World Meteorological Organization WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION _____________ INTERGOVERNMENTAL OCEANOGRAPHIC COMMISSION (OF UNESCO) _____________ Ship Observations Team (SOT) Implementation Strategy Draft Version 2.1, April 2015 2015 JCOMM Technical Report No. 61
6 Ship metadata provided to the assisting PMO for each ship, including route, and rationale for recruitment NCP 7 PMO checks metadata and coordinates necessary corrections with the national contact point PMO 8 Buddy PMO notifies the committee about readiness of the candidate country Buddy PMO 9 Evaluation by the committee PEC 10 Decision by the committee PEC 11 Drifter purchased and shipped by donor to the country Donor 12 Customs cleared by receiving country NCP 13 Drifter received and checked by NCP NCP 14 Discussions with recruited vessel for preparing drifter installation NCP 15 Drifter installation onboard the ship NCP 16 Drifter turned on, and data checked NCP 17 NCP requests service Argos to distribute the data on GTS in FM-13 SHIP format NCP & Donor 18 Data monitored by JCOMMOPS JCOMMOPS NCP checks for receipt of buoy data at his forecast centre NCP 19 GTS distribution stopped in case of systematic errors; or bias correction in case this can be done NCP & Donor 20 NCP to provide feedback to the ship on the usefulness of the buoy data NCP 21 Recovery of the drifter in case of failure or batteries dead NCP 22 Drifter shipped back to the donor for evaluation/refurbishment NCP Note: JCOMMOPS should be regularly informed on progress of each milestone so that it can effectively assist and promote the initiative. ____________
57 3.1.11(iii) Implementation/VOS Encourage the automation of observations and reporting, and increase the number of AWS installed onboard ships to 500. VOS Number of AWS installed on VOS 58 3.1.12 Implementation/VOS Follow guidelines from OceanOBS’09 Community White Paper by Kent et al, the Voluntary Observing Ship Scheme. VOS Ongoing 59 Implementation/VOS JCOMMOPS REAL vs. MASK Database needs to be kept up to date. VOS operators using REAL masking scheme to provide quarterly up to date information on REAL vs MASK to JCOMMOPS VOS Ongoing 60 3.3.9 Implementation/ASAP Collaborations between meteorological services are also encouraged to set up and operate ASAP stations on board merchant vessels in line service ASAP Ongoing 61 3.3.10 Instrumentation/ASAP Design more robust, automated and launching devices ASAP 2015 New launching devices available 62 3.4.14 Instrumentation/Ferrybox Consolidate FerryBox systems into operational Marine Core Services (MCS), and investigate how to find a mechanism for a sustainable funding of such “routine measurements” in order to guarantee the long-term operation. Ferrybox 2015 63 2.3.3(iii) Instrumentation/Intercomparisons Contribute to development of guidelines for marine instrument intercomparisons TT-IS 2015 JCOMM Guidelines for marine instrument intercomparisons available 64 2.3.3(v) Instrumentation/Manufacturers Participate in the HMEI Manufacturers Ongoing Number of ship observation instrument manufacturers participating in HMEI 65 2.1.3(iii) Instrumentation/Plankton Establish plan for, and implement, global Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) surveys [towed from commercial vessels]. Note: Sir Alistair Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS) had prepared a proposal to expand the CPR network globally, which if successful would create a focal point for CPR observations. SOOP 2013 Publication of internationally agreed establishment of agreements/frameworks for coordination of sustained global Continuous Plankton Recorder surveys; implementation according to plan.
data to users 90 Monitoring/ASAP Continuously analyse, evaluate and implement more cost-effective means to communicate ASAP data ASAP Ongoing 91 Monitoring/ASAP ASAP ship operators should be very careful about setting their software to prevent incorrect positioning of the launching point. ASAP Ongoing Percentage of successful launches 92 4.7.7 Monitoring/VOS VOS Operators are encouraged to become familiar with the UK Metoffice and quality monitoring tools, and use them as appropriate. In particular, noting that the E-SURFMAR tools can reference a particular ships, VOS operators should check the metadata of their VOS ships within the database and make changes directly if necessary, or submit corrected Pub47 metadata to WMO. VOS Operators Ongoing 93 4.7.2 (iii) Monitoring/VOS National VOS Programme Managers should ensure that the monthly monitoring statistics and the VOSClim suspect list are provided to PMOs for immediate action as necessary PMOs to contact on monthly suspect lists to rectify any problems VOS Operators & PMOs Ongoing 94 2.1.7(v) Monitoring/VOS Identify tracking of poorly-covered VOS to target ship recruitment for global coverage - through reinforcement of new efforts at JCOMMOPS. JCOMMOPS Number of ship obs. In Southern Hemisphere 95 5.7.1 Outreach Continue to offer every possible support to other groups SOT Ongoing Number of programmes associated to SOT 96 Outreach To submit suitable newsworthy articles, and PMOs are encouraged to make suitable copies available to visiting VOS VOS Focal Points & PMOs ongoing 97 2.3.3(vii) Quality Management Comply with the WMO Quality Management Framework (QMF) and quality management principles SOT Ongoing