GCOS/GOOS Joint Program Matrix

Facilitating Access to Global Observing Systems Data and Information

GCOS/GOOS Joint Programs

Program Name	Data Access	Program Information	Coordinating Bodies	Essential Climate Variables (ECV)	Other Links
GLOSS > The Global Sea Level Observing System			JCOMM GLOSS	Sea Level
DBCP > Data Buoy Cooperation Panel			JCOMM ICOADS	Sea Surface Temperature Current Sea Surface Salinity
PIRATA > Prediction and Research Moored Array in the Atlantic			NOAA/PMEL France/IFREMER Brazil/INPE	Sea Surface Temperature Current Sea Surface Salinity Wind Speed and Direction Air Temperature Precipitation
TAO > Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Project			NOAA/PMEL JAMSTEC IRD	Sea Surface Temperature Current Sea Surface Salinity Wind Speed and Direction Air Temperature Precipitation
TRITON > The Mooring Array in the Tropical Western Pacific and Eastern Indian Ocean			JAMSTEC	Sea Surface Temperature Current Sea Surface Salinity Wind Speed and Direction Air Temperature Precipitation
OceanSITES Global Reference Mooring Network			JCOMM OceanSITES		OceanSITES web site
Argo Network			Argo Steering Team	Sea Surface Salinity Current Sub-surface Temperature Sub-surface Salinity
VOS > Voluntary Observing Ship			JCOMM ICOADS VOSClim	Sea Surface Temperature Sea Surface Salinity Current Sea Level Sea State Sea Ice Ocean Color Carbon Dioxide Partial Pressure	VOS data flow