Acknowledgements

The most important contributors are the collectors of the original data be they part of the WOCE programme or others. Without their efforts, this compilation of data and information would not have been possible.

Many agencies have played important roles in the development of the UOT DAC and GTSPP system. Agencies that have been important contributors to the CMD are presented below. However, thanks are also due to other agencies who have provide data feeds, organization and ideas in the development and running of the system. These include the Japanese Oceanographic Data Centre, the Japanese Meteorological Agency, the Bundesamt für Seeschiffahrt, the Australian Oceanographic Data Centre and the U.S. Fleet Numerical Oceanographic Center.

If you have any questions you can contact anyone listed below. If you wish to provide data to the archive, or to get data in either real-time or delayed mode, you can contact any of the data centres involved.

Each participating agency carries out a number of functions in handling the data for the UOT. With each of the partners listed below a short description of their main contribution to the programme is provided. You are encouraged to contact any of the people listed here for more information.

Contribution: Science centre carrying out quality control of data from the Atlantic Ocean. Contact Bob Molinari: molinari@aoml.noaa.gov

Contribution: Data centre handling archive responsibilities for the UOT. Contact Marie-Claire Fabri: mcfabri@ifremer.fr

Contribution: Science centre carrying out quality control of data from the Indian Ocean. Contact Rick Bailey: rick.bailey@marine.csiro.au Support for this work was funded by the CSIRO Climate Change Research Program.

Integrated Science Data Management
Gestion des données scientifiques intégrées

Contribution: Data centre handling real-time data management for the UOT. Contact Mathieu Ouellet

Contribution: Science centre carrying out quality control of data from the Pacific Ocean. Contact Warren White: wbwhite@ucsd.edu

Contribution: Data centre handling real-time and delayed mode data management for the UOT. Contact Doug Hamilton: dhamilton@nodc.noaa.gov

Contribution: WOCE Data and Information Unit. Contact Katherine Bouton: bouton@diu.cms.
udel.edu