To be published on 5 November 2026

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.

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 ...

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

The IOC IODE-GOOS Data Workshop, held 30 September - 02 October 2024, focused on enhancing collaboration between the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) and the Global Oce...

Access the full Workshop Report here.

The Executive Summary of the final report can be found here.

The re-constituted Expert Team on Operational Ocean Forecasting Systems (ETOOFS) operating under the GOOS framework have published a long-awaited guide on Implementing Operational Ocean Monitoring and...

The fourth dialogue brought together public and private sector participants for a discussion on New technology for the Ocean Decade.

The third dialogue brought together public and private sector participants for a discussion on User-Driven Ocean Information: Downstream Services and Growing the Market through Impact and increas...

The second dialogue brought together public and private sector participants for a discussion on integrating new ocean observing networks and business models. 

The first Dialogue brought together twenty-one participants (and 80 observers) representing key stakeholders from industry, government, and academia to discuss opportunities and barriers to colla...

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...

Version 1.1

The 2022 GCOS Implementation Plan

V.1

Seagrasses are flowering marine plants that can be found in tropical, temperate, and polar waters. As their rhizomes weave together under the seabed, seagrasses stabilise the sand and mud they&nb...

The Tenth Session of the GOOS Steering Committee was held online in 2 parts. This is the report for Part 2, which took place 29 November - 1 December 2021. The report for Part 1, which took pla...

The Tenth Session of the GOOS Steering Committee was held online in 2 parts. This is the report for Part 1, which took place 26 - 29 April 2021. The report for Part 2, taking place 29 November - ...

Version 9 (6 May 2020)

Member States to designate an IOC CD focal point by 29 February 2020.

Below you will find the Executive Summary of this Second Report of TPOS 2020. The full report is available for download at: http://tpos2020.org/project-reports/second-report/

GOOS Strategy 2017-2027

GRA Background Report U.S.IOOS

GRA Background Report IOCARIBE GOOS

GRA Backgound Report IOCARIBE GOOS

GRA Backgound Report IOCARIBE GOOS

GCOS-200

The Seventh Session of the GOOS Regional Alliances Forum was held in Heraklion, Crete, Greece on 22-24 September, 2015. Zdenka Willis chaired the Forum which was attended by representatives of GRAs fo...

Fourth WESTPAC Technical Workshop on SEAGOOS Ocean Forecasting System (WESTPAC/SEAGOOS-OFS-IV) Jakarta, Indonesia 5-6 March 2013

Sixth Session of the GOOS Regional Alliance Forum Hawaii, USA 14-16 May 2013

An executive summary is available in four languages.

GRF-V, 03 October 2011 Sopot, Poland

The 14th Session of IOC/WESTPAC Coordinating Committee took place in Tianjin, China, 8-9 September 2011 with kind host of the National Marine Data & Information Service of China.

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

Tenth Session IOC-WMO-UNEP Intergovernmental Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System (I-GOOS-IX) 20 June, 2011 Paris

IOCARIBE-GOOS Strategic planning Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 7-8 March 2011

Executive Board of the IOC-WMO-UNEP Intergovernmental Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System (I-GOOS Board-VI) Dec 7th to 9th 2010, Paris

Report of the Thirteenth Session of the GOOS Scientific Steering Committee, held in London (UK) on 8-12 March 2010 Edited: Tom Gross, GOOS Programme Office

IOC Group of Experts on the Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS) Eleventh Session 13−15 May 2009 Paris, France

Panel for Integrated Coastal Observation (PICO-II) Second Session 24-26 February 2009 Perth, Australia

Summary Proceedings of IOGOOS-VI: the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Indian Ocean Global Ocean Observing System, Hyderabad, India, 3-5 December 2008

Report of Proceedings, Decisions and Actions of the I-GOOS IX, Paris, 10-12 2009.

Report of the Twelfth Session of the GOOS Scientific Steering Committee, held in Perth (Australia) on 25-27 February 2009 Edited: Tom Gross, GOOS Programme Office

Report of the Fourth Session of GOOS Regional Alliances Forum, held in Guayaquil, Ecuador on 25-27 November 2008.

