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National Report From WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION INTERGOVERNMENTAL OCEANOGRAPHIC COMMISSION (OF UNESCO) _____________ ___________ JCOMM SHIP OBSERVATIONS TEAM SECOND SESSION London, United Kingdom, 28 July – 1 August 2003 NATIONAL REPORTS OCA website only: http://www.wmo.ch/web/aom/marprog/Publications/publications.htm WMO/TD-No. 1170 2003 JCOMM Technical Report No. 20 C O N T E N T S Note: To go directly to a particular national report, click on the report in the "Contents". To return to "Contents", click on the return arrow ← in Word. Argentina......................................................................................................................................... 1 Australia .......................................................................................................................................... 5 Canada ......................................................................................................................................... 17 Croatia .......................................................................................................................................... 27 France........................................................................................................................................... 33 Germany ....................................................................................................................................... 45 Greece .......................................................................................................................................... 59 Hong Kong, China......................................................................................................................... 64 Iceland .......................................................................................................................................... 77 Ireland ........................................................................................................................................... 78 Israel ............................................................................................................................................. 85 Japan ............................................................................................................................................ 93 Kenya.......................................................................................................................................... 107 Malaysia...................................................................................................................................... 113 New Zealand............................................................................................................................... 122 Poland......................................................................................................................................... 128 Russian Federation..................................................................................................................... 132 Singapore.................................................................................................................................... 138 South Africa ................................................................................................................................ 142 Spain........................................................................................................................................... 148 United Kingdom .......................................................................................................................... 156 United States .............................................................................................................................. 180 E-ASAP....................................................................................................................................... 191 WRAP (Australia, United Kingdom, USA)................................................................................... 193 N O T E The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariats of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (of UNESCO), and the World Meteorological Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. - 1 - Ship Observations Team SOT-II, 28th July – 1st August 2003, London, UK. Country: Argentina 1. Contact: Mario Jorge García 2. 3. Participating national marine organizations (see Appendix 1): SOT – VOS - PMO 4. Focal Points (see Appendix 2): 5. VOS: a. Programme description: Number of ships Category Comments at 31 Dec 2002 Selected 5 Supplementary - Auxiliary - Other (specify) - Total VOS fleet 5 Number of VOS vessels recruited in 2002 1 Number of VOS vessels decommissioned in 2002 0 Percentage of the VOS (selected ships only) that did not report in Dec 20% 2002 (to nearest whole percent) Total number of SHIP messages sent on the GTS in 2002 453 b. Specific goals and objectives: Since 1960 an annual award scheme for the VOS through our Organization rewards the collaboration and contribution of ship companies, ship Masters and crews to the meteorological science. c. Major challenges and difficulties: Due to severe budgetary constrains, our institution has been forced to transfer his trained personnel (Met Inspectors trained like PMOs) to other bases such as land surface synoptic stations, reducing to a minimun the number of PMOs in active duty. d. Description of VOS equipment: - 2 - i. Standard meteorological equipment supplied by the NMS: Met instruments on board ships are in all cases property of the ship’s owner. e. Observation transmission systems (method / transmission problems / comments): INMARSAT -C f. Data management (monitoring / archival / quality control / exchange): SHIP messages input in real time into operational data base and into the WMO GTS. g. Coordination and collaboration (national / international): Meteorological Bulletins issued by RSMC Buenos Aires via Safetynet-INMARSAT NAVTEX system (518 khz).- internet through the web site at ( HYPERLINK htta://www.meteofa.mil.ar) h. Research and development: i. Instrument testing and comparison facilities: The SMN repairs, contrast and provide maintenance services to all the met instruments used on board the recruited ships at the WMO Regional Instruments Center (RIC)- Buenos Aires. j. Capacity building (national / international): k. VOS promotion (award schemes / publications & literature): Since 1960 an annual award scheme for the VOS through our Organization rewards the collaboration and contribution of ship companies, ship Masters and crews to the meteorological science l. List of Port Meteorological Officers (see Appendix 3): m. Ship inspections and regime: Appendix 1. Participating national marine organizations. Organization SERVICIO METEOROLOGICO NACIONAL Programmes (1) SOT – VOS - PMO Website URL http://www.meteofa.mil.ar (1) Programmes: List the programmes (VOS, SOOP, ASAP) that each organization participates in. - 3 - Include additional details, e.g (data management) where appropriate. Appendix 2: National Focal Points. Focal Point SOT - VOS (1) Name My Mario Jorge Garcia Title Jefe Departamento Redes SERVICIO METEOROLOGICO Agency NACIONAL Postal 25 de Mayo 658 – C1002ABN Address Buenos Aires- Republica Argentina Email [email protected] Telephone (+ 54 –11) 4514-1525 Facsimile (+ 54 – 11) 5167-6709 (1) Focal Insert SOT, VOS, VOSClim, PMO, SOOP or ASAP as appropriate for each national contact. Point: - 4 - Appendix 3: List of Port Meteorological Officers. Port Buenos Aires Name Departamento Redes Title Servicio Meteorologico Nacional Postal 25 de Mayo 658 – C1002ABN Address Buenos Aires- Argentina Email [email protected] Telephone (+54-11) 4514-1525 Facsimile (+54-11) 5167-6709 Comment - 5 - Ship Observations Team SOT-II, 28th July – 1st August 2003, London, UK. Country: Australia 1. Contact: Graeme Ball 2. 3. Participating national marine organizations (see Appendix 1, includes acronyms): 4. Focal Points (see Appendix 2): 5. VOS: a. Programme description: Number of ships Category Comments at 31 Dec 2002 Selected 87 Supplementary 3 Auxiliary 1 Selected (confidential) 2 Omitted from WMO Pub 47 Total VOS fleet 93 Number of VOS vessels recruited in 2002 23 Number of VOS vessels decommissioned in 2002 21 Percentage of the VOS (selected ships only) that did not report in Dec 17 % 2002 (to nearest whole percent) Total number of SHIP messages sent on the GTS in 2002 50380 b. Specific goals and objectives: To maintain an Australian Voluntary Observing Fleet (AVOF) of 100 vessels, with a mean of 2 observations per day per vessel. To provide real-time surface marine meteorological data of a high quality to support the BoM’s marine forecasting and warning service. c. Major challenges and difficulties: To sustain the AVOF despite short-term charters; changing shipping routes; reduced crewing levels; language difficulties between English-speaking PMOs and non-English speaking crews. - 6 - d. Description of VOS equipment: i. Standard meteorological equipment supplied by the NMS: Digital aneroid barometer Marine barograph Mercury-in-glass thermometers Marine instrument screen Seawater bucket and sea thermometer ii. Shipboard AWS systems: Number of ships Name Manufacturer and model at 31 Dec 2002 ShipAWS 8 Vaisala Milos 500 AMDCP 1 Argos PAB iii. Electronic logbooks (using
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