What is Goos-Brazil?
GOOS-Brazil is the Brazilian national GOOS component of the Regional Alliance for the Upper Southwest and Tropical Atlantic, OCEATLAN.
The Brazilian ocean observing system includes gathering, coordination, quality control, and operational distribution of oceanographic data.
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Modules
Module IV: coastal management
The most immediate and pressing marine problems of Brazil are coastal. Different monitoring technologies are to be employed in coastal seas as opposed to the open ocean, as well as on the basis of specific issues related to land-ocean interactions that are not resolved in global models.
The activities underway for this module are:
- National program for coastal management (GERCO/ Environment Department);
- Identification and monitoring of erosion areas;
- Morphodynamic monitoring of dunes and beaches;
- Regional Pilot projects together with Health of the Ocean's module, sponsored by PETROBRAS (Brazilian national oil company);
- Coral reef monitoring.
Projects
The monitoring activities in the South Atlantic are performed by the following projects: