GCOS/GOOS Joint Program Matrix

Facilitating Access to Global Observing Systems Data and Information

GCOS/GOOS Joint Programs

Updated July 24, 2009

Program Name	Data Access	Program Information	Essential Climate Variables (ECV)	Coordinating Bodies	Other Links
GLOSS > The Global Sea Level Observing System			Sea Level	JCOMM GLOSS	GLOSS Station Handbook
DBCP > Data Buoy Cooperation Panel			Sea Surface Temperature Current Sea Surface Salinity	JCOMM ICOADS
PIRATA > Prediction and Research Moored Array in the Atlantic			Sea Surface Temperature Current Sea Surface Salinity Wind Speed and Direction Air Temperature Precipitation	NOAA/PMEL France/IFREMER Brazil/INPE
TAO > Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Project			Sea Surface Temperature Current Sea Surface Salinity Wind Speed and Direction Air Temperature Precipitation	NOAA/PMEL JAMSTEC IRD
TRITON > The Mooring Array in the Tropical Western Pacific and Eastern Indian Ocean			Sea Surface Temperature Current Sea Surface Salinity Wind Speed and Direction Air Temperature Precipitation	JAMSTEC
OceanSITES Global Reference Mooring Network				JCOMM OceanSITES	2nd OceanSITES Data Management Meeting Report - May 2008
Argo Network			Sea Surface Salinity Current Sub-surface Temperature Sub-surface Salinity	Argo Steering Team
VOS > Voluntary Observing Ship			Sea Surface Temperature Sea Surface Salinity Current Sea Level Sea State Sea Ice Ocean Color Carbon Dioxide Partial Pressure	JCOMM ICOADS VOSClim	VOS data flow