WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION REGIONAL ASSOCIATION V (SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC) ABRIDGED FINAL REPORT OF THE EIGHTH SESSION Melbourne, 7-17 September 1982 I WMO - No. 604 I Secretariat of the World Meteorological Organization • Geneva • Switzerland 1983 © 1983, World Meteorological Organization ISBN 92-63-10604-5 NOTE 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 Secretariat of the World Meteorological Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the d~limitation of its frontiers or boundaries. WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION ABRIDGED FINAL REPORT OF THE EIGHTH SESSION OF REGIONAL ASSOCIATION V (SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC) (WMO-No. 604) Corrigendum Page 63 - Paragraph (2) under NOTING of Recommendation 1 (VIII-RA V), amend to read as follows: "(2) That the eastern limit of the area of responsibility of Mauritius now extends up to 95 0 E between the Equator and 15 o S, and up to 80 0 E between 15 0 Sand 30 0 S, and that of France (New Amsterdam) up to 90 0 E south of 300 S," NOTE: This corrigendum arises from a decision of EC-XXXIV (see paragraph 3.2.3 of the general summary of the report of the session) W 0 R L D MET E 0 R 0 LOG I CAL o R G A N I Z A T ION ================================================================= Supplement to WMO publication No. 604 Abridged final report of the eighth session of Regional Association V (South-West pa~ific) Decisions of the Executive Council on the abridged final report of the eighth session of Regional Association V (South-West Pacific) This document should be considered as a guide to the status of the decisions adopted at the eighth session of Regional Association V (South-West Pacific). DECISIONS RECORDED IN THE GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE WORK OF EC-XXXV 2. REPORTS (Agenda item 2) 2.2 Report of the eighth session of RA V (Agenda item 2.2) 2.2.1 The Executive Council considered with satisfaction the report of the eighth session of RA V and embodied its decisions on the report in Resolu­ tion 2 (EC-XXXV). 2.2.2 The Executive council agreed with the suggestion that the eastern boundary of the area of responsibility of Mauritius for the issue of weather and sea bulletins, as approved by EC-XXXIV, should be correctly indicated in Recommendation 1 (VIII-RA V). - 2 - RESOLUTION 2 (EC-XXXV) - REPORT OF THE EIGHTH SESSION OF REGIONAL ASSOCIATION V (SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC) THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, HAVING CONSIDERED the report of the eighth session of RA V, DECIDES. (1) To note the report, (2) To note Resolutions 1 to 28 (VIII-RA V), (3) To take action on Recommendation 1 (VIII-RA V) as follows. weather-and-sea-bulletins----------------------------------------------Recommendation 1 (VIII-RA V) - Areas of responsibility for the issue of (a) Approves the recommendation, (b) Requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary action on the recommendation, REQUESTS the Secretary-General to bring the above decisions to the attention of all concerned. NOTE, This resolution replaces Resolution 2 (EC-XXXI), which is no longer in force. CONTENTS Page List of persons attending the session VI Agenda II ........................ II • II ••••• II • II • II ••• II II II II • II II • II II II • II II • II II • II II •••• II ••• II II VIII General summary of the work of the seSS10n ............••••.......••.•....... 1 Resolutions adopted by the session 40 Final Session No. No. 1 4.1/1 Manual on the Global Observing System, Volume II - Regional aspects, Region V (South-West Pacific) .••.......•..• 40 2 4.1/2 Regional basic synoptic network .•....•.....•..........•.•.•.. 40 3 4.1/3 Observations from aircraft ••.......•.•.••••..••.......•.•.... 41 4 4.1/4 Network of CLIMAT and CLIMAT TEMP reporting stations in Region V 11'11 a II • II II •• II • II II II •• II II • II II II II II II II II II II II II II • II II •• II II • II II II II II II II • II 42 5 4.2/1 Manual on the Global Data-processing System, Volume II - Regional aspects, Region V (South-West Pacific) ...••••••••••• 43 6 4.2/2 Rapporteur on Data Processing •••...••••.•.•.•.•.•••.••••..•.• 43 7 4.2/3 Standardization of Volume II of the Manual on Codes •..••••.•• 44 8 4.2/4 National coding practices 44 9 4.2/5 Rapporteur on Codes ..•.....•••.••.•••••••.•.••.•..•••••.•.•.. 45 10 4.3/1 Amendments to the Manual on the GTS, Volume II - Regional aspects, South-West Pacific, Part I - Organization of the regional meteorological telecommunication plan for Region V (South-West Pacific) for the World Weath~r Watch ••.•.....••••...•..•...•• 46 11 4.3/2 Amendments to the Manual on the GTS, Volume II - Regional aspects, South-West Pacific, Part II - Telecommunication procedures for Region V (South-West Pacific) •••••••.....•••••••.•.••.