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Program Managament
IOGOOS will address all aspects of GOOS, and membership would therefore include marine institutes and agencies from both inside and outside the region having a shared interest in participating in sustained ocean and coastal observing of the Indian Ocean. 19 organizations from 10 countries have become Members of IOGOOS and agreed to collaborate and work together for the implementation of GOOS in the Indian Ocean and for promoting activities of common interest for the development of operational oceanography in the Indian Ocean region.
GOOS (through Indian Ocean GOOS and the Perth Office of the IOC) and CLIVAR have established the Indian Ocean Panel initially charged to develop, coordinate and implement a plan for sustained ocean observations of the Indian Ocean for climate research and ocean state estimation.
IOGOOS Objectives
Members of IOGOOS will collaborate and work together for developing programmes for the implementation of GOOS in the Indian Ocean and for promoting activities of common interest for the development of operation oceanography in the Indian Ocean region, broadly to:
- Enhance the Ocean Observing System in the region,
- Promote and facilitate efficient and effective management, exchange and utilization of oceanographic data,
- Promote programs and projects in operational oceanography and ocean services in the region meeting the requirements of end users,
- Stregthen capacity building for enhancing the capabilities in the region,
- Encourage research to support the needs of users,
- Develop synergies with other ocean programmers and regional GOOS bodies, and
- Contribute to international planning and promotion of GOOS
Current Projects
• Indian Ocean Panel and IndOOS
• Coastal Keystone Ecosystems
• Shoreline Changes
• Real-time Chlorophyll Mapping and Applications
• Indian Ocean Core Remote Sensing Project encompassing the remote sensing component of the IOGOOS pilot projects
• Data and Information Management
• Capacity Building
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IOGOOS Members
(27 members institutions from 15 countries)
• Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), Australia
• CSIRO, Australia
• Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), Perth, Australia
• Laboratoire ECOMAR, Universitéde La Réunion, France
• Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), India
• National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), India
• National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), India
• Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), India
• Iranian National Centre for Oceanography (INCO), Iran
• Kenya Marine & Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI), Kenya
• MauritiusOceanographyInstitute(MOI), Mauritius
• INAHINA, Mozanbique
• South African National Committee for IOGOOS
• National Aquatic Resources Research & Development Agency (NARA), Sri Lanka
• NOAA Office of Global Programs, USA
• South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South Africa
• University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa
• Durban School of Life and Environment Sciences, South Africa
• Curtin University, Australia
• Institue Halieutique & des Sciences Marines, Madagascar
• University of Dar esSalaam, Tanzania
• Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), Indonesia
• Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI), Indonesia
• MERCATOR, France
• Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Indonesia
• PhuketMarine Biological Center, Thailand
(information from the IOGOOS presentation to the GRF-VI - Guayaquil, Ecuador, November 2008)
Documents
People in IOGOOS and Contact Information
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