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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)

Provisional Agenda

Secr.

 (doc) (pdf)

I-1.2(2)

Provisional Annotated Agenda

Secr.

 (doc) (pdf)

 

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.

 (doc) (pdf)

I-2.2

Report by the OPA Coordinator

Mike Johnson

 (doc) (pdf)

I-2.3

Report by the Chair of SOT

Graeme Ball

 (doc) (pdf)

I-2.5

Report by the SOT Technical Coordinator

Hester Viola

 (doc) (pdf)

I-3.1.1

Report by OOPC

Ed Harrison

 (doc) (pdf)
 (Apx A)

I-3.1.2

Use of VOS data in climate products

Elizabeth Kent

 (doc) (pdf)

I-3.2

Report by Associated Programmes

Secr.
(input from ass. prg.)

 (doc) (pdf)  
 (Apx G)

I-4

Reports and Recommendations by Task Teams

Secr.
(input from TT Chairpersons)

 (doc) (pdf)
 (Apx A, Anx 1)
 (Apx A, Anx 2)
 (Apx A, Anx 3)
 (Apx C, Anx 1)
 (Apx C, Anx 2) 

 

IV

VOSP

 

Status

IV-1.1

Report by the Chair of VOSP

Julie Fletcher

 (doc) (pdf)

IV-2.1

VOS Automation and Electronic Logbook software

Secr.
(input from J. Fletcher, F. Koek)

 (doc) (pdf)

IV-2.2

Report on the E-SURFMAR VOS TAG

Pierre Blouch

 (doc) (pdf)

IV-2.3.1

Review of PMOs role and responsibilities

Graeme Ball

 (doc) (pdf)

IV-2.3.2

Report and recommendations from PMO-III

Secr.

 (doc) (pdf)

IV-2.4

Ship Monitoring

Julie Fletcher
(input from F. Koek)

 (doc) (pdf)

IV-3

Monitoring and Data Management (RSMC+RTMC)

Colin Parrett

 (doc) (pdf)

IV-3.3

GCC report on the VOS & VOSClim

Elanor Gowland

 (doc) (pdf)

IV-3.4

VOSClim DAC report

Alan Hall

 (doc) (pdf)

IV-3.5

Review of the MCSS

Scott Woodruff

 (doc) (pdf)

IV-3.6 VOS database Julie Fletcher  (doc) (pdf)

IV-4.1

Ship Security

Secr. 
(input from G. Ball)

 (doc) (pdf)

IV-4.2

Impact of national regulations on VOS operations

Julie Fletcher

 (doc) (pdf)

IV-4.3

Multiple-ship recruitment

Pierre Blouch

 (doc) (pdf)

IV-4.4

EU’s restriction on the use and transportation of mercury

Sarah North

 (doc) (pdf)

IV-4.5

VOS communication problems and errors

Sarah North

 (doc) (pdf)

 

V

SOOPIP-VII

 

Status

V-1.1

Report by the Chair of the SOOPIP

Steve Cook

 (doc) (pdf)

V-2.1

Status of the current sampling programme

Steve Cook

 (doc) (pdf)

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

 (doc) (pdf)

V-2.4

Operational XBT Systems and Developments

Gustavo Goni

 (doc) (pdf)

V-2.5 Report on the IOGOOS/JCOMM Western Indian Ocean XBT Training Workshop V.V. Gopalakrishna  (doc) (pdf)  

V-2.6

Report on the Argo Programme

Mathieu Belbeoch

 (doc) (pdf)

V-3.1

JCOMMOPS Monitoring and Issues

Hester Viola

 (doc) (pdf)

V-3.3

Monitoring Reports by GTSPP and GOSUD

Bob Keeley

 (doc) (pdf)

V-4.1

Future global requirements

Ed Harrison

 (doc) (pdf)

V-4.2

Observing other ocean variables (e.g., salinity)

Gustavo Goni

 (doc) (pdf)

V-5.1 Partnerships and the integration of other programmes [IOCCP, Argo] with the SOOP Steve Cook  (doc) (pdf)  
 

VI

ASAPP-XVI

 

Status

VI-1.1

Report by the Chair of the ASAPP

Sarah North

 (doc) (pdf)

VI-2.1

Report on the EUMETNET ASAP [E-ASAP]

Rudolf Krockauer

 (doc) (pdf)

VI-2.2 Report on the WRAP Graeme Ball  (doc) (pdf) 
 (appendix, pdf)

VI-3.1.1

ECMWF monitoring for ASAP

ECMWF

 (doc) (pdf)

VI-3.1.2

ASAP Monitoring Centre

Gérard Rey

 (doc) (pdf)

VI-4

Issues for the ASAP

Secr.
(input from S. North, R. Krockauer)

 (doc) (pdf)

VI-6.4

ASAP Trust Fund

Secr.

 (doc) (pdf)

 

I

SOT-IV (Common Session 3)

 

Status

I-5.1

JCOMMOPS

Secr.
(input by M. Johnson, G. Ball)

 (doc) (pdf)

I-5.2.1

Inmarsat

Andy Fuller

 (doc) (pdf)
 (appendix, pdf) 

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

 (doc) (pdf)

I-5.3

WIS / GTS

Secr.

 (doc) (pdf)

I-6.1

Data standards

Secr.

 (doc) (pdf)

I-6.2.1

META-T Project

Elanor Gowland

 (doc) (pdf)

I-6.2.2 Coding Issues: BUFR Templates for VOS/VOSClim, XBT/XCTD and META-T Secr.  (doc) (pdf)

I-6.3

Quality Management and Best Practices

Secr.

 (doc) (pdf)

I-7 Programme Promotion, Capacity Building and Information Exchange Secr.
(input from H. Viola, G. Ball, P. Blouch, D. Manns) 		 (doc) (pdf)
 (Apx A)
 (Apx B)
 (Apx C)

I-8

Organizational matters

Secr. 
(input from D. Meldrum, G. Ball)

 (doc) (pdf)

 
  Background documents    
  Factors affecting the quality of XBT data – results of analyses on profiles from the Western Mediterranean Sea  Reseghetti et al.  (pdf)
  Draft ASAP brochure    (pdf)
  ACT workshop: Integrated sensor systems for Vessels of opportunity    (pdf)
  ACT leaflet    (pdf)
  Scholar ship M/V Mona Lisa specifications    (pdf)
  Proposed consolidated VOS routes (agenda item I-4.3, Annex 2 of Appendix C of doc I-4)    (doc)