North West Shelf Operational Oceanographic System
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The North West Shelf Operational Oceanographic System (NOOS) monitors real-time sea levels for the North Sea area.[1] NOOS is operated by partners from the nine countries bordering the extended North Sea and European North West Shelf; Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom. Working collaboratively to develop and implement ocean observing systems in the area.[2] Near real time and recent history sea levels are available to on their web site in map, graph or table format.[2]
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[edit] Membership
As of January 2008 NOOS had sixteen full members and four associate members.[2][3]
- Full Members:
- Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH), Germany
- Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), UK
- Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI), Denmark
- Flemish Authorities - MD&K Coastal Division, Belgium
- Royal Danish Administration of Navigation and Hydrography (RDANH), Denmark
- French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea(IFREMER), France
- Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Norway
- Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorolologisch Instituut (KNMI), Netherlands
- Marine Institute, Ireland
- Met Office, UK
- Norwegian Meteorological Institute (Met.no), Norway
- Management Unit of the North Sea Mathematical Models (MUMM), Belgium
- Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory (POL), UK
- National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management, Rijkswaterstaat (RIKZ), Netherlands
- Service Hydrographique et Oceanographique de la Marine (SHOM), France
- Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Sweden
- Associate Members
- GKSS Forschungszentrum (GKSS), Germany
- Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC), Norway
- Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Norway
- University of Oldenburg (Uni-Oldenburg), Germany
[edit] Further reading
- Edited by L.J. Droppert (2001). The NOOS Plan: North West Shelf Operational Oceanographic System. Southampton Oceanography Centre, 68 pages. ISBN 0904175464.
[edit] References
- ^ International and National Networks and Programmes (Web). Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory (POL) (November 2007). Retrieved on January 2008.
- ^ a b c Welcome to the NOOS webpage (Web). NOOS (November 2006). Retrieved on January 2008.
- ^ NOOS Program Overview (Web). Global Observing Systems Information Center (GOSIC)-(hosted by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)) (July 2007). Retrieved on January 2008.