••••••....••••.• 47 12 4.3/3 Amendments to the Manual on the GTS, Volume II - Regional aspects, South-West Pacific, Part III - Engineering of radio circuits and centres in Region V (South-West Pacific) •..•••.••••...••.•••.•.••.....•. 47 13 4.3/4 Working Group on Meteorological Telecommunications 48 14 4.4/1 The collection and dissemination of ships' weather reports in Region V .....••.•••.......•.••••.•••.••••••..••••• 49 IV CONTENTS Resolutions (contd.) Final Session No. No. 15 4.4/2 Development of national marine meteorological services 50 16 4.4/3 Port meteorological services •••••.••••••••••••••••.•••••••••• 52 17 4.4/4 Rapporteur on Marine Meteorology............................. 52 18 4.4/5 Participation in the Integrated Global Ocean Services System (IGOSS) ................. ~e ........ o................... 53 19 5.1/1 Rapporteur on Atmospheric Ozone •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 54 20 12/1 Regional ozone centre •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 55 21 6.1/1 The application of meteorology to agriculture •••••••••••••••• 55 22 6.1/2 Rapporteur on the Agrometeorology of the Coconut Crop........ 56 23 6.2/1 Rapporteur on the Applications of Meteorology to Energy Matters 57 24 6.2/2 Regional aspects of special applications of meteorology 58 25 7/1 Working Group on Hydrology................................... 58 26 9/1 Rapporteur on World Climate Applications and Data Programmes .•••• II •.••••••••• II • II II II II • 0 II • II •• II 0 II II II II II • II •• II • II II II II II II II II • 60 27 10/1 Regional technical assistance ••.••.•••.•.•.••••....•.•••. 0... 60 28 12/2 Revision of previous resolutions and recommendations of the Association •••••••••••••••••••• ~......................... 62 Recommendation adopted by the session 1 4.4/1 Areas of responsibility for the issue of weather and sea bulletins •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 63 Annexes I Annex to paragraph 4.3.2.7 of the general summary Present operational status and future plans for upgrading of the regional meteorological telecommunication network in Region V .•••.••.•• 64 II Annex to paragraph 4.3.16.2 of the general summary Application of multiplexing techniques in accordance with modems specified by CCITT Recommendation V.29 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 66 III Annex to Resolution 1 (VIII-RA V) Manual on the Global Observing System, Volume II - Regional aspects, Region V (South-West Pacific) •••••••••••••••••••••••• 69 IV Annex to Resolution 2 (VIII-RA V) Stations and observational programmes comprising the basic synoptic network in Region V ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 71 CONTENTS v Annexes (contd.) V Annex to Resolution 4 (VIII-RA V) Network of CLIMAT and CLIMAT TEMP reporting stations in Region V ••••• & •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 0 •••••••••••••••••••• 86 VI Annex to Resolution 5 (VIII-RA V) Manual on the GDPS - Regional aspects, Volume II, Region V <South-West Pacific) .... 8 •••••••••••••••••••••••••• 111 ••••••••••••••• 90 VII Annex to Resolution 7 (VIII-RA V) Standardization of Volume II of the Manual on Codes - Regional coding procedures of RA V (South-West Pacific) ••••••••••••••••••••• 98 VIII Annex to Resolution 10 (VIII-RA V) Amendments to the Manual on the GTS, Volume II - Regional aspects, South-West Pacificr Part I - Organization of the regional meteor­ ological telecommunication plan for Region V (South-West Pacific) for the World Weather Watch .0 ......... 0....... 0.0 ... 0.............. 100 IX Annex to Resolution 11 (VIII-RA V) Amendments to the Manual on the GTS, Volume II - Regional aspects, South-West Pacific, Part II - Telecommunication procedures for Region V (South-West Pacific) •.. 00 ••••••••• 0 ••••••••••••••••••••••• 102 X Annex to Resolution 12 (VIII-RA V) Amendments to the Manual on the GTS, Volume II - Regional aspects, South-West Pacific, Part III - Engineering of radio circuits and centres in Region V (South-West Pacific) ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 105 XI Annex to Resolution 28 (VIII-RA V) Resolution adopted prior to the eighth session and maintained in force ... II ••••••••••• II 0 •• CI ••• 0 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• II •• 109 List of documents ••••••••••••••• 0 ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 0 •••••••••• 0.0 •••• 110 LIST OF PERSONS ATTENDING THE SESSION 1. Officers of the session Ho Tong Yuen president C. Sutrisno vice-president 2. Representatives of Members of Regional Association V J. W. Zillman principal delegate Australia R. B. Crowder delegate R. R. Brook delegate K. J. O'Loughlin delegate W. K. Henderson delegate R. Maine delegate P. F. Noar delegate D. J. Linforth delegate B. Bradshaw delegate M. K. Moore delegate A. J. Hall delegate G. D. Crane delegate Ram Krishna principal delegate Fiji A.