Marine Meteorology and Oceanography Programme

Instructions for the Ship Observations Team (SOT) National Reports for 2008

1. See past annual reports here
   
   
2. Coordinate at the national level and nominate one SOT Focal Point. Check the lists of existing focal points at the following web pages and report discrepancies or required changes to Etienne Charpentier:
   
   

   SOT	http://www.jcomm.info/index.php?option=com_oe&task=viewGroupRecord&groupID=135
   VOS	http://www.jcomm.info/index.php?option=com_oe&task=viewGroupRecord&groupID=108
   SOOPIP	http://www.jcomm.info/index.php?option=com_oe&task=viewGroupRecord&groupID=107
   ASAP	http://www.jcomm.info/index.php?option=com_oe&task=viewGroupRecord&groupID=109
   VOSClim	http://www.jcomm.info/index.php?option=com_oe&task=viewGroupRecord&groupID=129
   PMOs	http://www.jcomm.info/index.php?option=com_oe&task=viewGroupRecord&groupID=151

   
   
   
3. The name of the nominated SOT Focal Point should appear on the first page of the report under "prepared by" (form Country-SOT-2008.doc, downloaded below ).
   
   
4. The nominated SOT Focal Point is responsible for:
   
   
   1. Forwarding the VOS / SOOP / ASAP parts (as appropriate) to their
      national program operators;
   2. Receiving the completed VOS / SOOP / ASAP parts from their national
      program operators;
   3. Completing the SOT part of the report, including Focal Points and
      Port Meteorological Officers;
   4. Sending the individual programme VOS / SOOP / ASAP report(s) to the appropriate chairpersons.
   5. Submitting the completed SOT and VOS / SOOP / ASAP parts (as
      appropriate) to Etienne Charpentier of the WMO Secretariat by 15 March 2009
      
      

	Form to use	Submitted to	Required if
SOT	Country-SOT-2008.doc	WMO Secretariat	Member is operating either a VOS, SOOP, or ASAP programme
VOS	Country-VOS-2008.doc	WMO Secretariat and VOSP Chairperson, Ms Julie Fletcher	Member is operating a VOS programme
SOOP	Country-SOOP-2008.doc	WMO Secretariat and SOOPIP Chairperson, Dr Gustavo Goni	Member is operating a SOOP programme
ASAP	Country-ASAP-2008.doc	WMO Secretariat and ASAP Chairperson, Mr Rudolf Krockauer	Member is operating a ASAP programme. Note: E-ASAP may submit a consolidated ASAP report for ships 'managerially' transferred to E-ASAP