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 V: meteorological and oceanographic systems:
Addresses the functions of communications, data transmission, modeling and dissemination of products required to produce services.
The activities underway for this module are:
- Surface marine data collection by Universities, the Brazilian oil company (PETROBRAS), the Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation (DHN) and Brazil's space agency (INPE);
- Near-real time data distribution from projects currently in progress: PNBOIA, PIRATA, Argo, and GLOSS-Brasil through the official GOOS-Brazil webpage.
Projects
The monitoring activities in the South Atlantic are performed by the following projects: