GOOS Regional Alliances (GRAs)
The Global Ocean Observing System is conceived as:
- a sustained, co-ordinated international system for gathering data about the oceans and seas of the Earth,
- a system for processing such data, with other relevant data from other domains, to enable the generation of beneficial analytical and prognostic environmental information services, and
- the research and development on which such services depend for their improvement
The vision guiding the development of GOOS is one of a world where the information needed by governments, industry, science and the public to deal with marine-related issues, including the effects of the ocean upon climate, is supported by a unified global network to systematically acquire, integrate and distribute oceanic observations, and to generate analyses, forecasts and other useful products.
The GOOS is implemented regionally by alliances of operational and research marine organisations. Early examples were EuroGOOS, NearGOOS and MedGOOS. To date13 GOOS Regional Alliances are active. The GRAs meet regularly within the GOOS Regional Forum, established by the Intergovernmental Committee for GOOS (I-GOOS) to exchange know-how and best practices.
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| Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR, Italy) |
| IOI-Malta Operational Centre, University of Malta (IOI-MOC, Malta) |
| Institute of Hydrometeorology (IHM, Albania) |
| Hydro-Engineering Institute Sarajevo (HEIS, Bosnia Herzegovina) |
| Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (IOR, Croatia) |
| Oceanography Centre, Department of Fisheries and Marine Research (DFMR-OS, Cyprus) |
| National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF, Egypt) |
| Institut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER, France) |
| Institute of Marine Biology of Crete (IMBC, Greece) |
| National Centre for Marine Research (NCMS, Lebanon) |
| Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research (IOLR, Israel) |
| ENEA – Special Project on Global Climate (ENEA, Italy) |
| ICZS, Department of Earth Sciences, Mohamed V University (FSR, Morocco) |
| National Institute of Biology, Marine Biology Station (NIB, Slovenia) |
| Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia (IEO, Spain) |
| Puertos del Estado |
| Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer (INSTM, Tunisia) |
| Institute of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical University (IMS-METU, Turkey) |
| Institute for Marine Biology (IMB, Serbia and Montenegro) |
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| Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI, Sweden) |
| Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH, Germany) |
| Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR, Italy) |
| Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI,
Denmark) |
| ENEA Marine Environment Research Centre (ENEA, Italy) |
| Environment Agency (EA, U.K.) |
| Finnish Institute of Marine Research (FIMR,
Finland) |
| IFREMER (France) |
| Bergen; Institute of Marine Sciences (IMR,
Norway) |
| Institute of Marine Research (IMS,
Turkey) |
| Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMWM), Maritime Branch (Poland) |
| Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences (IOPAN, Poland) |
| Instituto Español de Oceanografia (IEO, Spain) |
Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut (KNMI,
Netherlands) |
| Management Unit of the North Sea Mathematical Models (MUMM,
Belgium) |
| Marine Institute (Ireland) |
| Maritime Institute Gdansk (Poland) |
| Mercator Océan (France) |
| Met Office (U.K.) |
| Météo France (France) |
| Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC, Norway) |
| Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR, Greece) |
| National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management (RIKZ), Rijkswaterstaat (Netherlands) |
| National Environment Research Council (NERC, U.K.) |
| Met.no (Norway) |
| NWO Earth and Life Sciences Council (Netherlands) |
| Puertos del Estado, Clima Marítimo (Spain) |
| Royal Danish Administration of Navigation and Hydrography (RDANH,
Denmark) |
| Roshydromet (Russia) |
| Department of Fisheries and Marine Research (Cyprus) |
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| Membership still being formalised |
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| Institute of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical University (IMS-METU,
Turkey)
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| Bulgarian Academy of Sciences/Institute of Oceanology (IO-BAS, Bulgaria) |
| Tiblisi State University; (Georgia) |
Ministre Conseiller, Romanian Permanent Delegation to UNESCO |
| National Oceanographic Committee of Russian Federation |
| Department of Navigation, Hydrography and Oceanography of the Turkish Navy (SHODB,
Turkey) |
| Oceanological Center/Ukranian National Academy of Sciences (Ukraine) |
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| Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (India) |
| Bureau of Meteorology (BoM,
Australia) |
| CSIRO – Australia |
| National Institute of Oceanography (India) |
| National Institute of Ocean Technology (India) |
| Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (Australia) |
| Iranian National Centre for Oceanography (Iran) |
| Kenya Marine & Fisheries Research Institute (Kenya) |
| Université de la Réunion Laboratoire Ecologie Marine (La Réunion) |
| Mauritius Oceanography Institute (Mauritius) |
| INAHINA (Mozambique) |
| South African National Committee for IOGOOS (South Africa) |
| National Aquatic Resources Research & Development Agency (NARA,
Sri Lanka
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| NOAA Office of Global Programs (U.S.A.) |
| South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (South Africa) |
| University of Port Elizabeth (South Africa) |
| University of Natal (South Africa) |
| Curtin University (Australia) |
| Institute Halieutique & des Sciences Marines (Madagascar) |
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| Membership still being formalised |
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| Membership still being formalised |
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| V.I. Il'ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute (POI,
Russia) |
| Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA,
Japan) |
| Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department, Japan Coast Guard (Japan) |
| Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute (KORDI,
Republic of Korea) |
| National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (Republic of Korea) |
| Far-Eastern Regional Hydrometeorological Research Institute (Russia) |
| National Marine Environment Forecasting Center, State Oceanic Administration (SOA, People's Republic of China) |
| National Marine Data and Information Services (NMDIS), State Oceanic Administration (People's Republic of China) |
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OCEATLAN |
| Brazilian Navy Hydrographic Centre (CHM) |
| National Space Institute (INPE) |
| Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG) |
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GRASP |
| Servicio Hidrográfico y Oceanográfico de la Armada de Chile (Chile) |
| Dirección Meteorológica de Chile |
| Fondo de Investigación Pesquera (Chile) |
| Programa Regional de Oceanografía Física y Clima, Universidad de Concepción (Chile) |
| Instituto Oceanográfico de la Armada (Equador) |
| Instituto Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología (Equador) |
| Instituto Nacional de Pesca (Equador) |
| Centro Internacional para la Investigación del Fenómeno El Niño (Equador) |
| Comisión Colombiana de los Océanos (Colombia) |
| Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología (Peru) |
| Instituto del Mar del Peru |
| Dirección de Hidrografía y Navegación de la Marina de Guerra del Peru |
| Universidad Nacional Federico Villareal (Peru) |
| Universidad Nacional del Callao (Peru) |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute ( USA) |
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| IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions of UNESCO (IOCARIBE-UNESCO,
Colombia) |
| Universidad de Oriente -Instituto Oceanografico de Venezuela (Venezuela) |
| Laboratorio de Oceanografia FisicaInstituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia (
Mexico) |
| Acuario Nacional de Cuba (Cuba) |
| Institute of Marine Affairs (Trinidad & Tobago) |
| NOAA |
| Coastal Zone Management Unit (Barbados) |
| IOI-America Latina (Costa Rica) |
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| Membership still being formalised |
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