North West Shelf Operational Oceanographic System

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]

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 and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), UK
  • Danish Maritime Safety Administration (DaMSA), Denmark
  • Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI), Denmark
  • Flemish Authorities - MD&K Coastal Division, Belgium
  • French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER), France
  • Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Norway
  • Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorolologisch Instituut (KNMI), Netherlands
  • Management Unit of the North Sea Mathematical Models (MUMM), Belgium
  • Marine Institute, Ireland
  • Met Office, UK
  • National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management, Rijkswaterstaat (RIKZ), Netherlands
  • Norwegian Meteorological Institute (Met.no), Norway
  • Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory (POL), UK
  • 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

Further reading

• Edited by L.J. Droppert (2001). The NOOS Plan: North West Shelf Operational Oceanographic System. Southampton Oceanography Centre. pp. 68 pages. ISBN 0904175464. http://books.google.com/books?id=GhAXAgAACAAJ&dq=%22North+West+Shelf+Operational+Oceanographic+System%22&ie=ISO-8859-1. 

References

1. ^ "International and National Networks and Programmes" (Web). Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory (POL). November 2007. http://www.pol.ac.uk/psmsl/programmes/. Retrieved January 2008. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Welcome to the NOOS webpage" (Web). NOOS. November 2006. http://www.noos.cc/. Retrieved January 2008. 
3. ^ "NOOS Program Overview" (Web). Global Observing Systems Information Center (GOSIC)-(hosted by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)). July 2007. http://www.gosic.org/goos/NOOS-program-overview.htm. Retrieved January 2008. 

External links

• http://www.noos.cc/