Second session of the JCOMM Expert Team on Marine Climatology

26 - 27 March 2007,

World Meteorological Organization
7bis, avenue de la Paix
Case Postale 2300

1211 Geneva
Switzerland



Agenda



1 Organization of the session
1.1 Opening
1.2 Adoting the agenda
1.3 working arrangements
2 JCOMM Aspects
2.1 Report by the ETMC Chairman
2.2 Report by the Secretariats
2.3 Observations Programme Area
2.3.1 Ship Observations Team
2.3.2 Data Buoy Cooperation Panel
2.4 Services Programme Area
2.4.1 Results from the third meeting of the SCG
2.4.2 Expert Team on Wind Waves and Storm Surges (ETMS)
2.4.3 Expert Team on Sea Ice (ETSI)
2.5 Data Management Programme Area
2.5.1 Results from the second session of the Data Management Coordination Group
2.5.2 Expert Team on Data Management Practices
3 Data Quality and Exchange
3.1 New Task Team on Delayed Mode VOS Data (TT-DMVOS)
3.2 Review of the IMMT and MQCS
3.3 Review of BUFR templates for ship data
3.4 Review of electronic logbooks
3.5 Review of the operations of the Global Collecting Centres
3.5.1 Report by the Global Collecting Centres
3.5.2 Report of Responsible Members
3.6 Ship call sign masking
4 Data archiving
4.1 Development of International Marine Meteorological Archive (IMMA) format
4.2 History of the marine ship code
4.3 Archival of wave and storm surge data, extreme wave archive
4.4 Logbook and international marine data recovery (e.g. RECLAIM)
5 Platform Metadata Catalogue
5.1 Current Status of WMO Ship Catalogue (WMO-No. 47)
5.2 Old versions of WMO Ship Catalogue (WMO-No. 47)
5.3 Ocean Data Acquisition System (ODAS) Metadata
6 Review of Contributors and Requirements of the World Climate Programme and Other Climate Related Programmes
6.1 Requirements for and provision of marine climatological data and services
6.2 Climate change detection monitoring and indices
7 Marine Data and Climatology Workshops, and Recommendations
8 Manuals, Guides and other Technical Publications
8.1 Guide to the Applications of Marine Meteorology
8.2 Review of the Guide to Marine Meteorological Services
8.3 Guide to Climatological Practices
9 Organizational Matters
9.1 Terms of Reference of ETMC
10 Review of Action Items
11 Closure of the Session