Objectives

Wednesday 17 March 2010

The following objectives were assigned to Coriolis for the 2009-2012 period:

Consolidate and operate at sea observation acquisition, data collection, validation and distribution in real time and delayed mode, at global and regional scales for ocean forecasting and monitoring systems,
Provide a data service to the operational and scientific community from France, Europe and international,
In agreement with the recommendations issued by JCOMM , the joint commission WMO ( World Meteorological Organization) and IOC ( Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission) on the implementation of the world ocean observing system,
Encourage and promote the real time distribution of in situ data necessary to ocean forecasting and monitoring systems,
prepare the extension to an European collaboration in coherence with the governance of the Euro-Argo Infrastructureand GMES Marine Core Service.

The following perimeter has been defined for the period 2009-2012:

Coordinate the French contribution to Argo network and contribute to the specification of at sea acquisition means ,
Promote and coordinate the acquisition of new data streams by the Coriolis members
Collect quality control, and validate the data available at national, regional and international scales in coherence with international recommendations to fulfil ,Coriolis users needs
Archive and distribute the data and derived products to users.

To achieve these goals CORIOLIS is organised in 3 components:

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