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Marine Meteorology and Oceanography Programme

Programmes > AMP > MarProg >

Fourth Session of the Ship Observations Team (SOT)

Geneva, 16-21 April 2007

(see time table here)

Agenda item	Document	Author	Status
	Logistical information	Secr.	(doc) (pdf)
I	SOT-IV (common session 1)		Status
I-1.2(1)		Secr.	(doc) (pdf)
I-1.2(2)	Provisional AnnotProvisional Agendaated Agenda	Secr.	(doc) (pdf)
I-1.3	Working Arrangements	Secr.
III	National Reports		Status
III	Consolidated National reports (15 minutes)	Secr. (input from Participants)	(reports)
I	SOT-IV (common session 2)		Status
I-2.1	Report by the Secretariats	Secr.
I-2.2	Report by the OPA Coordinator	Mike Johnson
I-2.3	Report by the Chair of SOT	Graeme Ball
I-2.5	Report by the SOT Technical Coordinator	Hester Viola
I-3.1.1	Report by OOPC	Ed Harrison
I-3.1.2	Use of VOS data in climate products	Elizabeth Kent
I-3.2	Report by Associated Programmes	Secr. (input from ass. prg.)
I-4	Reports and Recommendations by Task Teams	Secr. (input from TT Chairpersons)
IV	VOSP		Status
IV-1.1	Report by the Chair of VOSP	Julie Fletcher
IV-2.1	VOS Automation and Electronic Logbook software	Secr. (input from J. Fletcher, F. Koek)
IV-2.2	Report on the E-SURFMAR VOS TAG	Pierre Blouch
IV-2.3.1	Review of PMOs role and responsibilities	Graeme Ball
IV-2.3.2	Report and recommendations from PMO-III	Secr.	(doc) (pdf)
IV-2.4	Ship Monitoring	Julie Fletcher (input from F. Koek)
IV-3	Monitoring and Data Management (RSMC+RTMC)	Colin Parrett
IV-3.3	GCC report on the VOS & VOSClim	Elanor Gowland
IV-3.4	VOSClim DAC report	Alan Hall
IV-3.5	Review of the MCSS	Scott Woodruff
IV-4.1	Ship Security	Secr. (input from G. Ball)
IV-4.2	Impact of national regulations on VOS operations	Julie Fletcher
IV-4.3	Multiple-ship recruitment	Pierre Blouch
IV-4.4	EU's restriction on the use and transportation of mercury	Sarah North
IV-4.5	VOS communication problems and errors	Sarah North
V	SOOPIP-VII		Status
V-1.1	Report by the Chair of the SOOPIP	Steve Cook
V-2.1	Status of the current sampling programme	Steve Cook
V-2.2	JCOMM XBT Probe Pool (and Ship Consumables Trust Fund)	Secr.	(doc) (pdf)
V-2.3	Review of the XBT line responsibilities	Steve Cook
V-2.4	Operational XBT Systems and Developments	Gustavo Goni
V-2.5	Report on the IOGOOS/JCOMM Western Indian Ocean XBT Training Workshop	V.V. Gopalakrishna
V-2.6	Report on the Argo Programme	Mathieu Belbeoch
V-3.1	JCOMMOPS Monitoring and Issues	Hester Viola
V-3.3	Monitoring Reports by GTSPP and GOSUD	Bob Keeley
V-4.1	Future global requirements	Ed Harrison
V-4.2	Observing other ocean variables (e.g., salinity)	Gustavo Goni
V-5.1	Partnerships and the integration of other programmes [IOCCP, Argo] with the SOOP	Steve Cook
VI	ASAPP-XVI		Status
VI-1.1	Report by the Chair of the ASAPP	Sarah North
VI-2.1	Report on the EUMETNET ASAP [E-ASAP]	Rudolf Krockauer
VI-2.2	Report on the WRAP	Graeme Ball
VI-3.1.1	ECMWF monitoring for ASAP	ECMWF
VI-3.1.2	ASAP Monitoring Centre	Gérard Rey
VI-4	Issues for the ASAP	Secr. (input from S. North, R. Krockauer)
VI-6.4	ASAP Trust Fund	Secr.
I	SOT-IV (Common Session 3)		Status
I-5.1	JCOMMOPS	Secr. (input by M. Johnson, G. Ball)
I-5.2.1	Inmarsat	Andy Fuller
I-5.2.2	EUMETSAT	William Doran
I-5.2.3	Argos	Christian Ortega
I-5.2.4	Review of other satellite data telecommunication systems	David Meldrum
I-5.3	WIS / GTS	Secr.	(doc) (pdf)
I-6.1	Data standards	Secr.
I-6.2.1	META-T Project	Elanor Gowland
I-6.2.2	Coding Issues: BUFR Templates for VOS/VOSClim, XBT/XCTD and META-T	Secr.
I-6.3	Quality Management and Best Practices	Secr.
I-7	Programme Promotion, Capacity Development and Information Exchange	Secr. (input from H. Viola, G. Ball, P. Blouch, D. Manns)
I-8	Organizational matters	Secr. (input from D. Meldrum, G. Ball)