Marine Meteorology and Oceanography Programme

Instructions for the Ship Observations Team (SOT) National Reports for 2018

1. You may download these instructions from the WMO website here.
   
   
2. See past annual reports here.
   
   
3. 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 Champika Gallage:
   
   

   SOT	http://www.jcomm.info/sot-nfp
   VOS	http://www.jcomm.info/vos-nfp
   SOOPIP	http://www.jcomm.info/soopip
   ASAP	http://www.jcomm.info/asap-nfp
   PMOs	http://www.jcomm.info/pmos

   
   
   
4. The name of the nominated SOT Focal Point should appear on the first page of the report under "prepared by" (form Country-SOT-2018.doc, downloaded below ).
   
   
5. 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 Champika Gallage of the WMO Secretariat with copy to the SOT Technical Coordinator by 31 January 2019
      
      

	Form to use	Submitted to	Required if
SOT	Country-SOT-2018 (.doc or .rtf)	WMO Secretariat and SOT Chairperson, Mr Darin Figurskey and cc'ed to the SOT Technical Coordinator	Member is operating either a VOS, SOOP, or ASAP programme
VOS	Country-VOS-2018 (.doc or .rtf)	WMO Secretariat and VOSP Chairperson, Mr Henry Kleta and cc'ed to the SOT Technical Coordinator	Member is operating a VOS programme
SOOP	Country-SOOP-2018 (.doc or .rtf)	WMO Secretariat and SOOPIP Chairperson, Ms Rebecca Cowley and cc'ed to the SOT Technical Coordinator	Member is operating a SOOP programme
ASAP	Country-ASAP-2018 (.doc, or .rtf)	WMO Secretariat and ASAP Task Team Chairperson, Mr Rudolf Krockauer and cc'ed to the SOT Technical Coordinator	Member is operating a ASAP programme. Note: E-ASAP may submit a consolidated ASAP report for ships 'managerially' transferred to E-ASAP