and ocean variables needed 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
- the basis for forecasts of climate change
GOOS was initiated in 1992 by the IOC Executive Council, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Council for Science (ICSU).
GOOS was envisioned to resemble the global meteorological observation and prediction network, supported by national governments and implemented through the contributions of national agencies, organisations and industries, with the assistance of national and international data management and distribution bodies. Further information on plans and principles of the Global Ocean Observing System can be obtained from the GOOS Strategic Plan.
GOOS consists of an international GOOS Steering Committee, a number of regional programmes (e.g. EuroGOOS), national co-ordinating committees, scientific and technical panels. GOOS has two main themes, coastal and shelf monitoring and modelling and global open-ocean monitoring and modelling.
(Last Updated: 16-10-2007)