List of National Focal Points for buoy programmes (as of April 2009) ARGENTINA BRAZIL Capitán Javier VALLADARES Mr Alaor MOACYR DALL' ANTONIA, JR Chairman, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Eixo Monumental, Rua G, Via S-1 Commission (IOC) Sudoeste Brasília Dirección de Relaciones Internacionales Brazil Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Tel: +55 61 344 9955 Innovación Productiva Fax: +55 61 343 1487 Av. Córdoba 831 Piso 4° Email: [email protected] (C1054AAH) Buenos Aires Argentina Email: [email protected] Mr Marcelo Fricks CAVALCANTE Navy Officer AUSTRALIA Centro de Hidrografia da Marinha - Divisão de Informações Oceanográficas Mr Ken JARROTT Rua Barão de Jaceguai S/N, Ponta d´Areia, Head, Observation Systems Section Niteroi - RJ, CEP 24048-900 Bureau of Meteorology Rio de Janeiro 700 Collins Street CEP 24048-900 Docklands Brazil GPO Box 1289 Tel: (55)(21) 2189-3025 Melbourne VIC 3001 Fax: (55)(21) 2189-3226 Australia Email: [email protected] Tel: + 61 3 9669 4163 Fax: + 61 3 9669 4168 CANADA Email: [email protected] Mrs Yvonne COOK Life Cycle Manager Mr Graeme BALL Surface Networks Manager, Marine Operations Group Environment Canada Bureau of Meteorology 4905 Dufferin Street 700 Collins Street Toronto M3H 5T4 Docklands Ontario GPO Box 1289 Canada Melbourne VIC 3001 Tel: +1 416 739 4468 Australia Fax: +1 416 739 4261 Tel: +61-3 9669 4203 Email: [email protected] Fax: +61-3 9669 4168 Email: [email protected] CHILE Lt. Comm. Andres Enriquez OLAVARRIA Dr Ian ALLISON Head, Oceanography Department Antarctic Cooperative Research Centre Errázuriz 254, Playa Ancha University of Tasmania GPO Box 252-80 Valparaiso Hobart Tasmania 7001 Chile Australia Tel: +56 32 2 266670 Tel: +61 03 6226 7648 Fax: +56 32 2 266 542 Fax: +61 03 6226 2973 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Lcdr Alejandro CABEZAS GERMANY Head, Department of Oceanography Errazuriz 232, Playa Ancha The Director DWS Valparaiso Department of Water Resources Chile 7 Marina Parade Tel: +56 32 282697 Banjul Fax: +56 32 283537 Gambia Email: [email protected] Tel: +220228 216 Fax: +220225 009 DENMARK Email: [email protected] Radiosonde And Ships Obs. Div. DMI GREECE Danish Meteorological Institute Lyngbyvej 100 Marine Meteorology Branch HNMS DK-2100 Copenhagen Hellenic National Meteorological Service Denmark P.O. Box 73502 Email: [email protected] GR 166 03 Hellinikon Athens Greece ECUADOR Tel: +30 1 962 1116 Fax: +30 1 962 8952 CMDR Mario PROAÑO SILVA Email: [email protected] Director Guayaquil ICELAND Ecuador Email: [email protected] Director ICELANDIC MET. OFFICE Bustadavegur 9 FRANCE IS-150 Reykjavik Iceland Mr Jean ROLLAND Tel: +354 5 600 600 Météo-France, CMM Fax: +354 5 28 121 13 rue du Chatellier – BP 90411 Email: [email protected] 29604 BREST France INDIA Tel: +33 2 98 22 18 53 Fax: +33 2 98 22 18 49 Dr V. RAJENDRAN Email: [email protected] Group Head National Data Buoy Programme NATIONAL INSTITUE OF OCEAN Mr Pierre BLOUCH TECHNOLOGY, E-SURFMAR Programme Manager Velachery - Tambaram Main Road Météo France Narayanapuram, Pallikaranai Centre de météorologie marine Chennai 600 100 13 rue du Chatellier Tamil Nadu CS 12804 India 29228 Brest cedex 2 Tel: +91 44-22462039 France Fax: +91 44-22460275 Tel: +33 2 98 22 18 52 Email: [email protected] Fax: +33 2 98 22 18 49 Email: [email protected] Dr Ravindranath NAYAK Scientist-'G' & head, TS Kodihalli, Airport road Bangalore 560 017 India Tel: +91 80 245 06 003 Fax: +91 80 252 60 862, 250861130 Email: [email protected] IRELAND Dr Tae-Hee KIM Meteorologist, Ms. Evelyn MURPHY Marine Meteorology Division, Ireland Meteorological Technology & System Bureau, Tel: (353 1) 806 42 90 Korea Meteorological Administration Fax: (353 1) 806 42 47 45 Gisangcheong-gil Dongjak-gu Email: [email protected] Seoul 156-720 Korea Rep JAPAN Tel: +82-2-2181-0744 Fax: +82-2-2181-0749 Mr Yoshihiro KIMURA Email: [email protected] Director, Marine Division Climate and Marine Department MAURITIUS Japan Meteorological Agency 1-3-4 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku