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The Global Ocean Observing System (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: (i) accurate descriptions of the present state of the oceans, including living resources; (ii) continuous forecasts of the future conditions of the sea for as far ahead as possible; and (iii) the basis for forecasts of climate change.

GOOS is co-ordinated by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), World Meteorological Organization (WMO), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Council for Science (ICSU) and is being implemented by national and international facilities and services, including the Met Office. GOOS consists of an international GOOS Steering Committee, a number of regional programmes (e.g. EuroGOOS), national co-ordinating committees (e.g. in the UK the Inter-Agency Committee on Marine Science and Technology (IACMST) GOOS Action Group) and scientific and technical panels. GOOS has two main themes, (i) coastal and shelf monitoring and modelling, and (ii) global open-ocean monitoring and modelling.


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