JCOMM-TR-061,
SOT Implementation Strategy
| Author(s) | Secretariat |
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| Doc Type | Report |
| Status | Published on 12 Mar 2014 |
| Notes | The Ship Observations Team (SOT) was established in 2001, jointly by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO, to build on synergies between the three Panels involved in coordinating global ship-based observing programmes, i.e. the Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) Scheme, the Ship-of-Opportunity Programme (SOOP), and the Automated Shipboard Aerological Programme (ASAP), with a view to an eventual possible full-integration of ship-based observing systems on commercial and research vessels. In recognition of these new developments and expanded requirements, and in the context also of the implementation plans and requirements of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), the WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS), and the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS), the SOT agreed in 2011 at its sixth Session on the need for an SOT Implementation Strategy, which would provide an overall framework for the Team�¢??s work, and at the same time enable it and its members to react appropriately to future developments. A draft strategy document was prepared for the Team by Mr Graeme Ball, reviewed and revised at the SOT session in 2013, and is now published in this JCOMM Technical Report. This document provides the rationale for the strategy of the SOT for the implementation of the ship fleets under its responsibility in the foreseeable future. It particularly includes an overarching implementation plan, and a detailed implementation plan with clear objectives, and some performance targets. The SOT will regularly review its mission in the light of changing research, organizational and operational imperatives, and will update this document and its terms of reference as appropriate. The SOT will continue to explore ways to expand its membership, in particular through enhanced links with countries operating ship observing fleets supporting WMO and IOC applications. Graeme Ball (Australia), Chairman of the SOT |
| Keywords | OPA SOT Implementation Strategy SOOP SOOPIP ASAP ASAPP VOS VOSP GO-SHIP OceanScope FerryBox IOCCP |
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Created at 16:37 on 03 Dec 2012
by Laurent Fouinat
Updated at 11:05 on 19 Mar 2014
by Boram Lee