This progress report covers the climate module of GOOS, the ocean component of GCOS, along with the atmospheric and terrestrial domains. Delivered to the 30th session of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for...

Panel for Integrated Coastal Observation (PICO), First Session, 10-11 April 2008, Paris, France GOOS Report No. 172

Meeting report

GOOS-165 bis

report of the in situ component of the 'Plymouth Chlorophyll Meeting and Workshops (Extended Antares Network)', 18-22 September 2006, Plymouth, United Kingdom

Report of the Eleventh Session of the GOOS Scientific Steering Committee (GSSC-XI, 8-11 April 2008, Paris, France)

Report of the three-day SOOS workshop hosted by the Alfred Wegener Institute at the Haus der Wissenschaften in Bremen on 1-3 of October 2007.

Report of the 4th session of the Executive Board of the IOC-WMO-UNEP Intergovernmental Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System (I-GOOS Board-IV), 11 April 2008, Paris, France

Report of the 8th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for GOOS (Paris, France, from 13-16 June 2007)

Report of the 3rd session of the Executive Board of the IOC- WMO-UNEP Intergovernmental Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System (I-GOOS Board-III), 12 and 16 June 2007, Paris, France

Final Report of the 10th session of the GOOS Scientific Steering Committee (GSSC-X, 13-16 March 2007, Seoul, Korea)

Report of the eleventh session of the IOC-WESTPAC Co-ordinating Committee for the North-East Asian Regional - Global Ocean Observing System (NEAR-GOOS)

Report of the 2nd session of the Executive Board of the IOC- WMO-UNEP Intergovernmental Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System (I-GOOS Board-II), 18 November 2006, Cape Town, South Africa

Report of the 1st session of the Executive Board of the IOC- WMO-UNEP Intergovernmental Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System (I-GOOS Board-III), 9-10 March 2006, Paris, France

Report of the tenth session of the IOC-WESTPAC Co-ordinating Committee for the North-East Asian Regional - Global Ocean Observing System (NEAR-GOOS)

Report of the ninth session of the IOC-WESTPAC Co-ordinating Committee for the North-East Asian Regional - Global Ocean Observing System (NEAR-GOOS)

Report of the 3rd Meeting of the Indian Ocean Panel (IOP), Honolulu, 27 February - 2 March 2006.

Report of the Eleventh Session of the Joint GCOS-GOOS-WCRP Ocean Observations Panel for Climate (OOPC)

Report of the fourth session of the Global Observing Systems Space Panel

Report of the ninth session of the Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean Array (TAO) Implementation Panel

Report of the eighth session of the Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean Array (TAO) Implementation Panel

Global Ocean Observations for GOOS/GCOS: An Action Plan for Existing Bodies and Mechanisms

Report of the third session of the Joint GCOS-GOOS-WCRP Ocean Observations Panel for Climate (OOPC)

Report of the third meeting of the IOC/WESTPAC Co-ordinating Committee for the North-East Asian Regional - Global Ocean Observing System (NEAR-GOOS)

Report of the first session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU Steering Committee of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)

Report of the first Session of the GOOS Living Marine resources Panel

IOC-SOPAC Workshop Report on Pacific Regional Global Ocean Observing System

Report of the fourth session of the Health of the Oceans (HOTO) Panel of the Joint Scientific and Technical Committee for GOOS (J-GOOS)

GCOS/GOOS/GTOS Joint Data and Information Management Panel Data and Information Management Plan

Report of the fourth session of the Joint Meeting of the GCOS/WCRP Atmospheric Observation Panel for Climate and the GCOS/GOOS/GTOS Joint Data and Information Management Panel

In Situ Observations for the Global Observing Systems - Development of an Integrated Strategy and Identification of Priorities for Implementation

Report of the third session of the Strategy Sub-Committee (SSC) of the IOC-WMO-UNEP Intergovernmental Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System (I-GOOS)

Report of the fourth session of the IOC Group of Experts on the Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS)

