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Description
SDIC Title European Global Ocean Observing System
Acronym EuroGOOS
Details
Mission and Objectives To further the development of Operational Oceanography in the European Sea areas and adjacent oceans
Mandate EuroGOOS is an association of Agencies who have signed an inter-agency agreement
Formal Mandate International
Main Activities * Advancing European operational oceanography in GOOS * Promoting development of European regional and local operational oceanography, taking into account the Modules of GOOS for the Coastal Zone, Health of the Ocean, Living Marine Resources, Climate, and Ocean Services. * Promoting development of common European operational data procedures and services, including data quality control and data management for operational oceanography. * Promoting research and pre-operational research which will solve problems relating to operational oceanography. * Promoting pilot studies in GOOS operations, local, regional, or global. * Promoting development of common European operational oceanographic services and products of maximum value to European Governments and Agencies, furtherance of European industries and service companies, and the protection of the environment and health in the European coastal and shelf seas
SDIC URL www.eurogoos.org
Membership 1. Management Unit of the North Sea Mathematical Models (MUMM), Belgium 2. Department of Fisheries and Marine Research, Cyprus 3. Danish Meteorological Institute, Denmark 4. Royal Danish Administration of Navigation and Hydrography, Denmark 5. Finnish Institute of Marine Research, Finland 6. Ifremer, France 7. Mercator Océan, France 8. Météo France, France 9. Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH), Germany 10. Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece 11. Marine Institute, Ireland 12. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Italy 13. Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e l'Ambiente (ENEA), Italy 14. Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorolologisch Instituut (KNMI), Netherlands 15. National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management (RIKZ), Rijkswaterstaat, Netherlands 16. NWO Earth and Life Sciences Council, Netherlands 17. Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway 18. Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Norway 19. Norwegian Meteorological Institute (met.no), Norway 20. Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMWM), Maritime Branch, Poland 21. Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland 22. Maritime Institute Gdansk, Poland 23. Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet), Russia 24. Instituto Español de Oceanografia (IEO), Spain 25. Puertos del Estado, Spain 26. Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Sweden 27. Institute of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical University (IMS METU), Turkey 28. Environment Agency (EA), United Kingdom 29. Met Office, United Kingdom 30. Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), United Kingdom
Typology Regional
Comments
Contact information for SDIC
Contact Person Hans Dahlin
Organisation EuroGOOS
Function Director
Address EuroGOOS Office, SMHI, 601 76 Norrkoeping
Country
Tel +46 11 495 8030
Fax +46 11 495 8001 
PROPOSED ROLE IN INSPIRE DEVELOPMENT
Which role(s) do you foresee for the SDIC in INSPIRE development
  1. allocate experts to Drafting Teams
  2. submit reference material as input to the Drafting Teams
  3. collect and describe user requirements related to Environmental policies
  4. participate in the review process
  5. implement pilot projects to test/revise/develop the draft Implementing Rules
  6. contribute to cost/benefit analysis of the draft Implementing Rules
  7. contribute to awareness raising and training
  8. be kept informed
Area of work/experience
Geographic Domain: Europe
Description of geographic extent European seas
Societal Sector Government agencies working together
Specific Expertise
Data and Service Sharing
Monitoring and Reporting
INSPIRE Data Themes
Title UserProducerCoordinator
Oceanographic geographical features    
Sea regions    
Previous Experience relevant for INSPIRE development EuroGOOS has been established since 1994 and has regional task teams for each sea area, encouraging the riparian countries to work together and share data.
Primary Business EuroGOOS is an Association, not a business 
Environmental application domains  

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