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The 5th EuroGOOS Conference is being held at Sandy Park, Exeter, UK, from 20-22 May 2008.
The conference is opening with an address from Dame Barbara Young and includes sessions on:
* Observations: in situ and space-based;
* Global and regional services;
* Coastal and EEZ services;
* Modelling: nowcast, forecast and reanalysis;
* Information systems and data management.
About 250 marine scientists are expected to attend.
For more details and information on registration, please visit http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/conference/eurogoos/ or http://www.eurogoos.org/
Ocean information for society: sustaining the benefits, realizing the potential.
Confirmed date and venue: 21-25 September 2009, Venice, Italy.
Meeting goals: document the importance and benefits of the existing ocean observing system; demonstrate its scientific, societal and economic impacts; revisit the current status, and update plans for the physical and carbon ocean observing systems; advance capabilities for marine biogeochemistry and ecosystems. More.
GOOS is a permanent global system for observations, modelling and analysis of marine and ocean variables to support operational ocean services worldwide. GOOS provides accurate descriptions of the present state of the oceans, including living resources; continuous forecasts of the future conditions of the sea for as far ahead as possible, and the basis for forecasts of climate change.
