EuroGOOS 2008 Conference 20 - 22 May
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Welcome to Arctic ROOS
Establishment of Arctic Regional Ocean Observing System
An Arctic Regional Ocean Observing System (Arctic ROOS) has been established by a group of 14 member institutions from nine European countries working actively with ocean observation and modelling systems for the Arctic Ocean and adjacent seas.
Arctic ROOS will promote, develop and maintain operational monitoring and forecasting of ocean circulation, water masses, ocean surface conditions, sea ice and biological/chemical constituents.
One of the goals of Arctic ROOS is to contribute to the legacy of IPY, maintaining cost-effective and useful observing systems after the end of IPY.
Arctic ROOS intends to include more members from countries outside of Europe and become a GOOS Regional Alliance for the Arctic. Arctic ROOS has established a secretariat at the Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center in Norway.
TOPAZ model simulations for the Atlantic Ocean, the Nordic Seas and the Arctic Ocean, used to present ice-ocean forecasts, disseminated through the web site http://topaz.nersc.no. The forecasts are produced by the Mohn-Sverdrup Center for Operational Oceanography at the Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center.