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Pilot Projects

8may.rightcorner.jpg Programmes and Projects which are demonstrating the next generation of Global Ocean Observation System technologies, techniques and applications. Below are links to the home pages of the programmes describing in detail the impact of these pilot projects to future GOOS deployments, products and systems.

GOOS Pilot Projects begin as proposals to the GOOS Scientific Steering Committee (GSSC) to demonstrate a component of the observing system. Upon approval a Pilot Project is expected to run for 3-5 years after which it should continue on as an operational system. All Pilot Projects demonstrate operational techniques and user demand for products. During the demonstration phase the Pilot Projects are supported as research programmes from host institutions and other IOC member state sources. GOOS programmes are not operationally funded from IOC/GOOS sources. Therefore a significant aspect of a Pilot Project is the demonstration of sustained funding sources for continutation based on tangible user demand and needs.

	ChloroGIN Chlorophyll Global Integrated Network project aims to promote in situ measurement of chlorophyll in combination with satellite derived estimates.
	Chloro-GIN Africa Chloro-GIN Africa portal provides a simple interface to ocean colour and sea-surface temperature satellite data over Africa processed by the University Of Cape Town, EC Joint Research Centre and Plymouth Marine Laboratory.
	Ferry Box provides generic, robust and secure environmental monitoring systems for ships of opportunity such as ferries, cargo vessels, vocational cruise liners as well as inland waterway vessels. It provides information, in real time on the environmental stat
	GODAE Global Ocean Date Assimlation Experiment demonstrates technologies is to make ocean monitoring and prediction a routine activity similar to weather forecasting. GODAE will serve interests from climate change and coastal preservation through to fisher
	MOON Mediterranean Operational Oceanography Network consolidates and expands Mediterranean Sea monitoring and forecasting systems, and ensures full integration with global operational oceanography systems.
	Ocean Tracking Network will track thousands of marine animals around the world ? from fish to birds to polar bears ? using acoustic sound waves. At the same time, will be building a record of climate change ? data that can be analyzed and then applied.
	ANTARES Antares served as a seed for a global network created in September 2006 named "Chlorophyll Global Integrated Network (ChloroGIN)" of which Antares forms its Latin American Regional branch.
	QUIJOTE a co-operative effort to monitor, protect and forecast the coastal ocean of Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil under the Coastal GOOS principles.
	MILAC Marine Impacts on Lowland Agriculture and Coastal Resources