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Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico GOOS (IOCARIBE-GOOS)
Program Overview
IOCARIBE-GOOS will provide information, services and products on the coastal areas and seas in the IOCARIBE region and provide information, services and products to support sustainable social and economic development, welfare, and safety. The IOCARIBE system is to be operational in nature and designed to yield products and services that meet the needs of users. It will provide information on the past, present and future state of the marine and coastal environment and will also be a tool for integrated management of the coastal zone. (information from the IOCARIBE presentation to the GRF-VI - Guayaquil, Ecuador, November 2008)
IOCARIBE-GOOS web site (web site is being updated)
IOCARIBE-GOOS Data Access
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Program Management
Phase 1 of Development:
- In 1999 the IOCARIBE Users and GOOS capacity Building Workshop takes place. (Costa Rica, GOOS GOOS Report No. 84)
- The same year, the 6th IOCARIBE Regional Meeting is held in San Jose, Costa Rica and the IOCARIBE-GOOS approved and the ad hoc Temporary Advisory Group established.
- In 2002, the 7th IOCARIBE Regional Meeting takes place in Veracruz, Mexico. During this meeting the IOCARIBE-GOOS Strategic Plan approved and the Steering Committee established.
- In 2004, the 8th IOCARIBE Regional Meeting took place in Recife, Brazil
- 2006, the 9th IOCARIBE Regional Meeting took place in Cartagena, Colombia and continuous development and follow up support was approved.
Phase 2 of Development:
- Strategic Plan approved and published (GOOS Report No. 115)
- Status of GOOS Regional Alliance conferred by IGOOS
- Inventory of IOCARIBE resources completed (Web site)
- Steering Committee, Established.
- First meeting, New Orleans, USA, April 2003
- White Water To Blue Water (WW2BW) Meeting, Miami, March, 2004.
Main Activities
- IOCARIBE-GOOS workshop on Coastal Observations and modeling
- A regional inventory and report on Caribbean Sea Level activities
- A meeting of Sea Level Interests in conjunction with the first CAR-EWS WG 1 meeting
- Publication Strategic Geographic Position if Sea Level Gauges to Aid in Early Detection of Tsunamis in the Intra-Americas Sea
- A proposal for a Caribbean Sea Level Network (accepted by the Global Climate Observing System as a component of their Caribbean Regional Action Plan)
- Presentations to planning meetings of the Caribbean LME Project
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Documents
Members
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Barbados
- Belize
- Brazil
- Columbia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- France
- Grenade
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- The Netherlands
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- St. Kitts and Nevis
- St.Vincent and the Grenadines
- Suriname
- Trinidad & Tobago
- United Kingdom
- USA
- Venezuela
(information from the IOCARIBE presentation to the GRF-VI - Guayaquil, Ecuador, November 2008)
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