ASAP Report for 2018	Country =		

a.	All Ships Participating in ASAP in 2018	
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	
ASAP ID No.	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  launches performed on board and includes failed launches and failed satcom transmissions	

c.	Major Challenges and Difficulties	

	
	
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