GOOS Essential Ocean Variable Specification Sheets

This list includes the EOV specification sheets developed by the GOOS Expert Panels
Draft
EOV Spec Sheet: Ocean Surface Stress
v5.2release
GOOS EOV Specification Sheet User Guide (10/04/2025)
Draft
EOV Specification Sheet: Microbe Biomass and Diversity
<p>This specification sheet is currently under development.</p>
Draft
EOV Specification Sheet: Marine Mammal Abundance and Distribution
<p>This specification sheet is currently under development.</p>
Draft
EOV Specification Sheet: Seabirds Abundance and Distribution
<p>This specification sheet is currently under development.</p>
Draft
EOV Specification Sheet: Sea Turtles Abundance and Distribution
<p>This specification sheet is currently under development.</p>
Draft
EOV Specification Sheet: Benthic Invertebrate Abundance and Distribution
<p>This specification sheet is currently under development.</p>
GOOS-EOV-Ocean-Colour EOV Specification Sheet: Ocean Colour (24/09/2018)
GOOS-Panel-BioEco-EOV-HardCoral
Draft
EOV Specification Sheet: Coral Cover and Composition (21/06/2018)
<p>This specification sheet is currently under development.</p>
GOOS-Panel-BioEco-EOV-Phytoplankton
Draft
EOV Specification Sheet: Phytoplankton Biomass and Diversity (21/06/2018)
<p>This specification sheet is currently under development.</p>
GOOS-Panel-BioEcosystems-EOV-macroalgae
Draft
EOV Specification Sheet: Macroalgal Canopy Cover and Composition (21/06/2018)
<p>This specification sheet is currently under development.</p>
GOOS-Panel-BioEcosystems-EOV-Mangrove EOV Spec sheet: Mangrove Cover and Composition (21/06/2018)
This specification sheet is currently under development
GOOS-Panel-BioEcosystems-EOV-OceanSound EOV Specification Sheet: Ocean Sound (28/08/2018)
Version 2020-06-10
GOOS-Panel-BioEcosystems-EOV-Seagrass
Draft
EOV Specification Sheet: Seagrass Cover and Composition (31/03/2025)
<p>This specification sheet is currently under development.</p>
GOOS-Panel-BioEcosystems-Fish
Draft
EOV Specification Sheet: Fish Abundance and Distribution (21/06/2018)
<p>This specification sheet is currently under development.</p>
GOOS-Panel-BioEcosystems-HarmfulAlgalBlooms
Draft
EOV Spec sheet: Harmful Algal Blooms
This specification sheet is currently being developed.
GOOS-Panel-BioEcosystems-Zooplankton
Draft
EOV Specification Sheet: Zooplankton Biomass and Diversity (22/06/2018)
<p>This specification sheet is currently under development.</p>
GOOS-Panel-Biogeochemistry-01-EOV-Oxygen EOV Specification Sheet: Oxygen (28/08/2017)
version 2.0 (Aug 2017)
GOOS-Panel-Biogeochemistry-02-EOV-Nutrients EOV Specification Sheet: Nutrients (28/08/2017)
version 2.0 (Aug 2017)
GOOS-Panel-Biogeochemistry-03-EOV-Inorganic-Carbon EOV Specification Sheet: Inorganic Carbon (28/08/2017)
version 2.0 (Aug 2017)
GOOS-Panel-Biogeochemistry-04-EOV-Transient-Tracers EOV Specification Sheet: Transient Tracers (28/08/2017)
version 2.0 (Aug 2017)
GOOS-Panel-Biogeochemistry-05-EOV-Particulate-Matter EOV Specification Sheet: Particulate Matter (28/08/2017)
version 2.0 (Aug 2017)
GOOS-Panel-Biogeochemistry-06-EOV-Nitrous-Oxide EOV Specification Sheet: Nitrous Oxide (28/08/2017)
version 2.0 (Aug 2017)
GOOS-Panel-Biogeochemistry-07-EOV-Stable-Carbon-Isotopes EOV Specification Sheet: Stable Carbon Isotopes (28/08/2017)
version 2.0 (Aug 2017)
GOOS-Panel-Biogeochemistry-08-EOV-Dissolved-Organic-Carbon EOV Specification Sheet: Dissolved Organic Carbon (28/08/2017)
version 2.0 (Aug 2017)
GOOS-Panel-Physics-EOV-OceanSurfaceHeatFlux
Draft
EOV Spec Sheet: Ocean surface heat flux
v5.2release
GOOS-Panel-Physics-EOV-SeaIce
Draft
GOOS-Panels-Physics-EOV-SeaIce
v5.2release
GOOS-Panel-Physics-EOV-SeaState
Draft
EOV Spec Sheet: Sea State
v5.2 Release
GOOS-Panel-Physics-EOV-SeaSurfaceSalinity
Draft
EOV Spec Sheet: Sea Surface Salinity
v5.2 release
GOOS-Panel-Physics-EOV-SeaSurfaceTemperature
Draft
EOV Spec Sheet: Sea surface temperature
v5.2 release
GOOS-Panel-Physics-EOV-SubSurfaceCurrents
Draft
EOV Spec Sheet: Subsurface Currents
v5.2 release
GOOS-Panel-Physics-EOV-SubSurfaceSalinity
Draft
EOV Spec Sheet: Subsurface Salinity
V5.2 release
GOOS-Panel-Physics-EOV-SubSurfaceTemperature
Draft
EOV Spec Sheet: Subsurface Temperature
v5.2 release
GOOS-Panel-Physics-EOV-SurfaceCurrents
Draft
EOV Spec Sheet: Surface currents
v5.2 release
GOOS-Panels-Physics-EOV-SeaSurfaceHeight
Draft
EOV Spec Sheet: Sea surface height
v5.2 release