Luis Bermudez MMI Stephanie Watson IOOS Implementation, Part II, Building the Initial IOOS, Version 8/1/2005, from Table 3 and 5 2005-08-01T10:03:23 IOOS - Integrated Ocean Observing System parameters Core variables recommended for the initial IOOS (global ocean component and national backbone of coastal observations More information: operational Research & Development Term group variable fast repetition fluorescence mussel watch surface drifters microwave & airborne radiometers GPS reflectometry XBT moorings high resolution XBT underway Physical profiling floats CTD Temperature drifting thermister chain AVHRR + GOES Temperature ocean leaving radiance High spatial resolution bottom pressure mulispectral & hyperspectral remote instrumented bore hole ship-based acoustics molecular probes Zooplankton species Zooplankton species CPR biochemical indicators optical plankton recorders towed nets Biological line-scan laser VOS AUVs Chemical Nutrients UV detection of NO3 Nutrients automated in situ sensing water samples & manual analysis Ship-based & moored acoustics Fish species stock assessments Fish species LIDAR optics pitch-roll buoy ADCP precision altimetry automated in situ sampling Dissolved oxygen in situ sensors Dissolved oxygen Phytoplankton species microscopic examination Phytoplankton species immunoassay fixed platforms delay-doppler & airborne altimetry tide gauges Sea level Sea level Chirp XCTD interferometric side scan echo sounder AOPs Optical properties IOPs laser linesheets CDOM fluorescence Optical properties NWP multichannel seismic land-based video altimetry expendable bottom penetrometer scatterometry electrochemical probes moored accelerometers chemical indicators multispectral remote sensing video Fish abundance Fish abundance multibeam sonar SAR high resolution SAR Bathymetry multispectral imagery airborne video Bathymetry Optical & acoustic techniques Zooplankton biomass Zooplankton biomass moored current meters bottom mounted ADCP drifters Heat flux Heat flux Water pathogens Water pathogens enteric bacteria culture Ice distribution microwave sensors Ice distribution phytotoxics Currents Currents HF radar core & grab samples remote sensing fluorescence Seabeam Ocean color Ocean color Water contaminants Water contaminants Surface waves Surface waves Salinity Salinity Bottom characterteristics Bottom characterteristics