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

Email

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

Email

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

Email

Email

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