PMO Advisor / Marine Networks Report on PMO-III Hamburg Germany 24-25 March 2006 by Volker Weidner PMO Advisor / Marine Networks SOT-IV / VOSP Geneva 18.04.07

History of WMO-PMO Workshops Report on PMO-III History of WMO-PMO Workshops PMO-I London 1993 PMO-II London 2003 SOT-IV / VOSP Geneva 18.04.07

PMO-III Hamburg 39 delegates from 24 countries attended PMO-III-INT Report on PMO-III PMO-III Hamburg 39 delegates from 24 countries attended PMO-III-INT March 24-25 2006 SOT-IV / VOSP Geneva 18.04.07

The role of the PMOs the work of PMOs is crucial for VOS and VOSP Report on PMO-III The role of the PMOs SOT-III (Brest 2005) reinforced that … the work of PMOs is crucial for VOS and VOSP PMOs play a fundamental and essential role in the programmes coordinated under SOT it is important to improve and harmonize the international coordination SOT-IV / VOSP Geneva 18.04.07

Key issues of PMO-III Responsibilities Report on PMO-III Key issues of PMO-III Responsibilities Recruit ships and maintain a national VOS fleet Maintain accurate records Regularly visit the ships in the ports Provide service to all VOS, at request, regardless of recruiting country To enquire about any problems with the ship´s officers To support international marine programmes SOT-IV / VOSP Geneva 18.04.07

2. Ship´s security Recommendations: Report on PMO-III 2. Ship´s security Against the background of piracy acts and other incidents, shipping companies expressed their concerns about the web publication of callsigns. Recommendations: To reclassify ship data transmitted in FM-13 SHIP from “essential“ to „additional“ data To replace the original callsign by „SHIP“ on request, when transmitted via LES and before GTS insertion (Japan) To replace the original callsign by generic codes, e.g. with reference to observation categories (Surfmar) SOT-IV / VOSP Geneva 18.04.07

Possible implementation scenarios Report on PMO-III 3. Migration to BUFR An informal SOT task team was established to review the data/metadata to be required in a VOS/VOSClim BUFR template Possible implementation scenarios SHIP to BUFR conversion 1:1, implementation case by case Proprietary / „SOT“-format + metadata to BUFR Implementation phase (target 2008) Operational (target 2012) SOT-IV / VOSP Geneva 18.04.07

Workshop's recommendations (extract) Report on PMO-III Workshop's recommendations (extract) Updating procedures for WMO Publication No. 47 (no.3) Education and outreach (no.5) Improvement of VOSClim data submission (no.6) Proposed actions to recruit more ships (no.7) Proper installation of instruments on ships (no.8) Copyright issues for pictures (no.13) SOT-IV / VOSP Geneva 18.04.07

Updating the list of Inmarsat LES accepting SAC 41 (no.14) Report on PMO-III Recommendations (cont.) Updating the list of Inmarsat LES accepting SAC 41 (no.14) Ship inspection form for foreign VOS visits (no.15/16) Reporting of observing practices (no.18) Monitoring, quality information, and feedback (no.19/22) Web tools, e.g. map showing PMO network & contact details (no.21) Frequency of PMO workshops every 3-4 years (no.25) SOT-IV / VOSP Geneva 18.04.07

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