EuroGOOS Argo Task Team

The EuroGOOS Argo Task Team integrates the Euro-Argo ERIC into the EuroGOOS framework to mutually coordinate actions related to operational oceanography.

Key Objectives

The main objective of the Task Team is to facilitate interactions between non-Euro-Argo ERIC institutes/countries and the Euro-Argo ERIC governance structure, especially the Management Board (MB).

The Task Team aims to:

Meet regularly with the Euro-Argo ERIC MB, at least once a year, arranged to be during the MB annual meetings;
Support and facilitate the process of Euro-Argo ERIC membership of present non-Euro-Argo ERIC countries;
Organize workshops/training about Argo issues (e.g., DMQC-Delayed Mode Quality Control) in collaboration with the Euro-Argo ERIC;
Collaborate in the organization of events with the Euro-Argo ERIC (e.g., Science Meeting and Users Meeting);
Prepare, in collaboration with the Euro-Argo ERIC, the participation to the Argo Steering Team (AST) and Argo Data Management Team (ADMT) meetings;
Develop the collaboration with users and stakeholder communities in non-ERIC EU member countries, and facilitate the recruitment of new members;
Link with EuroGOOS Regional Operational Observing Systems (ROOSs), Working Groups, Task Teams and relevant ongoing observational programmes/projects;
Report annually to the EuroGOOS General Assembly.

List of Members

Co-Chairs

Griet Neukermans, University of Gent, Belgium
Yann-Hervé de Roeck, Euro-Argo ERIC, France
Emanuele Organelli, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR), Italy

Members

Alan Berry, Marine Institute, Ireland
Andreas Sterl, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Netherlands
Birgit Klein, Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH), Germany
Clare Bellingham, National Oceanography Centre, UK
Gerasimos Korres, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece
Giulio Notarstefano, National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS), Italy
Kjell Arne Mork, Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Norway
Laura Tuomi, Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Finland
Luísa Lamas, Hydrographic Institute (IH), Portugal
Marios Josephides, Department of Fisheries and Marine Research, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, Cyprus
Pedro Velez Belchi, Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), Spain
Tanya Mendes Silveira, Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), Portugal
Thierry Carval, French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (Ifremer), France
Tülay Çokacar, Institute of Marine Science Management, Istanbul University, Turkey
Violeta Slabakova, IOBAS, Bulgaria
Waldemar Walczowski, Polish Academy of Sciences (IO-PAN), Poland