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Regional Operational Oceanographic Systems (ROOS)

EuroGOOS supports five Regional Operational Oceanographic Systems (ROOS) in Europe. The EuroGOOS ROOS coordinate and support development and joint service production in European maritime regions. The ROOS feed marine data to pan-European portals bringing tangible added value to European cooperation. Working hand in hand, EuroGOOS members, ROOS, and other EuroGOOS networks jointly enhance the European leadership in ocean observing, forecasting and services.

Five ROOS work within EuroGOOS: in the Arctic (Arctic ROOS), the Baltic (BOOS), the North-West Shelf (NOOS), the Ireland-Biscay-Iberian area (IBI ROOS), and the Mediterranean (MonGOOS). EuroGOOS also fosters cooperation in the Black Sea region.

The objectives, activities, and governance of the ROOS are agreed in MoUs signed between regional EuroGOOS members and non-members. EuroGOOS insures pan-European representation and interface for ROOS and facilitates cooperation among them. ROOS report to the EuroGOOS General Assembly, while representatives of the EuroGOOS office participate in the ROOS annual meetings.

Arctic ROOS is an open forum for national agencies, research institutes, universities as well as commercial bodies to inform, share and develop an Arctic Ocean observing system. It is a regional alliance of the European Global Ocean…

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The Ireland-Biscay-Iberia Regional Operational Oceanographic System (IBI ROOS) aims to set up an operational oceanography organisation operated by participating partners from the 5 countries bordering the Iberia-Biscay Ireland Regional maritime area ( France, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and UK), …

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The Baltic Operational Oceanographic System (BOOS) was formed by the signature of the BOOS Memorandum of Understanding in 2001, with the aim to promote and develop an operational oceanographic infrastructure including routine collection, …

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The North West European Shelf Operational Oceanographic System (NOOS) is an operational oceanography system uniting partners from the nine countries bordering the extended European North West Shelf (NWS) and the margin Atlantic ocean…

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The Mediterranean Oceanographic Network for the Global Ocean Observing System (MonGOOS) was established in 2012 to develop operational oceanography and integration activities in the Mediterranean Sea…

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Arctic ROOS is an open forum for national agencies, research institutes, universities as well as commercial bodies to inform, share and develop an Arctic Ocean observing system. It is a regional alliance of the European Global Ocean Observing System (EuroGOOS), whose main objective is to harmonize European operational oceanography activities. Arctic ROOS seeks to coordinate activities with the Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON), the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), and other regional Arctic Ocean observing networks.

Arctic ROOS was established in 2007. It includes 20 members from 11 countries.

The Arctic ROOS mission is to integrate European oceanographic and sea ice monitoring and forecasting activities in the Arctic.

The goals of the Arctic ROOS are as follows:

  • Integrate European oceanographic and sea ice monitoring activities in the Arctic;
  • Foster development of automatic real-time observations;
  • Promote and facilitate dissemination of data via the FAIR principles;
  • Enhance the development of open source community oceanographic, wave and sea-ice models;
  • Develop European capacity for the ocean and sea-ice monitoring.

The scope of co-operation activities extends to areas of operational oceanography such as data and product management, research, product development, service provision as well as education and training.

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The Ireland-Biscay-Iberia Regional Operational Oceanographic System (IBI ROOS) aims to set up an operational oceanography organisation operated by participating partners from the 5 countries bordering the Iberia-Biscay Ireland Regional maritime area ( France, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and UK), collaborating to develop and implement ocean observing systems for the IBI-ROOS area, with delivery of real time operational data products and services.

The goals of IBI ROOS are:

  • Develop and implement online operational marine data and information services;
  • Give a reliable description of the actual marine condition of the IBI area, including physical and ecosystem variables;
  • Provide analysis, forecasts, and model based products describing the marine conditions;
  • Establish a marine database from which time-series and statistical analyses can be obtained, including trends and changes in the marine environment, and the economic, environmental, and social impacts;
  • Collaborate with national and multinational agencies in the IBI area to maximise the efficiency of the ocean observing system, and to maximise the value of the information products.
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The Baltic Operational Oceanographic System (BOOS) was formed by the signature of the BOOS Memorandum of Understanding in 2001, with the aim to promote and develop an operational oceanographic infrastructure including routine collection, interpretation and presentation of in situ and satellite data. This information is necessary in order to improve efficiency of marine operations, reduce risks for accidents, optimise monitoring of marine environment and climate, improve assessment of fish stocks and improve foundation of public marine management.

BOOS currently includes 20 member organisations from 10 countries.

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The North West European Shelf Operational Oceanographic System (NOOS) is an operational oceanography system uniting partners from the nine countries bordering the extended European North West Shelf (NWS) and the margin Atlantic ocean: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the UK. The partners collaborate to develop and implement ocean observing, monitoring and prediction systems for the NWS area, with delivery of (real-time) operational data products and services.

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The Mediterranean Oceanographic Network for the Global Ocean Observing System (MonGOOS) was established in 2012 to develop operational oceanography and integration activities in the Mediterranean Sea. MonGOOS promotes partnerships and capacity building and develops an ongoing working framework with EuroGOOS (acting as EuroGOOS ROOS) and GOOS Africa to define common roles and activities in the Mediterranean Sea and foster collaboration with all regional GOOS alliances.

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