ESSO - Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services

Activity Spectrum

Provide:

• Potential Fishing Zone( Mission - mode)
• Experimental Ocean State Forecast ( Mission - mode)
• Marine Meteorogical Advisory Services
• Web-based Ocean Information Services
• Value-added Services and Decision Support Systems

Contribute to:

• Storm Surge Prediction and Disaster Management
• Climate / Monsoon / Weather Forecast
• Monitoring of Pollution / Oil Spill
• Global Ocean Observing System

Establish:

• Infrastructure for Ocean Information, Modelling
• Regional Argo Data Centre
• National Argo Data Centre
• Ocean Portal

Implement:

• Argo Project ( 250+ floats in Indian Ocean)

Realise real time capability of measurements of Temperature and Salinity through the Upper 2000 metres of the Ocean.

Contribute to a Global description of the Seasonal cycle and Inter-annual variablility of the upper Ocean Thermohaline Circulation.

• Ocean Observation Systems:

Satellite Coastal and Oceanographic Research (SATCORE)

Mission on Ocean -Atmosphere System and the Indain Ocean

Orchestrate:

• Human Resource Development for Ocean Sciences and Services