1. 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

2. History of WMO-PMO Workshops
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History of WMO-PMO Workshops
PMO-I London 1993
PMO-II London 2003
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Geneva

3. PMO-III Hamburg 39 delegates from 24 countries attended PMO-III-INT
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PMO-III Hamburg
39 delegates from
24 countries
attended PMO-III-INT
March
SOT-IV / VOSP
Geneva

4. The role of the PMOs the work of PMOs is crucial for VOS and VOSP
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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
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Geneva

5. Key issues of PMO-III Responsibilities
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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
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Geneva

6. 2. Ship´s security Recommendations:
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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

7. Possible implementation scenarios
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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

8. Workshop's recommendations (extract)
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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

9. Updating the list of Inmarsat LES accepting SAC 41 (no.14)
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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

10. Thanks PMO-IV USA ? 2009 ? Next workshop … Report on PMO-III
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Geneva