Annex A
Information to provide on drifter and float deployment opportunities
Please submit information to:
Etienne Charpentier
Technical Coordinator of the DBCP & SOOP
JCOMMOPS
Parc Technologique du Canal
8-10 rue Hermes
31526 Ramonville St. Agne
France
Tel: (+33) 5 61 39 47 82
Fax: (+33) 5 61 75 10 14
Email:
Information to provide:
1. Country
2. National Contact Point(s)
3. Potential deployment opportunities. If possible indicate, even approximately any useful information regarding potential deployment opportunities, i.e.
(a) Ship deployments (assuming deployment opportunity not charged)
· Potential area of deployment or specific ship routes
· Time period, regularity
· Type of ship (e.g. VOS, research ship, navy ship)
· Availability of crew onboard (none, minimal, moderate, high)
· Whether technician(s) can embark the ship (needed for floats, XBTs, moored buoy servicing)
· Whether the ship can stop (needed for moored buoy servicing)
(b) Aircraft deployments (if any)
· Area of deployment
· Availability
· Type of aircraft (e.g. C-130 for float depl.)
· Certification of buoy package needed
· Formalities
· Contact point
Annex B, p. 3
DBCP List of National Focal Points for Logistic Facilities
AUSTRALIA
Mr Graeme S. Ball
Marine Observations Unit
GPO Box 1289K Melbourne
Vic 3001, Australia
Tel: +61 3 9669 4203
Fax:+61 3 9669 4168
email:
BRAZIL
Diretoria de Hidrografia e Navegaçâo
Departamento de Serviços Oceânicos
Divisão de Informações Ambientais
Rua Barão de Jaceguay, s/no.
CEP 24.048-900 - Niterói - Rio de Janeiro
tel +55 21 6202626
fax +55 21 6200073
email:
CANADA
Mr Ron McLaren
Head, Marine Operations
Pacific and Yukon Region
Atmospheric Environment
700-1200 West 73rd Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6P 6H9
tel +604 664 9188
fax +604 664 9195
CHILE
Lcdr Alejandro Cabezas
Head, Department of Oceanography
Servicío Hidrográfico y Oceanográfico de la Armada
Errázuriz 232, Playa Ancha
Valparaíro
tel +56 32 282697
fax +53 32 283537
Email (Internet)
CHINA
Mr Ye Renmiao
Director, Department of Marine Monitoring and Services
State Oceanic Administration
1, Fuxingmenwai Ave.
Beijing 100860
tel -
fax +86 1 853 3515
CHINA
Mr Qu Qiang
Deputy Chief, Division of Station and Forecast
Department of Marine Monitoring and Service
State Oceanic Administration
1, Fuxingmenwai Ave.
Beijing 100860
tel -
fax +86 1 853 3515
ECUADOR
Instituto Oceanografico de la Armada
Av. 25 de julio (Base Naval Sur)
Casilla 5940
Guayaquil
tel
fax 593 4 442 151
FRANCE
Mr Pierre Blouch
Météo-France
Centre de météorologie marine/Brest
13, rue du Chatellier
BP 7302
F-29273 Brest Cédex
tel +33 298 221852
fax +33 298 221849
Email:
GAMBIA
Director
Department of Water Resources
7 Marina Parade
Banjul
tel +220 228216
fax +220 225009
IRELAND
Ms Evelyn Murphy
Marine Unit
Irish Meteorological Service
Glasnevin Hill
Dublin 9
tel +353 1 842 4411
fax +353 1 375 557
JORDAN
Dr Ahmad Abu-Hilal
Director
Marine Science Station
P.O. Box 195
Aqaba
tel +962 3 315144 and 315145
fax +962 3 313674
KUWAIT
Dr Abdullah Al-Salem
Manager, Hydraulics and Coastal
Engineering Department
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR)
P.O. Box 24885
13109 Safat
tel +965 4847093
fax +965 4815192
MAURITIUS
Mr S. Ragoonaden
Marine Meteorologist
Meteorological Services
Vacoas
tel +230 686 1031/32
fax +230 686 1033
NETHERLANDS
Mr Jan Schaap
PMO
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
P.O. Box 201
NL-3730 AE De Bilt
tel +31 30 2206911
fax +31 30 2210407
NEW ZEALAND
Ms Julie Fletcher, Marine Meteorological Officer
Meteorological Service of NZ Ltd
PO Box 722
Wellington
New Zealand
tel +64-4-4700 789
fax +64-4-4700 772
email:
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Mr S.V. Vasiliev
Roscomhydromet
Novovaganikovsky Street
Moscow 123242
tel +095
fax +095 253 9484
telex 411117 RUMS RF
SOUTH AFRICA
Mr Louis Vermaak
South Africa Weather Bureau
Private Bag X097
Pretoria
tel +27 12 309 3834
fax +27 12 309 3020
Email:
SPAIN
Mr César Belandia
Head, Observations and Instruments
Instituto Nacional de Meteorología
Apartado 285
28070 Madrid
tel +34 1 5819651
fax +34 1 5819846
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
H.E. Mohamed Yahya Al-Suweidi
Assistant Undersecretary for
Civil Aviation
Ministry of Communications
P.O. Box 900
Abu Dhabi
tel +971 2 662 908 (ext 227)
fax +971 2 651 691
UNITED KINGDOM
Mr Wynn Jones
Meteorological Office
Beaufort Park
Easthampstead
Wokingham, Berkshire RG11 3DN
tel +44 1344 855 897
fax +44 1344 855 603
Email:
URUGUAY
Capitán de Navío (C.G.) Don Guillemo Ramis
Direccíon Nacional de Meteorología
Javier Barrios Amorín 1488
Casilla de Correo 64
11200 Montevideo
tel +5982 405177
fax +5982 497391
USA
Mr Steve Cook
Manager, Global Drifter Center
NOAA/AOML
4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami FL 33149
tel +1 305 361 4455
fax +1 305 361 4448
Or contact Craig Engler, Email