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Program Management
In the process of creating the Southeastern Pacific GOOS (GRASP), a letter of intent was written on May 31, 2003, which laid out the purpose and goals of GRASP. GRASP was officially formed during a meeting on October 26-28, 2005 and was jointly summoned by The Secretariat of Comision Permanente Del Pacifico Sur (CPPS) and Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC). The Plan of Action for GRASP was constructed by the CPPS during the meeting. GRASP is overseen by a General Secretary, an Undersecretary, and Economic Director, and a Scientific Director. The GRASP Secretariat is located in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
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Program Goals
GRASP has laid out the following program goals:
- To regionally coordinate and optimize a suitable use of resources;
- To study systems of coastal currents of the East Pacific and form a regional perspective;
- Exchange data and make data available for users;
- To accentuate the field of operational oceanography as an important part of operational meteorology;
- To gain better access to international investigation projects (such as Argo);
- To facilitate access to information about the investigation of the coast of the region; and
- To study the ocean variability on a 20-40 day scale
Contact Information
Dr. Gonzalo Pereira P.
General Secretary
Phone: (593-4) 222 1202, 222 1203
E-mail: gpereira@cpps-int.org
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