During the Eighth Plan the Department implemented several research
programmes viz. Marine Satellite Information Services (MARSIS),
National Ocean Information System (NOIS) , Sea Level Monitoring
and Modelling (SELMAM), Data Buoy Programme and Joint Global Ocean
Flux Studies (JGOFS) to understand the role of ocean and its
processes and for generation of user oriented coastal and ocean
data and data products like waves, winds, temperature, current,
salinity, upwelling, potential fishing zone information, coastal
maps etc., for supporting coastal and off-shore developmental
activities and oceanographic research. The OOIS also has plans for
developing systems for Ocean State Forecast, on an experimental
basis by the end of the 9th Plan. The programme consists of four
major projects viz. Ocean Observing Systems , Ocean Information
Services, Satellite and Coastal Oceanographic Research and Ocean
Modelling and Dynamics.
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