Operational Newsletter April 2004

WORLD WEATHER WATCH
Operational Newsletter

April 2004

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		GLOBAL OBSERVING SYSTEM
Acknowledgements The WMO Secretariat would like to express its appreciation to all those who have contributed material to the "Operational Newsletter".		PUBLICATIONS NO. 9: VOLUME A - "OBSERVING STATIONS"
		Updates to Volume A FEEDBACK for Observing network: Explanatory Note Feedback Form
		AUTOMATIC MARINE STATION
		National Programmes: Australia Canada (the current report is unavailable) France New Zealand United Kingdom (the current report is unavailable) United States of America European Group on Ocean Stations ARGOS monthly status report (due to technical difficulties the current report is unavailable)
		GLOBAL TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM
		VOLUME C1 - CATALOGUE OF METEOROLOGICAL BULLETINS
		The following changes have been received from: RTH Moscow: RU02329O.txt (see METNO MC1504.txt) RTH Offenbach: ED02325o.txt (see METNO MC1404.txt) Notification from Meteo-France (see METNO MC1804.txt): To differentiate between bulletins disseminated by ARGOS and bulletins disseminated by Meteo-France, the CCCC of ARGOS bulletins, indicated below, will change from LFPW to LFVW effective 1 June 2004. BUFR: IOZX01, IOZX02, IOZX03, IOZX04, IOZX05, IOZX06, IOZX07, IOZX08, IOZX09, IOZX11, IOZX12, IOZX13, IOZX14, IOZX15, IOZX16, IOZX18, IOZX22, IOZX39, IOZX48 BUOY: SSVX01, SSVX02, SSVX03, SSVX04, SSVX05, SSVX06, SSVX07, SSVX08, SSVX09, SSVX11, SSVX12, SSVX13, SSVX14, SSVX15, SSVX16, SSVX18, SSVX22, SSVX39, SSVX48 SHIP: SMVX01 SIVX21, SM, SI, SNVX17, SM, SI, SNVX19 SYNOP: SM, SI, SNAA11, SM, SI, SNAA14, SM, SI, SNAA17, SM, SI, SNAA19, SM, SI, SNBV01, SM, SI, SNSE01, SM, SI, SNTC01
		INTERACTIVE ACCESS TO VOLUME C1
		The WMO Secretariat has developed an application allowing an interactive access to the current Volume C1 - Catalogue of Meteorological Bulletins, available in the WMO server. Users are invited to send any comments on the application to Pierre Kerhervé.
		MARINE METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
		PUBLICATION NO. 9 - VOLUME D - INFORMATION FOR SHIPPING
		Chapter 3 - Global Maritime Distress and Safety System Change transmission times for Brazil. The new schedule is 0730 and 1930.
		DATA MANAGEMENT
		MONITORING EXERCISES
		The global analysis made by the Secretariat of the special MTN monitoring exercise carried out in January 2004 is now available. An analysis of the differences in the availability of SYNOP, TEMP, CLIMAT and CLIMAT TEMP reports between MTN centres during the October 2003 AGM and SMM exercises is available. The analysis made by the Secretariat of the special monitoring of the exchange of Antarctic data carried out from January 2004 is now available.

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