Oceanographic Services is one of the Bureau's eight major outputs and contributes towards Output 1.3 - Meteorological and Related Services and Products. Outputs from this group include a range of data, information and products on current and forecast ocean conditions for the Australian region tailored to meet the sectoral needs of the marine, defence and emergency services communities in particular, and to underpin the development and effective and sustainable operation of ocean observing systems which provide input to weather and climate monitoring and prediction.

OUTPUT PERFORMANCE 2004-05 

Output performance is measured against a number of quantity, quality and price targets. The results achieved for 2004-05 are provided below along with a commentary on significant variations.

Comments on Output Performance

The quality and quantity are included to provide consistency with previous reports, however they were not referenced in the Portfolio Budget Statements. The quality indicators were not assessed this year but the number of products issued significantly exceeded the target.