Third International Workshop for Port Meteorological Officers Edgard Cabrera World Meteorological Organization
Third International Workshop for Port Meteorological Officers Background of the workshop WMO regulatory and guidance material for PMO Discussion at SOT-IIII 21/09/2018
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Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) Now 53% complete GCOS-92 Sea Surface Temperature, Sea Surface Height, Surface Vector Wind, Sea Ice, and Ocean Color from Space Tide Gauge Network 58% complete 3˚x3˚ Argo Profiling Float Array 71% complete 5˚x5˚ Surface Drifting Buoy Array 100% complete Moored Buoy Existing Planned Ocean Reference Station Existing Planned High Resolution XBT and Flux Line Existing Planned Frequently Repeated XBT Line Existing Planned Carbon Inventory & Deep Ocean Line Global Survey @ 10 years 21/09/2018
Global Telecommunication System (SOT, DBCP, SOOPIP, Argo) 1250 drifters 2200 Argo floats 6000 VOS ships 52 SOOP lines 20 ASAP 21/09/2018
Marine Pollution Response Maritime safety Services Oceanography Sea ice Storm surges 21/09/2018
Series of PMO workshops International PMO Seminar, London, 09/1993 Regional workshops: III, V, I, 1997-2000 2nd International PMO Workshop, London, 07/2003 3rd International PMO Workshop 21/09/2018
Personnel Requirements Each maritime Member of WMO should appoint PMOs having maritime experience, at its main ports. His maritime experience enables him to communicate effectively with the ship’s master and other officers. He should also have experience in, and knowledge of, meteorology, theoretical as well as practical. The necessary training of PMOs is described in the Manual on MMS, Part IV, Section 3. 21/09/2018
Recommendations for delegates doing National Reports PMO Network within country Ship Security issues Number of Ships Any problem encountered provide support/services to mariners 21/09/2018
Port Meteorological Officers Argentina Ireland Singapore Australia Italy Spain Bangladesh Japan Sueden Canada Kenya Tanzania Croatia Malaysia Thailand Denmark Netherlands United Kingdom France New Zealand USA Germany Norway India Pakistan 21/09/2018