Mr. Mohamud BEEBEEJAUN Tokyo Divisional Meteorologist 100-8122 Meteorological Services Japan St. Paul Road Tel: +81-3 3212 8341 ext. 5146 Vacoas Fax: +81-3 3211 6908 Mauritius Email: [email protected] Tel: 230 686-1031/32 Fax: 230 686-1033 JORDAN Email: [email protected] Dr Ahmad ABU-HILAL THE NETHERLANDS Director Marine Science Station Mr Frank GROOTERS P.O. Box 195 Senior Consultant, International Relations AQABA Department Jordan Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute Tel: +962-3 315144, 315145 Wilhelminalaan 10 Fax: +962-3 313674 Postbus 201 Email: [email protected] 3730 AE De Bilt Netherlands KENYA Tel: +31 30 220 6691 Fax: +31 30 221 0407 Mr . MAINGI Email: [email protected] Kenya Meteorological Department P.O. Box 30259 NEW ZEALAND Nairibi 00100 Ms Julie FLETCHER Kenya Manager, Marine Observations Email: [email protected] Meteorological Service of New Zealand Ltd P.O. Box 722 REPUBLIC OF KOREA Wellington New Zealand Dr. Jang-Won SEO Tel: +64 4 4700789 Director, Marine Meteorolgical Division Fax: +64 4 4700772 Meteorological Technology & System Bureau, Email: [email protected] Korea Meteorological Administration 45 Gisangcheong-gil Dongjak-gu Seoul 156-720 Korea Rep Tel: +82-2 2181 0742 Fax: +82-2 2181 0749 Email: [email protected] NORWAY Mr Saleh Omar BAAZIM Director of Observations and Systems The Director DNMI Meteorology and Environmental Protection P.O. Box 320, Blindern Administration (MEPA) N-0314 Oslo-3 P.O. Box 1358 Norway Jeddah 21431 Email: [email protected] Saudi Arabia Email: [email protected] PERU SOUTH AFRICA Almirante Hector SOLDI Presidente del Directorio Mr Johan STANDER Oceanography/Fisheries Regional Manager Av. Laguna Grande 1291 P O Box 21, Cape Town International Airport, Casa Nro 6 7525 South Africam Urb. Las Lagunas de la Molina - La Molina Cape Town Lima 12 7525 Peru Western Cape Tel: +51 1 368 3166 South Africa Fax: +51 1 368 3266 Tel: + 27 (0)21 934 0450 Email: [email protected] Fax: +27 (0) 21 934 4590 Email: [email protected] ROMANIA SPAIN Mr Vasile DIACONU Chief, oceanographic laboratory Mr César BELANDIA Romanian Marinie Research Institute Head, Observations and Instruments Blvd. Mamaia 300 Instituto Nacional de Meteorología 8700 Constantza Apartado de Correos 285 Romania 28071 Madrid Tel: +40-41 643288 Spain Fax: +40-41 831274 Tel: +34-1 5819651 Email: [email protected] Fax: +34-1 5819846 Email: [email protected] RUSSIAN FEDERATION UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Dr E.a. KULIKOV Committee for Hydrometeorology H.E. Mohamed Yahya AL-SUWEIDI 12 Pavlik Morozov Street Assistant Undersecretary for Civil Aviation 123376 MOSCOW D-376 Ministry of Communications Moscow P.O. Box 900 Russian Federation Abu Dhabi Email: [email protected] United Arab Emirates Tel: +971-2 662 908 ext. 227 SAUDI ARABIA Fax: +971-2 651 691 Email: [email protected] Mr Faiq METWALLI Chief, Regional Telecom Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME) PO Box 1358 Jeddah 21431 Saudi Arabia Tel: +966 2653 0624 Fax: +966-2653 0688 Email: [email protected] UNITED KINGDOM Tel: +1 305 361 4546 Fax: +1 305 361 4366 Mr David MELDRUM Email: [email protected] Leader of Technology Development, DBCP chair Scottish Association for Marine Science Dr Bill BURNETT Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory NOAA National Data Buoy Center Dunbeg 1100 Balch Blvd. Oban, Scotland Stennis Space Center MS 39529 PA37 1QA United States United Kingdom Tel: +1 228 688 4766 Tel: +44 1631 559 273 Fax: +1 228 688 1364 Fax: +44 1631 559 001 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] URUGUAY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Cmdr (C.G.) Don Guillermo RAMIS Mr Shaun R DOLK Javier Barrios Amorín 1488 Manager, Drifter Operation Center Casilla de Correo 64 National Oceanic and Atmospheric 11200 Montevideo Administration/Atlantic Oceanographic and Uruguay Meteorological Laboratory Tel: +5982 405177 4301 Rickenbacker Cswy. Fax: +5982 497391 Miami Florida 33149 Email: [email protected] United States _________________ .