Event: Eighth Session of the JCOMM Ship Observations Team (SOT)
Dates: 2015-Apr-20 to 2015-Apr-24

Local organizers

Johan STANDER
Director

7bis, avenue de la Paix,
CH-1211 Geneva 2
Switzerland

Tel: +41797208092


Secretariat

Etienne CHARPENTIER
Head, Observing Networks and Measurement Division
Infrastructure Department
World Meteorological Organization

Case Postale 2300
7bis, avenue de la Paix
CH-1211 Geneva
Switzerland

Tel: +41 227308223


Thomas GROSS
Programme Specialist GOOS, Web Services (Retired)

1616 Q St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20009
United States

Tel: +33 1 45 68 39 92


Participants

Mathieu BELBEOCH
OceanOPS Manager
INF/WIGOS/OceanOPS
World Meteorological Organization

Case Postale 2300
7bis, avenue de la Paix
CH-1211 Geneva
Switzerland

Tel: +33 2 29 00 85 86


Yann BERNARD
Director, Environment & Climate
Environment & Climate
Collecte et Localisation par Satellite (CLS/Service Argos)

Parc Technologique du Canal 8-10, rue Hermès,
31520 Ramonville Saint-Agne
France

Tel: +33 5 61 39 39 09


David BERRY
World Meteorological Organization

Case Postale 2300
7bis, avenue de la Paix
CH-1211 Geneva
Switzerland



Pierre BLOUCH
Retired (E-SURFMAR Service Manager)
Météo France, Centre de Météorologie Marine

6 route de Kerezoun
F-29280 Plouzane
France

Tel: +33 (0)298 49 39 41


Francis BRINGAS
Oceanographer / SEAS Operations
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory

4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, Florida 33149
United States

Tel: +1 (305) 361-4316


Joel CABRIE
Manager, Marine Networks
National Observing Operations
Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne

700 Collins Street, Docklands
GPO Box 1289
Melbourne VIC 3001
Australia

Tel: +61 3 9669 4651 (Fax: +61 3 9669 4168)


Luca CENTURIONI
Researcher and Lecturer, Director of the Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory
University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Scripps Institution of Oceanography 9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0213
United States

Tel: +1 858 534 6182


Chi-Kin CHOW
Port Meteorological Officer
Hong Kong Observatory

134A Nathan Road
Kowloon
China

Tel: +852 2926 3113; Fax: +852 2311 9448


Jean-Baptiste COHUET
E-SURFMAR VOS Co-ordinator - EUMETNET SOT / VOS
Météo France

Météo-France,
42, avenue Gaspard Coriolis,

F-31057 Toulouse Cedex,
France

Tel: Tel: +33 5 61 07 91 40 / Fax: +33 5 61 07 91 39


Fraser CUNNINGHAM
Marine Observations Manager
Surface Observations Operations
Met Office

Met Office
Edinburgh
United Kingdom



Mardené DE VILLIERS
PMO
South African Weather Service

Weather Office,
P O Box 21,
International Airport

Cape Town
7525
South Africa

Tel: +27 21 935 5700; Fax: +27 21 934 3296


Shenfu DONG
Oceanographer
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory

4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL 33149
United States



Marcel DU PLESSIS
University of Cape Town - Department of Oceanography

RW James Building, Ground Floor, Room 125
Residence Road
Upper Campus
University of Cape Town

Rondebosch
7701
South Africa



Michael FUNKE

Johannesburg
South Africa

Tel: (+27) 0832884624


Lydia GATES
Deutscher Wetterdienst

Germany

Tel: +49 69 80 62 62 06


Gustavo J. GONI
Oceanographer
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratories; OAR

Physical Oceanography Division
USDC/NOAA/AOML/PHOD 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway

Miami, FL 33149
United States

Tel: +1 305-361-4339


David GORDON
Executive Manager, Lighthouse and Navigation Systems
Transnet National Ports Authority

South Africa



Cindy GUILLEMET
Programme OceanoScientific

56850 Caudan
France

Tel: +33 (0)6 23 41 38 38


Katherine HUTCHINSON
PhD candidate
Oceanography
University of Cape Town - Department of Oceanography

RW James Building, Ground Floor, Room 125
Residence Road
Upper Campus
University of Cape Town

Rondebosch
7701
South Africa



Christopher JACOBS
Intern
South African Environmental Observation Network, Egagasini Node

South Africa

Tel: +27(0)761529844


Miranda KICHENSIDE-QUINN
Marine Environmentalist
All Ships Log

Mermaid Kiss
324 Catherine Street
Lilyfield

Sydney NSW 2040
Australia

Tel: +61 430 979 677


Dionysia KOTTA
Act. Head Marine Meteorology Department / WWMIWS METAREA-3 Coordinator / PMO / forecaster
Marine Meteorology
Hellenic National Meteorological Service

