U.S. GOOS Support Office
Dr. Worth D. Nowlin, Jr., Director
Mrs. Susan R. Martin, Research Assistant
The establishment of a U.S. GOOS Office for global-scale observations recognizes
the global commonality and nature of many environmental problems and challenges related to the ocean, including issues
of climate variability, marine meteorological and oceanographic services, health of man and the marine ecosystem, and
using and sustaining marine resources.
The broad goals of global GOOS are to promote more systematic and comprehensive ocean observations
in support of needed products, that include descriptions of conditions and changes, assessments, predictions and other
information of socio-economic impact. To these ends, the Office will promote and support planning activities required to:
- Encourage, assist with the implementation of, and assess U.S. contributions to the climate module based on
the existing design, with prioritization, for this module;
- Attempt to better define requirements for GOOS measurements and products by the private sector [both
business/industry and environmental];
- Assist with the planning and implementation of U.S. contributions to Argo and a Global Ocean Data
Assimilation Experiment (GODAE) as a GOOS pilot project;
- Assist with development and integration of U.S. regional contributions to the coastal ocean observing
system;
- Work to publicize and increase the use of NOAA observing system products to be assembled and offered
through a new Global Ocean Observing System
Center at AOML; and
- Monitor activities of the new ENSO Observing System Steering Group being formed at the request of
the NOAA Administrator with the purpose to ensure that resources are used as effectively as possible to
support improvements in ENSO forecasting (including additional research as required) and to coordinate
with other NOAA research and operational activities.
Contact: Susan R. Martin (srmartin@tamu.edu)
Updated: 28 June, 2004
URL: http://ocean.tamu.edu/GOOS/supportoffice.html