IGOSS
type: Concept
in scheme: projects
definition: IGOSS is an important data acquisition and management systems that will form, with other existing systems, the "Marine Meteorological and Oceanographic Operational Services" Module of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS). The Integrated Global Ocean Services System (IGOSS) is the international SYSTEM for the collection and exchange of ocean data (such as temperature and salinity) and the preparation and dissemination of oceanic products and services. IGOSS is coordinated jointly by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and consists of national facilities and services provided by participating member countries who share data for mutual benefit. The IGOSS system consists of three components: the IGOSS Observing System (IOS), the IGOSS Data Processing and Services System (IDPSS) and the IGOSS Telecommunications Arrangements (ITA). In the IOS, naval ships, research vessels, and merchant ships in the Ships-of-Opportunity Programme (SOOP) along with fixed and floating buoys transmit oceanographic data such as subsurface temperature and salinity in near-real time. The IDPSS consists of several types of national, specialized and world data centres for processing and dissemination data and data products. The backbone of the ITA is the Global Telecommunication System (GTS) of the WMO. BATHY and TESAC data reports are transmitted over the GTS with headers that correspond to the nation which made the observation and placed the data on the GTS. The principal of free and open data exchange for all member states is accomplished through the GTS. Through IGOSS, observations, analyses and predictions of important ocean features are available to users on an operational basis, normally within 30 days or less. Ocean observations of temperature, salinity, sea level, and currents have a wide range of applications to commercial fishing, hydrob…

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type: Concept