A review of the status of the oceanographic information offshore the coasts of Chile, Colombia,
Ecuador and Peru, the CPPS Member States, is made by mean of examining the position and
quantity of historical data in the data bases, the nature of actual observations of the oceanic
climate environment in the coast and offshore, identifying the gaps of oceanographic data
both, temporal and
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A CPPS Regional Baseline on the Oceanographic Data System for Marine Observation for
Climate Change Research was developed, finding the results of all efforts related to this issue,
made by International Agencies and for every country. There are Climate change projections
in coastal areas but the oceanic part offshore the CPPS countries have significant areas with
little or no climatic data.
Visiting the CPPS countries we found that there is unpublished historical data in significant
quantities, that the Member States are willing to use by collaborating in a regional data base,
without needing to share operational information. This document also describes the places
and equipment available for oceanic climate monitoring in the region as well as the available
ships for oceanographic cruises.
A proposal for solving the data gap to respond to climate change is given. It consists on the
conformation of a group of scientist selected by each country, that produce a data base, in a
five years project, following a common methodology which the CPPS will put together in form
of an Atlas that will be available at a web Portal and a digital application for mobile phones for
public use.
Finally, an Action Plan to reach the described procedure is presented as well as a long-term
plan for Education on climate change on the marine environment.