Key objectives
- Optimize collaboration and integration on technology and technical issues across the many observing system elements and communities at the European level, with an eye towards the future European Ocean Observing System (EOOS);
- Align observing elements with Essential Ocean Variable (EOV) requirements;
- Improve readiness levels for observed variables;
- Articulate and document best practices;
- Link with other international initiatives on similar topics.
List of members
Co-chairs

Laurent Delauney
French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (Ifremer)
France

Rajesh Nair
National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS)
Italy
Members
Henning Wehde
Institute of Marine Research (IMR)
Norway
Mery Pina
European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC)
Europe
Stefania Sparnocchia
ISMAR-CNR
Italy
Urmas Lips
Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech)
Estonia
EuroGOOS facilitation
