Support to Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO for Global Ocean Observing System Activities

9906108 .资金正在转入NOAA首席科学家办公室，以分担与发展全球海洋观测系统有关的某些活动的费用。海洋学家早就认识到一个持续运作的观测系统的价值，它将提供基本的测量，以满足许多用户群体的观测需求。在过去几年中，几个国际组织共同努力，为建立这样一个观测系统启动了计划。几个政府组织已经达成协议，共同发起一个GOOS项目。全面实施的GOOS将满足以下方面的海洋观测需求：气候监测、评估和预测、海洋生物资源和海洋健康的监测和评估、沿海地区环境及其变化的监测以及气象和海洋学业务服务。

9906108ColeFunds are being transferred to the Office of the Chief Scientist at NOAA to cost-share certain activities associated with the development of a Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS). Oceanographers have long recognized the value of an ongoing operational observing system that would provide fundamental measurements to meet the observational needs of many user communities. Over the past several years, several international organizations have worked together to initiate plans for such an observational system. Agreements have been reached by several governmental organizations to jointly sponsor a GOOS program. A fully implemented GOOS will satisfy ocean observing requirements for climate monitoring, assessment and prediction, for monitoring and assessment of marine living resources, and of the health of the ocean, for monitoring the coastal zone environment and its changes, and for meteorological and oceanographic operational services.