GO-SHIP brings together scientists with interests in physical oceanography, the carbon cycle, marine biogeochemistry and ecosystems, and other users and collectors of hydrographic data to develop a globally coordinated network of sustained hydrographic sections as part of the global ocean/climate observing system. GO-SHIP is a major contributor to and sponsored by the WCRP\'s Climate Variability and Predictability Experiment (CLIVAR) project and the International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project. GO-SHIP is part of the Global Climate Observing System/ Global Ocean Observing System GCOS/ GOOS .