Everyone's Gliding Observatories (EGO) Global Data Assembly Centre (GDAC) dataset (2009 onwards)

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General
Data holding centre	Ifremer, Engineering of Information Systems
Country	France
Time period	Since 2009
Ongoing	Yes
Observations
Parameters	Raw fluorometer output; Optical backscatter; Salinity of the water column; Temperature of the water column; Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies; Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Instruments	Fluorometers; optical backscatter sensors; salinity sensor; CTD; dissolved gas sensors
Description
Summary	The Everyone's Gliding Observatories (EGO) initiative is a gathering of several teams of oceanographers, interested in developing the use of gliders for ocean observations. EGO started in Europe with members from France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, and the United Kingdom. The partners of EGO have been funded by both European and national agencies to operate gliders for various purposes and at different sites. Coordinated actions are being set up for these sites in order to demonstrate the capabilities of a fleet of gliders for sampling the ocean, with a given scientific and/or operational objective.
Originators	Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research British Antarctic Survey CNR, Institute of Marine Sciences S.S. of Lerici (SP) CNRS, Insu Technical Division, La Seyne-sur-Mer CNRS, Laboratory of studies on Spatial Geophysics and Oceanography Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Natural Resources and Environment, Pretoria Cyprus Oceanography Center Department of Marine Systems at Tallinn University of Technology ENSTA Paristech El Instituto del Mar del Perú Finnish Meteorological Institute Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Data Section Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Oceanography, Physical Oceanographic Department Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Centre for Materials and Coastal Research Ifremer Head Office Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Kyungpook National University Laboratory for Ocean Physics and Satellite remote Laboratory of Oceanography and Climate, Experiments and numerical Approaches Laboratory of Oceanography of Villefranche Laboratory of Phyical Oceanography, CNRS-IFREMER-IRD-UBO Marine Institute Marine Robotics Innovation centre Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (Endoume) Memorial University of Newfoundland, Ocean Sciences Centre National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Division of Oceanography National Oceanography Centre (Liverpool) National Oceanography Centre (Southampton) Ocean Gliders Facility, Integrated Marine Observing System Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences Scottish Association for Marine Science Scripps Institution of Oceanography Teledyne RD Instruments University of East Anglia, School of Environmental Sciences University of Gothenburg University of Perpignan, CEFREM Université Laval Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Data web site	http://www.coriolis.eu.org/Observing-the-Ocean/GLIDERS/EGO-gliders
Availability
Organisation	Ifremer, Engineering of Information Systems
Availability	Unrestricted
Contact	CARVAL Thierry (MR)
Address	Ifremer, Engineering of Information Systems IFREMER Centre de Bretagne ZI Pointe du diable CS 10070 PLOUZANE 29280 France
Telephone	+33 (0)2 98 22 45 97
Facsimile	+33 (0)2 98.22.46.44
Email	thierry.carval@ifremer.fr
Administration
Collating centre	Ifremer, Scientific Information Systems for the sea
Local identifier	EGO
Global identifier	7140
Last revised	2021-09-14

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