| General info | |
| Project title | GLOBAL OCEAN SURFACE UNDERWAY DATA (GOSUD) |
| Project acronym | GOSUD |
| Project website | http://www.ifremer.fr/gosud/ |
| Begin date | 2001-01-01 |
| End date | To present |
| Description | |
| Abstract | The main objective of GOSUD (Global Ocean Surface Underway Data Pilot Project) is to collect, process, archive and disseminate in real time and delayed mode, sea surface salinity and other variables collected underway, by research and opportunity ships.
The Ocean Observations Panel for Climate, OOPC, and its predecessors examined the usefulness of surface salinity data in the context of climate change detection. They state that "At high latitude, sea surface salinity is known to be critical for decadal and longer time scale variations associated with deep ocean over turning and the hydrological cycle. In the tropics, and in particular in the western Pacific, and Indonesian Seas, and in upwelling zones salinity is also believed to be important." They quote the benchmark sampling strategy to be one sample per 200 km square every 10 days and with an accuracy of 0.1 PSU. They also state that the tropical western Pacific and Indian Oceans and high latitudes should receive the highest priority.
The geographical area concerned in this project is the whole world. |
| Coordinator | |
| Coordinating organisation | Ifremer, Scientific Information Systems for the sea
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| Country of Coordinator | France |
| Contact name | PETIT DE LA VILLEON Loïc |
| Contact organisation | Ifremer, Scientific Information Systems for the sea
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| Phone | +33 (0)2 98 22 49 13 |
| Fax | +33 (0)2 98.22.46.44 |
| Email | Loic.Petit.De.La.Villeon@ifremer.fr |
| Project partners | |
| Other partners | British Oceanographic Data Centre
CNRS, Laboratory of studies on Spatial Geophysics and Oceanography
Global Ocean Development Inc.
IRD, Centre de Noumea
IRD, Centre de Bretagne
Meteo France
National Oceanography Centre (Southampton)
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| Edmerp metadata | |
| Edmerp id | 9610 |
| Collating centre | Ifremer, Scientific Information Systems for the sea
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| Latest update | 2016-09-09 |
