U.S. GOOS Publications

Development of an Integrated Ocean Observing System for the United States

• "IOOS and the Ocean.US Office for Integrated and Sustained Ocean Observations" [January 2005] (pdf)
  Ocean.US section of the annual NOPP report to Congress
   
• First Annual IOOS Development Plan [December 2004] (pdf)    Front Matter     Part I     Part II     Part III     Appendices
   
• Executive Summary of Economic Benefits report prepared by Charles Colgan and Hauke Kite-Powell. (pdf)
   
• "Data Management and Communications Plan for Research and Operational Integrated Ocean Observing Systems; I. Interoperable Data Discovery, Access, and Archive" was finalized on 10 May 2004 and is available as a PDF document.
   
• "Building the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Information Network: Integrating Regional Associations with the National System"; [June 12-13, 2003] (pdf)
  Report of a workshop organized by GoMOOS and held 12-13 June 2003 with the principal purpose of reviewing the draft Data Management and Communication Plan for the IOOS.
   
• "Regional Ocean Observing Systems; An Ocean.US SUMMIT" [March 31 - 1 April 2003] (pdf)
  Results of a summit of representatives from emerging U.S. Regional Ocean Observing Systems.
   
• "An Integrated and Sustained Ocean Observing System (IOOS) For the United States: Design and Implementation" [May 23, 2002] (pdf)
  Summary of plans resulting from March 2002 Ocean.US National Workshop held at Airlie House.
   
• "Building Consensus: Toward an Integrated and Sustained Ocean Observing System"; Ocean.US Workshop Proceedings, Airlie House, Warrenton, VA, March 10-15, 2002. (pdf)
  Proceedings of the Ocean.US National Workshop held March 10-15, 2002.
   
• "Toward a National, Cost-Effective Approach to Predicting the Future of Our Coastal Environment" [September 2000]
  A position paper of the U.S. GOOS Steering Committee, September 2000.
   
• "An Integrated Ocean Observing System: A Strategy for Implementing the First Steps of a U.S. Plan" [December 1999]
  Second report prepared for Ocean Research Advisory Panel of NOPP in response to a request from Congressmen Weldon and Saxton.
   
• C-GOOS Meeting Report [For workshop held 23-26 May 1999] (pdf)
  Report of a workshop: "Challenges and Promise of Designing and Implementing an Ocean Observing System for U.S. Coastal Waters", May 1999, Solomons Island, MD.
   
• "Toward a U.S. Plan for an Integrated, Sustained Ocean Observing System" [February 1999] (html) (pdf)
  First report prepared for Ocean Research Advisory Panel of NOPP in response to a request from Congressmen Weldon and Saxton.
   

U.S. GOOS Steering Committee Meeting Reports

• U.S. GSC-I Meeting Report; 16 December 1998 (html)
   
• U.S. GSC-II Meeting Report; 11-12 November 1999 (html)
   
• U.S. GSC-III Meeting Report; 29-30 June 2000 (html)
   
• U.S. GSC-IV Meeting Report; 17-18 January 2001 (html)
   
• U.S. GSC-V Meeting Report and associated presentations; 1-3 August 2001
  Link to page with Word or PDF download options as well as PowerPoint presentations
   
• U.S. GSC-VI Meeting Report; 17-19 April 2002 (html)
   
• U.S. GSC-VII Meeting Report; 9-11 October 2002
  Link to agenda with PowerPoints links; meeting report available as Word document
   
• U.S. GSC-VIII Meeting Report; 25-27 June 2003
  Link to agenda with PowerPoint links; meeting report available as Word document
   
• U.S. GSC-IX Meeting Report; 12-14 November 2003
  Link to agenda with PowerPoint links; meeting report available as PDF document including appendices
   
• U.S. GSC-X Meeting Report; 19-21 May 2004
  Link to meeting report with links to PDF Appendices and PowerPoint presentations. Agenda of meeting with links to PowerPoint presentations
   
• U.S. GSC-XI Meeting Report; 3-5 November 2004
  Link to meeting report with links to PDF Appendices and PowerPoint presentations.
   

Contact: Susan R. Martin (srmartin@tamu.edu)
Updated: 7 January, 2005
URL: http://ocean.tamu.edu/GOOS/publications.html