{"id":3428,"date":"2026-03-25T13:33:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T12:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socat.info\/?page_id=3428"},"modified":"2026-03-25T13:49:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T12:49:15","slug":"governance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/socat.info\/index.php\/governance\/","title":{"rendered":"Governance"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Surface Ocean CO<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Atlas (SOCAT)\u00a0is coordinated via the Global Group and\u00a0a number of\u00a0Hubs that coordinate\u00a0and implement\u00a0different aspects\u00a0of SOCAT activities.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:140,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 aria-level=\"3\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Global Group<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:140,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559991&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The SOCAT global group\u00a0is\u00a0the decision-making body of\u00a0SOCAT. It coordinates SOCAT\u00a0activities\u00a0and\u00a0consults\u00a0SOCAT contributors on strategy and quality standards. The current global group has a chair and 10 (data) scientists from seven\u00a0countries on two continents.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:140,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 aria-level=\"3\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hub One: North America<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:140,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559991&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/NOAA-Transparent-Logo-400x400.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"95\" height=\"95\" style=\"padding-bottom: 5px;\"\/><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Lead Institute:\u00a0NOAA\u00a0PMEL\/University of Washington<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:140,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This hub\u00a0is responsible for\u00a0running and\u00a0maintaining\u00a0the software and IT infrastructure\u00a0required\u00a0for SOCAT (meta-)data submission,\u00a0quality control, and publication of SOCAT synthesis products.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:140,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 aria-level=\"3\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hub Two: Europe<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:140,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559991&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vliz.be\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/vliz.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"95\" height=\"95\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Lead Institute: Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:140,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This hub has been newly created to coordinate annual updates to the SOCAT synthesis products and support SOCAT, via\u00a0organisation\u00a0of meetings and training events, support for data upload, QC and the SOCAT leadership,\u00a0and coordination with the Global Carbon Project. This hub will provide statistics for SOCAT, track publications using SOCAT, and\u00a0maintain\u00a0the SOCAT website.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:140,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Regional Groups<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:140,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Regional groups coordinate quality control of data within their geographic region, where local contributors can have greater\u00a0expertise\u00a0on the observations with which they are most familiar. They can also act as local contact points for SOCAT-related issues within those regions.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:140,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Data Contributors<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:140,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">SOCAT actively\u00a0solicits\u00a0suggestions and feedback on\u00a0its\u00a0activities and data quality standards from its data contributors.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:140,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Surface Ocean CO2\u00a0Atlas (SOCAT)\u00a0is coordinated via the Global Group and\u00a0a number of\u00a0Hubs that coordinate\u00a0and implement\u00a0different aspects\u00a0of SOCAT activities.\u00a0 Global Group\u00a0 The SOCAT global group\u00a0is\u00a0the decision-making body of\u00a0SOCAT. It coordinates SOCAT\u00a0activities\u00a0and\u00a0consults\u00a0SOCAT contributors on strategy and quality standards. The current global group has a chair and 10 (data) scientists from seven\u00a0countries on two continents.\u00a0 Hub One: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/socat.info\/index.php\/governance\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Governance&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3428","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/socat.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/socat.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/socat.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socat.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socat.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3428"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/socat.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3433,"href":"https:\/\/socat.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3428\/revisions\/3433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/socat.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}