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ICES Working Group on Oceanic Hydrography
ICES is an intergovernmental organisation established in 1902 to "promote and encourage research ... for the study of the sea, particularly the living resources thereof", with a focus on the North Atlantic and adjacent seas. It provides advice to governments and other bodies on matters such as fisheries and pollution. There are 19 member nations and 6 observers:
Within ICES, the WGOH is the group that provides expertise on physical oceanography and particularly on climate and variability in the ICES region and is co-chaired by Glenn Nolan and Hedinn Valdimarsson (see membership).
The WGOH is an amalgam of 'fisheries' and 'research' physicists with a
common interest in climate trends and variability. The WGOH exists in the
intersection set on the left.
