The Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) is coordinated via the Global Group and a number of Hubs that coordinate and implement different aspects of SOCAT activities. 

Global Group 

The SOCAT global group is the decision-making body of SOCAT. It coordinates SOCAT activities and consults SOCAT contributors on strategy and quality standards. The current global group has a chair and 10 (data) scientists from seven countries on two continents. 

Hub One: North America 

Lead Institute: NOAA PMEL/University of Washington 

This hub is responsible for running and maintaining the software and IT infrastructure required for SOCAT (meta-)data submission, quality control, and publication of SOCAT synthesis products. 

Hub Two: Europe 

Lead Institute: Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) 

This hub has been newly created to coordinate annual updates to the SOCAT synthesis products and support SOCAT, via organisation of meetings and training events, support for data upload, QC and the SOCAT leadership, and coordination with the Global Carbon Project. This hub will provide statistics for SOCAT, track publications using SOCAT, and maintain the SOCAT website. 

Regional Groups 

Regional groups coordinate quality control of data within their geographic region, where local contributors can have greater expertise on the observations with which they are most familiar. They can also act as local contact points for SOCAT-related issues within those regions. 

Data Contributors 

SOCAT actively solicits suggestions and feedback on its activities and data quality standards from its data contributors.