14, El. Venizelou street
GR16777 Hellnikon
Greece

Tel: +30 2109699113; Mob: +30 6983519948


Martin KRAMP
Ship Coordinator
WMO Infrastructure Department, ESM Division
OceanOPS

Technopole / Campus Ifremer Brest 1625 Route de Sainte AnneZ.I. Pointe du Diable, Blaise Pascal Hall
29280 PLOUZANE
France

Tel: +33 2 29 00 85 87


Rudolf KROCKAUER
E-ASAP Operational Service Manager
Deutscher Wetterdienst

Frankfurter Straße 135
63067 Offenbach
Germany

Tel: Tel: +49 69 8062 6317; Fax: +49 69 8062 6319


Sydney MARAIS
PMO
South African Weather Service, Head Office

Cape Town
7525
South Africa

Tel: +27 21 935 5700
Fax: +27 21 934 3296


David MELDRUM
Research Fellow, Technology Development

Scottish Association for Marine ScienceScottish Marine Institute
Oban, Scotland
PA37 1QA
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 1631 559 273


Peter MINNETT
Professor
Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, University of Miami

4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, Florida FL 33149-1098
United States

Tel: +1 (305) 421-4104


Balakrishnan NAIR
Group Director & Scientist G
Director, Ocean Services and Applied Research Group
Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services

Ocean Valley, Pragathi Nagar , Nizampet
Hyderabad 500 090
Telangana
India

Tel: 91 9490191659


Cedric NAUDY
Product Manager
Meteorological BU
STERELA

7 impasse Pedenau
31860 Toulouse
France

Tel: +33 5 62 11 78 78 / +33 6 45 90 19 97
Fax: +33 5 61 76 21 21


Sarah NORTH
Ship Observations Manager
Met Office

FitzRoy Road
Exeter
EX1 3PB
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0) 1392 885 617
Fax: +44 (0) 1392 885 681


Hiroshi OHNO
Senior Scientific Officer
Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo

Japan

Tel: +81-3-3212-8341


Wilhelm PETERSEN
Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Institute of Coastal Research

Institute of Coastal Research/Operational Systems
Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht
Max Planck Str. 1

D-21502 Geesthacht
Germany

Tel: +49 (0) 4152 87-2358
Fax: +49 (0) 4152 87-2366


German PMO
PMO
Deutscher Wetterdienst

Frankfurter Straße 135
63067 Offenbach
Germany

Tel: +49 69 8062 6310


Bayu Edo PRATAMA
Scientist
Marine Meteorology Centre
Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika

JI. Angkasa I No. 2 Kemayoran
Jakarta Pusat
+62 (021) 4246703 10720
Indonesia



Steven PRITCHETT
National Weather Service

Silver Spring, Md
United States

Tel: +1 (301) 4279121


Tshikana RASEHLOMI
Marine Information Management System (MIMS) Manager
Oceans and Coasts Research Directorate
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

P/Bag X2Rogger Bay
Cape Town
8012
South Africa

Tel: (+27) 711 758407


Jan ROZEMA
Head Observations
Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut

P.o. Box 201, 3730 AE De Bilt
Utrechtseweg 297
3731 GA De Bilt
Netherlands

Tel: +31 30 220 64 84


Paula RYCHTAR
Deputy PM VOS
NOAA National Weather Service Headquarters
NOAA National Weather Service Office Headquarters

Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000
United States

Tel: +1 228-688-1457
Fax: +1 228-688-3923


Wenyan SHANG
State Oceanic Administration

China

Tel: +86-10 68029470
Fax: +86-10 68029470


Bernadette SLOYAN
Research Scientist, CSIRO Ocean and Atmosphere, Australia
CSIRO, Ocean and Atmosphere

GPO Box 1538
Hobart Tasmania 7001
Australia

Tel: +61 3 6232 5222


Shawn SMITH
Senior Research Associate
Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies
Florida State University, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies

2035 E. Paul Dirac Dr.
200 RM Johnson Bldg.

Tallahassee, Florida FL 32306-2840
United States

Tel: +1 850 644 6918


Charles SUN

Mentmore Place
North Potomac, Maryland 20878
United States

Tel: +1 (301) 424-7031


Moegamat TOFA
Technician
Operations
South African Weather Service

Weather Office,
P O Box 21,
International Airport

Cape Town
7525
South Africa

Tel: +27761231051


Joaquin TRINANES
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory

4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, Florida FL 33149
United States

Tel: +1 305 361 4435


Lixin WEI
Director of Marine Weather Forecasting Division , Research scientist
National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center (NMEFC)/Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR)

Beijing
100081
China

Tel: +86 10 62105761
Fax: +86 10 62173620


Jinkun YANG
Data Management, Research Assistant
Ocean data Center
National Marine Data and Information Service

Tianjin
300171
China

Tel: 86-22-24010830
Fax: 86-22-24010926