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ARGO
A broad-scale global array of temperature/salinity profiling floats, known
as Argo, a major component of the ocean observing system.
Defence
Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) Advisor to the UK’s
Ministry of Defence on defence related science and technology.
Department
for Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Plays an important role in
co-ordinating UK marine environment policy. Helps to protect UK seas and
coastal waters through strict controls and monitoring.
Environment Agency
(EA) The leading public body for protecting and improving the
environment in England and Wales.
EuroGOOS
is an Association of Agencies, founded to further the goals of GOOS, particularly
the development of Operational Oceanography in the European Sea areas
and adjacent oceans.
Fisheries
Research Services (FRS) plays an important role in co-ordinating
UK marine environment policy. Helps to protect UK seas and coastal waters
through strict controls and monitoring.
Inter-Agency
Committee on Marine Science and Technology (IACMST) maintains
an over-view of marine activities across UK Government.
IOC
GOOS site is a permanent global system for observations, modelling
and analysis of marine and ocean variables to support operational ocean
services worldwide.
JASON
Jason-1 continues the task of providing the oceanographic altimeter data
time-series originated by TOPEX/Poseidon, carrying updated versions of
the same instruments.
J-COMM
The WMO/IOC Joint Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology
(JCOMM) is an intergovernmental body of experts, which provides the international,
intergovernmental coordination, regulation and management mechanism for
an operational oceanographic and marine meteorological observing, data
management and services system.
Marine Environmental
Data Action Group (MED-AG) The sister group to the UK GOOS-AG,
MED-AG aims to increase the availability and awareness of marine environmental
data, to develop guidelines for data management and to improve the mechanisms
for data exchange.
Met
Office Activities include the collection of marine environmental
data, for use in running operational weather and oceanographic forecasting
models and to provide vital information on marine and ocean climate.
Natural
Environment Research Council (NERC) Amongst other fields, NERC
promotes and supports basic, strategic and applied research, survey, and
long-term environmental monitoring in marine biology, oceanographic sciences
and Earth observation.
The
UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) provides navigational products and
services to the Royal Navy and to the merchant marine.
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