| Since the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and the World Meteorological Organization adopted the IGOSS General Plan and Implementation Programme for Pbse I in 1969, the routine international exchange of oceanographic data within the framework of IGOSS has become a reality. The Pilot Project for the Collection, Exchange and Evaluation of Bathythermograph Data, which waa the initie1 operational phase of IGOSS has demonstrated that the provision of oceanographic services is feasible and beneficial. |
