GLOSS National Focal Points

Author(s) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Comission
Summary

Each GLOSS member state should designate a National Contact Point, or GLOSS Contact, to the IOC Secretariat. National Contact Points receive no funding from IOC for their GLOSS activities; the support of National Contacts’ activities is one of the commitments required of an IOC Member State participating in GLOSS. The specific responsibilities of the National GLOSS Contacts are to:

(i) promote the GLOSS Implementation Plan at the national level, and provide national coordination, particularly if more than one agency or group is involved in the operation and maintenance of equipment at GLOSS stations in the national network. The Contacts should distribute GLOSS documentation and publications to the national institutions and persons concerned;

(ii) ensure that national needs for GLOSS data, products, and scientific and technical advice are brought to the full attention of the GLOSS programme; supply information to IOC on training needs;

(iii) organise regular reviews of the national GLOSS stations through appropriate national channels to ensure that their operation is in accordance with GLOSS requirements;

(iv) ensure data flow from national tide gauges and GNSS receivers to GLOSS data centres in accordance with the IOC Oceanographic Data Exchange Policy16 (in particular Clause 1: Member States shall provide timely, free and unrestricted access to all data, associated metadata and products generated under the auspices of IOC programmes);

(v) report to IOC on the status of national stations that contribute to GLOSS, help to identify potential solutions for stations with poor or no data return;

(vi) publicise GLOSS and sea level studies in general.

Doc Type Reference Document
Status Published on 22 Apr 2025
Keywords GLOSS, Focal Points
This document is in the list(s): Focal Point Nominations
This document is used in the event(s): Eighteenth Session of the Group of Experts for the Global Sea Level Observing System

Created at 19:11 on 22 Apr 2025 by Bernardo Aliaga Rossel
Updated at 19:11 on 22 Apr 2025 by Bernardo Aliaga Rossel