The Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO) was founded in 1999 by directors of oceanographic institutions around the world as a forum to promote and advance the observation of the global ocean. POGO is a UK-registered charity with member institutions from around the world, and works closely with other international and regional programmes and organisations.
POGO seeks to expand international support for ocean observing, through innovation of the ocean observing system, capacity development and outreach/advocacy.
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by Charles F Kennel, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San DiegoCentre for Science and Policy and Christ’s College, University of Cambridge Walter Munk, Russ Davis, and the measurement of the ocean’s temperature When I became SIO Director in 1997, Walter Munk was investigating a new way of measuring the increase in ocean temperature […]
Catherine Jordan1, Caroline Cusack1, Diego Pereiro 1and Mick Gillooly11 Marine Institute, Galway, Ireland Thanks to funding from the Irish Government’s Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) and the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF), the Marine Institute, in Ireland, is working on a project to improve the way we use remote sensing to study the ocean.
Osvaldo Ulloa1,2, Marcos Moreno1,3, and Oscar Pizarro1,2 1 Instituto Milenio de Oceanografía, Concepción, Chile; 2 Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile; 3 P. Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile This past October, researchers from the Instituto Milenio de Oceanografía (IMO) installed two deep-sea oceanographic moorings with multiple instruments, including current meters, sediment traps, conductivity-temperature-depth-oxygen (CTDO) sensors,
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New projects In the recent round of endorsements, the Ocean Biomolecular Observing Network (OBON) has gained four new UN Ocean Decade endorsed projects and we have a few other projects in the pipeline. Our newly endorsed projects are: Western Channel Observatory Biomolecular Observing Network (WCO-BON) Main lead: Willie Wilson, Marine Biological Association The WCO is
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Thematic Session B: Ocean sound Essential Ocean Variable and low-cost acoustic devices (Co-Chairs Gilles Lericolais & Peter Tyack) Session outline/objectives: The discussion will engage the membership in thinking about possible expansion of the JPI Oceans model for funding international projects on ocean sound -particularly thinking about how this could be applied to fund development of
Thematic Session D: Ocean Biomolecular Observing Network (Co-Chairs: Margaret Leinen & Willie Wilson) Session outline/objectives: This session will provide an update on the OBON Programme endorsed by the UN Ocean Decade. This will be followed by discussion of topics where OBON could benefit from the input of POGO members. Presentations: Introductory presentation about OBON and
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Thematic Session C: Engagement with GOOS (Co-Chairs: Anya Waite & Ed Hill) Session outline/objectives: This session aims to better define the differences as well as the synergies between POGO and GOOS, in order to develop a plan for more effective collaboration and maximised use of each organisation’s resources. The session will build on some discussions
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For almost 13 years, a strategic arrangement between INVEMAR and the National Hydrocarbon Agency of Colombia has allowed the continuous collection of data and information on the marine environment. Baseline studies of 19 exploration areas include at least the description of the atmospheric, oceanographic, and geospheric component and the classification of biological communities associated with both
Portal Ambiental Offshore: A useful tool for everyone Read More »
Several ocean observing systems are under development in a collaboration between the Portuguese Institute for the Ocean and Atmosphere (IPMA), the Centre of Marine Sciences of the University of Algarve, and other Portuguese organisations. These include the following projects: OBSERVA.PT“Observations on board national commercial ships to support the conservation of marine biodiversity in the Portuguese