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GOOS National Commitments/Activities Summaries
The following national summaries have been prepared
based on GOOS national commitment statements, information obtained from
national and international operational centers, principal investigators
and various GOOS technical reports. These summaries form the basis
for documenting national activities, tracking those activities,
assessing whether they meet GOOS principles and are appropriate for GOOS.
Summaries have been kept current in cooperation with GOOS National
Contacts. Some components of GOOS are not extensively covered, for
example the emerging coastal program.
This tracking activity, initially recommended by the
chairman of the GOOS Steering Committee, was initially supported by
UNESCO/IOC and subsequently by NOAA's Office of Global Programs.
Overviews of the growth (and in some cases the decline)
in GOOS observational components (moorings, surface drifters, etc.) are
given below.
(Regular updates are being made to the files below by Bert Thompson) |
