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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 ... -
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. ... -
Oceanographic and Marine Meteorological Observations in the Polar Regions - A report to the Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology.
(WMO & IOC, Observations Coordination Group (OCG), 2000)In Geneva, December 6-8, 1999, a meeting of experts was held to discuss a JCOMM/GOOS Polar Region Strategy. It was agreed on the importance of developing an integrated Polar Region Strategy Document for JCOMM. This document ... -
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 ... -
Estimation of extreme wind wave heights.
(WMO & IOC, Geneva, 2000)This publication provides not simple estimates of extreme wind wave heights, but informative and authoritative support in their decision-making. -
Best guide and principles manual for the Ships of Opportunity Program (SOOP) and expendable bathythermograph (XBT) operations.
(World Meteorological Organization & Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, 2001)This guide provides the best guide practices for the Ship of Opportunity Program for operating Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) practices. -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Advances in the Applications of Marine Climatology - the dynamic part of the WMO Guide to the Applications of Marine Climatology (Rev. 1, June 2005).
(World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, 2005)The CLIMAR99-WMO International Workshop on Advances in Marine Climatology, took place in September 1999 in Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada, and was hosted by the Meteorological Service of Canada, with additional ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Electronic Chart Systems Ice Objects Catalogue. Version 4. [SUPERSEDED by http://hdl.handle.net/11329/135]
(Canadian Ice Service, Ottawa, Canada, 2007)A number of northern nations, particularly, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Russian Federation, the United States, and those bordering on the Baltic Sea, maintain Ice Services (for a complete list of national ice services ... -
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 ... -
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/. -
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. ... -
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 ... -
Guide to Data Collection and Location Services using Service Argos. Revision 1.
(WMO and IOC, Data Buoy Cooperation Panel, 2011)The Argos system locates fixed and mobile platforms and collects environmental data from them. The system was developed under a co-operative programme between the French Space Agency (CNES, France), the National Aeronautics ... -
Extreme value analysis: wave data
(WMO-JCOMM, Geneva, Switzerland, 2011)Estimates of the m-year return value of significant wave height ─ the value which is exceeded on average once every m years ─ are needed for the safety control and design of ship, offshore, and coastal structures, ... -
Electronic Chart Systems Ice Objects Catalogue, Version 5.1. Draft for Approval. February 2012. [SUPERSEDED by http://hdl.handle.net/11329/403]
(WMO/JCOMM Expert Team on Sea Ice, Geneva, Switzerland, 2012)Many Arctic and Baltic nations maintain Ice Services and issue ice charts on a regular basis when marine activities are occurring in the vicinity of sea ice and icebergs. These ice charts are used on ships as an aid ... -
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 ...