ASAP Report for 2016	Country =		

a.	All Ships Participating in ASAP in 2016	
Type of ship
(1)	Ship name	Callsign	Comms method
(2)	Windfind method / sonde type
(3)	Launch method
(4)	Launch height
(5)	Area of operation
(6)	ASAP ID No.	Active   Y / N ?	

										

										

										

										

										

										

(1)  Type of ship:  Merchant, research, supply                 
(2)  Comms method:  Inmarsat C or others
(3)  Windfind method / sonde type:  eg. GPS/Vaisala RS80-G, Loran/Vaisala RS80-L, VIZ GPS Mark II Microsonde, etc
(4)  Launch method: deck launcher (portable), deck launcher (fixed), container (manual), container (semi automatic), other
(5)  Launch height:  height above sea level from where the sonde is released
(6)  Ocean area:  North Pacific, North Atlantic, Indian Ocean, variable	

b.  	ASAP Performance	
Callsign	Total number of sondes launched	Number of TEMP SHIP transmitted	Number of relaunches	Average terminal sounding height (km)	Balloon size (gm)	Percentage on GTS
(see note)	

							

							

							

							

							

							

Percentage on the GTS is the ratio of reports received against reports transmitted, and is based upon reports received at a data centre or GTS insertion point (name) 	

c.	Major Challenges and Difficulties	

	
	
d.	Other Comments