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EuroGOOS is an Association of Agencies, founded in 1994, to further the goals of GOOS, and in particular the
development of Operational Oceanography in the European Sea areas and adjacent oceans. EuroGOOS provides information
regularly to the IOC-WMO-UNEP Committee for GOOS
(I-GOOS), and to the GOOS Steering Committee (GSC).
EuroGOOS is established with full recognition of the importance of existing systems in research and operational
oceanography in Europe at national and European scales. EuroGOOS now has 33 Members in 17 European countries.
The Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) is an international
programme preparing the permanent global framework of observations, modelling and analysis of ocean variables needed to
support operational ocean services wherever they are undertaken around the world. GOOS is promoted by the following UN
Agencies:
GOOS is sponsored by these agencies and GOOS was launched at the Second World Climate Conference in 1990. It provides
the ocean component of the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS).
Members of EuroGOOS co-operate to establish a concerted European approach to the following:
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Identifying European priorities for operational oceanography, promoting the development of the scientific,
technology and computer systems for operational oceanography, and its implementation, assessing the economic and
social benefits from operational oceanography
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Contributing to international planning and implementation of GOOS and promoting it at national, European and
global level
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EuroGOOS activities are designed to collaborate with and maximise the benefits from existing activities in
operational oceanography, promoting the integration of these activities within the framework of GOOS. Members of
EuroGOOS collaborate and support the following groups of activities:
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Advancing European operational oceanography in GOOS
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Promoting development of European regional and local operational oceanography, taking into account the Modules
of GOOS for the Coastal Zone, Health of the Ocean, Living Marine Resources, Climate, and Ocean Services.
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Promoting development of common European operational data procedures and services, including data quality control
and data management for operational oceanography.
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Promoting research and pre-operational research which will solve problems relating to operational oceanography.
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Promoting pilot studies in GOOS operations, local, regional, or global.
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Promoting development of common European operational oceanographic services and products of maximum value to
European Governments and Agencies, furtherance of European industries and service companies, and the protection
of the environment and health in the European coastal and shelf seas.
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