Document List

Recent Publications

Publications about GOOS from the GOOS community

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1 GOOS-322
EOV Specification Sheet: Seagrass Cover and Composition

2 GOOS-326
GOOS Brief: Key recommendations to expand ocean observing and fill critical gaps in the Global Ocean Observing System

This GOOS brief identifies common priority observing gaps across the three WMO Statements of Guidance, by Essential Variable and for in situ and satellite observations.

3 GOOS-325
EOV Specification Sheet: Coral Cover and Composition

4 GOOS-323
EOV Specification Sheet: Mangrove Cover and Composition

5 GOOS-318
EOV Specification Sheet: Microbe Biomass and Diversity

6 GOOS-319
EOV Specification Sheet: Seabird Abundance and Distribution

7 GOOS-324
GOOS Biodiversity Strategy 2026-2035

8 GOOS-320
15th GOOS Steering Committee Meeting Report

9 GOOS-321
17th Meeting of the GOOS Observations Coordination Group (OCG-17) Report

10 GOOS-320
15th GOOS Steering Committee Meeting Report

11 GOOS-320
15th GOOS Steering Committee Meeting Report

12 GOOS-320
15th GOOS Steering Committee Meeting Report

13 GOOS-320
15th GOOS Steering Committee Meeting Report

14 GOOS-317
GOOS Regional Forum XII Report

15 GOOS-316
27th Argo Steering Team Meeting Report

16 GOOS-315
Co-Design: A paradigm shift for ocean observing

17 GOOS-312
Eighteenth session of the IOC Group of Experts on the Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS) Final Report

18 GOOS-314
Agulhas Current Observing System Design Workshop Report

19 GOOS-313
AniBOS Steering Committee Meeting 2026 Report

20 GOOS-311
Dialogues with Industry Summary Report

21 Ocean Observing Co-Design Progress Report: Achievements and Updates 2025

Document to provide a narrative report to WMO on progress made under the GOOS Ocean Observing Co-Design Programme, which receives WMO support under a UN2UN Agreement, and the background for the Ocean ...

22 GOOS Virtual Steering Committee Meeting Report (2025 December)

23 GOOS-310
Global Ocean Observing System Status Report 2025

Explore the interactive digital version of the GOOS Status Report 2025 here: www.ocean-ops.org/goosreport

24 GOOS Virtual Steering Committee Meeting Report (2025 September)

25 GOOS Phenomena List

26 GOOS-304
Ocean Observing Co-Design Programme 2025 Strategy and Planning Meeting Report

27 GOOS-299
GOOS 13th Session of the Steering Committee (SC-13) Report

28 GOOS-288
Dialogues with Industry: Synthesis Report

This document provides a synthesis of the content and key findings across the four Dialogues with Industry held from September 2022 to January 2023. The objective of the Dialogues was to explore and d...

29 1st Report of the Tropical Pacific Observing System, TPOS 2020 Project

30 GOOS-215
1st Report of the Tropical Pacific Observing System, TPOS 2020 Project

31 Deep Ocean Observing Strategy - A Global Ocean Observing System Project Report

The objective of this report is to develop a statement of requirements, and an initial strategy for sustained global deep ocean observations; considering all Essential Ocean Variables, regions, and te...

32 GOOS-195
First Meeting of the Global Ocean Observing System Steering Committee (GOOS SC-1)

An executive summary is available in four languages.

33 GOOS-196
Summary Report of the sixth Expert Workshop of IOC/WESTPAC SEAGOOS Pilot Project on Monsoon Onset and its Social & Ecosystem Impact (MOMSEI-VI)

34 GOOS-190
The International Thermodynamic Equation of Seawater - 2010: A scientific summary for policy makers

An approachable summary of the TEOS-10, with history, science and methods.

35 GOOS News

GOOS Newsletter, 1 April 2011

36 Why Monitor the Arctic Ocean: Services to society from a sustaned ocean observing system

The case for an Arctic Ocean Observing System is made with clear descriptions of the needs and advantages, using a colorful brochure format.

37 GOOS Gorick Poster Explained

A colorful explanation of the components of GOOS as portrayed in the Gorick poster of GOOS. Printed 2010 by UNESCO and available along with the poster for the asking. Contact t.gross@unesco.org

38 The Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) - A Summary for Policy Makers

What is oceanography and what is a sustained long-term ocean observing sytem? How the Global Ocean Observing Sytem has been developed. What is needed for the Global Ocean Observing System? The Glo...

39 Filling the Gaps in GOOS

40 Economics of Australia's sustained ocean observation system, benefits and rationale for public funding

41 Sustained Arctic Observations: A Legacy of the Polar Year

42 The Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS)

43 Progress made by the Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology

44 Scientific and technical support for coastal hazard forecasting systems: JCOMM symposium on storm surges

45 Status and Progress of the International Polar Year

46 The Global Sea Level Observing System

47 The Group on Earth Observations - Ministerial Summit

48 Slow but steady progress in open-ocean observations as the issue of climate change climbs the political ladder

49 Sustaining an Arctic Ocean observing system as a legacy of the International Polar Year

50 Argo: Global ocean observing array reaches milestone and faces challenges

51 Overview of 2007 - Ocean observations and services

52 Real-time Coastal Observing Systems for Marine Ecosystem Dynamics and Harmful Agal Blooms: Theory, Instrumentation and Modelling

53 Implementing the Global Ocean Observing System

54 The Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)

Hydro International, April 2008, Pg 32-33.

55 Why GLOBEC Scientists and Fishermen both Benefit from the Global Ocean Observing System

56 Arctic Sea Ice a Record Low

Summer sea ice in the Arctic has shrunk to a record low. In a race against time, UNESCO and several of its sister agencies are working with countries to put in place an Arctic Observing System to ensu...

57 Ocean Observing Flotilla Hits 3000 Mark

Seven years after the launch of the first robotic Argo float, the Argo ocean observing array has reached its initial target of 3,000 operating floats worldwide.

58 The Green Ocean - Observations of Marine Biodiversity

A chapter from The Full Picture, published for the GEO Ministerial 2007

59 Why the World needs a Global Ocean Observing System

A Chapter of The Full Picture, published for the GEO Ministerial, 2007

60 TheBlue Planet - Observations of the Global Ocean

A Chapter of The Full Picture, published for the GEO Ministerial, 2007

61 Observing the polar oceans during the International Polar Year and beyond

WMO Bulletin 56 (4) October 2007 pp271-284

62 Observing the Polar Oceans during the International Polar Year and Beyond

63 Why the World needs a Global Ocean Observing System

But could GOOS be in danger of being a patchwork rather than global, all encompassing, observation system? Keith Alverson, Director of the GOOS Project Office, offers his perspectives.

64 Taking the Pulse of the Oceans

Editorial published in Science on 15 December 2006. It is generally acknowledged that, since land, water and atmosphere are interlocking components of a single Earth system, our global Earth observin...

65 Watching Over the World's Oceans

Developing a global multi-hazard warning system with an operational ocean-observing system.

66 The Global Ocean Observing System

IGBP: Global Change Newsletter No. 61 March 2005

67 GOOS-202
Sixteenth Session of the GCOS-GOOS-WCRP Ocean Observations Panel for Climate

68 Provisional Time Table TT SC Meeting

69 GOOS-309
Report of the 27th Session of the Ocean Observations Panel for Physics and Climate (OOPC-27)

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