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Proceedings of the Ice Analysts Workshop, Rostock, Germany, 12-17 June 2008.
(WMO & IOC, Geneva, 2008)These are the Proceedings of the Ice Analysts Workshop, Rostock, Germany, 12-17 June 2008. CD ROM and available ftp://ftp.wmo.int/Documents/PublicWeb/amp/mmop/documents/JCOMM-TR/J-TR-43-IAW-2008/. -
Quality Control Cookbook for XBT Data ( Expendable Bathythermograph Data). Version 1.1.
(CSIRO, Australia, 1994)The Quality Control (QC) procedures described here have been developed by oceanographers participating in the CSIRO XBT Program, specifically to assure the research quality of expendable bathythermograph (XBT) data of 0.6 ... -
Recommended algorithms for the computation of marine meteorological variables
(Joint Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM), Geneva, Switzerland, 2015)A range of variables observed under the Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) scheme, and circulated over the Global Telecommunication System (GTS) in real-time (RT), or exchanged internationally in delayed mode (DM), may be ... -
SIGRID-3 : a vector archive format for sea ice georeferenced information and data. Version 3.0.
(WMO & IOC, Geneva, Switzerland, 2014)This document describes Version 3.0 of SIGRID-3 (Sea Ice GeoReferenced Information and Data), an evolution of the SIGRID series of standards for coding, exchange and archiving of digital ice charts. Version 3.0 retains ... -
SOOP Basic ship visit and rider rules. [NO LONGER ABLE TO LINK TO THIS]
(SOT, WMO & IOC, 2003)The following guidelines pertain to any person who might have occasion to visit, install, repair or replace equipment, or ride on any Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) participating in any program to collect scientific ... -
SOT Recruitment presentation : Partnership between marine industry and the marine meteorological & oceanographic communities. Version 3, 2008.
(WMO & IOC, Geneva, Switzerland, 2008)This is a series of PowerPoint slides describing SOT VOS recruit information. Powerpoint presentation entitled "Partnership between Marine Industry and the Marine Meteorological and Oceanographic Communities" to be used ... -
Techniques and Benefits of Satellite Data and Wave Models.
(WMO & IOC, Geneva, Switzerland, 2006)This report documents techniques and benefits of satellite data in wind and wave models. It provides an overview of available satellite wind and wave data and their possible usage based on the questionnaire prepared by the ... -
The Voluntary Observing Ships Scheme: a framework document. Revision 2.
(Ship Observations Team, WMO & IOC, Geneva, Switzerland, 2010)Ships of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) scheme have always been an important component of the global observing system of the WMO, providing meteorological ... -
User guide for thermosalinograph (TSG) installation and maintenance aboard a ship.
(JCOMM Ship Observations Team, 1999)Since 1990, the ECOP group (Etudes Climatiques de l'Ocean Pacifique tropical, former SURTROPAC group), IRD/Noumea, has been operating temperature and salinity measurements on board merchant vessels using thermosalinographs. ... -
Verification of operational global and regional wave forecasting systems against measurements from moored buoys.
(WMO & IOC, Geneva, 2006)The purpose of this JCOMM Technical Report is to document the global wave model verification activity, giving details of the working mechanism and file formats so that modeling centres not yet engaged may judge whether or ... -
Voluntary Observing Ships (VOS) Climate Subset Project (VOSCLIM) - Project Document, Revision 2.
(WMO & IOC, Ship Observations Team, Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) Climate Project, 2002)This project document lists the primary objective is to provide a high-quality subset of marine meteorological data, with extensive associated metadata, to be available in both real time and delayed mode. Eventually, it ... -
VOS Quick Reference Guide - Port Meteorological Officers. [Web document]
(JCOMM Ship Observations Team, 2017)The purpose of this "Quick Reference Guide" is to: Help newly appointed personnel become familiar with the functions of a PMO; Reacquaint experienced personnel with these functions; and Promote the resources ... -
The WMO Voluntary Observing Ships' Scheme.
(WMO-JCOMM, Geneva, Switzerland, 2010)The international scheme under which ships plying the various oceans and seas of the world are recruited for taking and transmitting meteorological observations is known as the WMO Voluntary Observing Ships’ Scheme. ... -
WOCE Sea Surface Salinity user's manual. Version 1.0. [17 Jun 2015]
(Ifremer/GOSUD, [Brest, France], 2015)This document is the WOCE-SSS data user's manual. It contains the description of the formats and netcdf files of the WOCE-SSS cd-rom -
XBT/XCTD standard test procedures for reliability and performance tests of expendable probes at sea. Revised draft.
(TC SOT, JCOMM Ship Observations Team, 2000)The best way to assure a quality XBT or XCTD is to implement a standard set of procedures for testing the probes. This document proposes a three step process for insuring XBT/XCTD quality: 1. Start with a set of specifications ...
