OceanOPS

OceanOPS is a joint centre of the World Meteorological Organization and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO.

Since 2000, OceanOPS has been the international hub and centre of excellence that provides vital services in monitoring and coordinating an expanding network of global oceanographic and marine meteorological observing communities, under GOOS.

Based in Brest, the centre oversees the coordination, monitoring and harmonization of 10,000 in situ marine meteorological platforms, including the Argo network - with nearly 4,000 autonomous underwater profilers launched since its inception - as well as the network of fixed and drifting buoys, the piloted profilers, and the research and voluntary vessels dedicated to met-oceanographic observations. Its 7-person team also develop web-based tools to monitor the status of the GOOS and its evolution.