Volume II - Emerging Technologies

Volume I - Basic Procedures

Report of the third session of the Health of the Oceans (HOTO) Panel of the Joint Scientific and Technical Committee for GOOS (J-GOOS)

Report of the first session of the Health of the Oceans (HOTO) Panel of the Joint Scientific and Technical Committee for GOOS (J-GOOS)

Report of the third session of the GCOS/GOOS/GTOS Joint Data and Information Management Panel

Report of the first session of the Strategy Sub-Committee (SSC) of the IOC-WMO-UNEP Intergovernmental Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System (I-GOOS)

Report of the second session of the Joint Scientific and Technical Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System (J-GOOS)

Report of the first Planning Session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System (I-GOOS)

Report of the second session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System (I-GOOS)

Report of the first session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System (I-GOOS)

Report of the third session of the Global Observing Systems Space Panel

Report of the ninth session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU Scientific Steering Committee of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)

Report of the tenth Session of the Joint GCOS-GOOS-WCRP Ocean Observations Panel for Climate (OOPC)

Report of the 9th Session of the IOC Group of Experts on GLOSS

Report of the Second CLIVAR/GOOS Indian Ocean Panel Meeting, 30 March - 2 April 2005, CSIRO, Hobart, Australia.

Report of the seventh session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System (I-GOOS), including the report of the first Extraordinary Session

Report of the eighth session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU Steering Committee of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)

Report of the ninth session of the Joint GCOS-GOOS-WCRP Ocean Observations Panel for Climate (OOPC)

Report of the seventh session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU Steering Committee of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)

Report of the eighth session of the IOC Group of Experts on the Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS)

Report of the eighth session of the Joint GCOS-GOOS-WCRP Ocean Observations Panel for Climate (OOPC)

Report of the second Regional Forum of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)

Report of the eighth session of the IOC-WESTPAC Co-ordinating Committee for the North-East Asian Regional - Global Ocean Observing System (NEAR-GOOS)

Report of the fourth session of the Coastal Ocean Observations Panel

Report of the first session of the IOCARIBE-GOOS Steering Committee

Report of the seventh session of the IOC-WESTPAC Co-ordinating Committee for the North-East Asian Regional - Global Ocean Observing System (NEAR-GOOS)

Report of the sixth IOC/WESTPAC Training Course on NEAR-GOOS Data Management

Report of the sixth session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP Intergovernmental Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System (I-GOOS)

Report of the sixth session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU Steering Committee of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)

Report of the GOOS Review Panel on the Structure, Mandates and Modus Operandi of GOOS

Report of the first Regional Forum of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)

Report of the fifth session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU Steering Committee of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)

Report of the seventh session of the Joint GCOS-GOOS-WCRP Ocean Observations Panel for Climate (OOPC)

Report of the first session of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) Capacity Building (CB) Panel (Including Action Plan, Phase I)

Report of the International Workshop for review of the Tropical Moored Buoy Network

Report of the fifth IOC/WESTPAC Training Course on NEAR-GOOS Data Management

Report of the sixth session of the IOC-WESTPAC Co-ordinating Committee for the North-East Asian Regional - Global Ocean Observing System (NEAR-GOOS)

Report of the seventh session of the IOC Group of Experts on the Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS)

The Case for IOCARIBE-GOOS: A Strategic Plan

Report of the third session of the Coastal Ocean Observations Panel GOOS Users' Forum

Report of the sixth session of the Joint GCOS-GOOS-WCRP Ocean Observations Panel for Climate (OOPC)

Report of the second session of the Coastal Ocean Observations Panel GOOS Users' Forum

Report of the fifth session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System (I-GOOS)

Implementation Strategy for Capacity Building for the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)

Report of the fourth IOC/WESTPAC Training Course on NEAR-GOOS Data Management

Data and Information Management Strategy and Plan of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)

Report of the fourth session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU Steering Committee of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)

The Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) Regional Groups: A Discussion Paper

Report of the fifth meeting of the IOC/WESTPAC Co-ordinating Committee for the North-East Asian Regional - Global Ocean Observing System (NEAR-GOOS)

The Final Design Plan for the Health of the Oceans (HOTO) Module of GOOS

Report of the fifth session of the Joint GCOS-GOOS-WCRP Ocean Observations Panel for Climate (OOPC)

Report of the IOC-SOPAC Regional Workshop on Coastal Global Ocean Observing (GOOS) for the Pacific Region

Report of the first session of the Coastal Ocean Observations Panel

Strategic Design Plan for the IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU-FAO Living Marine Resources Panel of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS): Tracking Change in Marine Ecosystems

Report of the fourth session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU-FAO Living Marine Resources Panel of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)

Report of the third IOC/WESTPAC Training Course on NEAR-GOOS Data Management

Report of the third session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU Steering Committee of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)

Report of the fifth session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU Coastal Panel of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)

The Benefits of the Implementation of the Global Ocean Observing System in the Mediterranean Ocean

Report of the third session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU-FAO Living Marine Resources Panel of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)

Report of the fourth session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU Coastal Panel of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)

Report of the Initial Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) Commitments Meeting

Report of the fourth meeting of the IOC/WESTPAC Co-ordinating Committee for the North-East Asian Regional - Global Ocean Observing System (NEAR-GOOS)

Report of the third session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU Coastal Panel of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)

Report of the joint session of the GCOS-GOOS-WCRP Ocean Observations Panel for Climate (OOPC) and the WCRP CLIVAR Upper Ocean Panel (UOP)

Report of the second session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU-FAO Living Marine Resources Panel of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)

Report of the second session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU Steering Committee of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)

Report of the fourth session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System (I-GOOS)

Report of the sixth session of the IOC Group of Experts on the Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS)

Principles of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) Capacity Building

Report of the seventh session of the Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean Array (TAO) Implementation Panel

Report of the second session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU Coastal Panel of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)

Status Report on Existing Ocean Elements and Related Systems

Report of the first session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU Coastal Panel of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)

Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS) Implementation Plan 1997

Report of the IOC/GLOSS Training Workshop on Sea Level Data Analysis

Report of the third session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System (I-GOOS-III) and the first GOOS Forum

Strategic Plan and Principles for the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)

Report of the GOOS Planning Workshop for Living Marine Resources

Report of the second session of the Strategy Sub-Committee (SSC) of the IOC-WMO-UNEP Intergovernmental Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System (I-GOOS)

Report of the sixth session of the TAO Implementation Panel

GOOS Coastal Module Planning Workshop Report

Report of the second session of the IOC-WESTPAC Co-ordinating Committee for the North-East Asian Regional - Global Ocean Observing System (NEAR-GOOS)

Joint GCOS-GOOS-WCRP Ocean Observations Panel for Climate (OOPC)

Status report on existing ocean elements and related systems

Operational Manual Version 1.0 for NEAR-GOOS Data Exchange

Report of the fourth session of the Joint Scientific and Technical Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)

Report of the fifth session of the IOC Group of Experts on the Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS)

Report of the second session of the Joint GCOS-GOOS-WCRP Ocean Observations Panel for Climate (OOPC)

Report of the first meeting of the IOC/WESTPAC Co-ordinating Committee for the North-East Asian Regional - Global Ocean Observing System (NEAR-GOOS)

IOC/GLOSS-GOOS Training Workshop on Sea-Level Data Analysis

A Strategic Plan for the Assessment and Prediction of the Health of the Ocean: A Module of the Global Ocean Observing System

Towards Operational Oceanography: The Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)

Report of the third session of the Health of the Oceans (HOTO) Panel of the Joint Scientific and Technical Committee for GOOS (J-GOOS)

Report of the first session of the Joint GCOS-GOOS-WCRP Ocean Observations Panel for Climate (OOPC)

Report of the third session of the Joint Scientific and Technical Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System (J-GOOS)

Report of the first session of the Joint Scientific and Technical Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System (J-GOOS)

Report on the Second Planning Session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System (I-GOOS)