Repository of community practices in Ocean Research, Applications and Data/Information Management
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Advances in the Applications of Marine Climatology - the dynamic part of the WMO Guide to the Applications of Marine Climatology (Rev. 1, June 2005).
(World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, 2005)The CLIMAR99-WMO International Workshop on Advances in Marine Climatology, took place in September 1999 in Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada, and was hosted by the Meteorological Service of Canada, with additional ... -
Best guide and principles manual for the Ships of Opportunity Program (SOOP) and expendable bathythermograph (XBT) operations.
(World Meteorological Organization & Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, 2001)This guide provides the best guide practices for the Ship of Opportunity Program for operating Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) practices. -
Best practices related to mooring set-up. Presented at: Workshop on training for less experienced users of hardware 15th September 2015, Trieste, Italy.
(OGS: Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e Geofisica Sperimentale, Trieste, Italy, 2015)Approaching an oceanographic mooring Principles of “Best Practices” in all phases of the system (predeployment test, maintenance, calibration etc.) should be followed. They cover the entire infrastructural chain of data ... -
Electronic Chart Systems Ice Objects Catalogue Version 5.2, 2014 edition
(WMO/JCOMM Expert Team on Sea Ice, Geneva, Switzerland, 2014)Electronic Navigation Charts (ENC) and Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS) are becoming widely available on ships navigating in icy waters and it is necessary to provide ice data in a form that can be ... -
Electronic Chart Systems Ice Objects Catalogue, Version 5.1. Draft for Approval. February 2012. [SUPERSEDED by http://hdl.handle.net/11329/403]
(WMO/JCOMM Expert Team on Sea Ice, Geneva, Switzerland, 2012)Many Arctic and Baltic nations maintain Ice Services and issue ice charts on a regular basis when marine activities are occurring in the vicinity of sea ice and icebergs. These ice charts are used on ships as an aid ... -
Electronic Chart Systems Ice Objects Catalogue. Version 4. [SUPERSEDED by http://hdl.handle.net/11329/135]
(Canadian Ice Service, Ottawa, Canada, 2007)A number of northern nations, particularly, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Russian Federation, the United States, and those bordering on the Baltic Sea, maintain Ice Services (for a complete list of national ice services ... -
Estimation of extreme wind wave heights.
(WMO & IOC, Geneva, 2000)This publication provides not simple estimates of extreme wind wave heights, but informative and authoritative support in their decision-making. -
Extreme value analysis: wave data
(WMO-JCOMM, Geneva, Switzerland, 2011)Estimates of the m-year return value of significant wave height ─ the value which is exceeded on average once every m years ─ are needed for the safety control and design of ship, offshore, and coastal structures, ... -
Guide to Data Collection and Location Services using Service Argos. Revision 1.
(WMO and IOC, Data Buoy Cooperation Panel, 2011)The Argos system locates fixed and mobile platforms and collects environmental data from them. The system was developed under a co-operative programme between the French Space Agency (CNES, France), the National Aeronautics ... -
Ice Chart Colour Code Standard, Version 1.0, 2014.
(World Meteorological Organization & Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Geneva, Switzerland, 2014)This document describes two separate colour codes for use on ice charts: the first one based on total concentration (CT) intended for use when the stage of development is relatively uniform but concentration is highly ... -
IHO Standards for Hydrographic Surveys, Edition 6.0.0 September 2020.
(International Hydrographic Organization, Monaco, 2020)This publication aims to provide a set of standards for hydrographic surveys primarily used to compile navigational charts essential for the safety of navigation, knowledge and the protection of the marine environment. It ... -
JCOMM Data Management Plan.
(WMO & IOC, Geneva, 2015)JCOMM was established by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) in 1999 to be their major advisory body on all technical aspects of operational marine ... -
Manual on Sea-level Measurements and Interpretation, Volume V: Radar Gauges. [includes Supplement Practical Experiences]
(Intergovernmental Oceanographic Comission of UNESCO, Paris, France, 2016)Volume 5 which is devoted specifically to ‘Radar Tide Gauges’. Radar range finders have been used in industry (where they measure the levels of liquids in tanks) and hydrology (for measuring river, lake and reservoir ... -
An Oceanographers’ and Marine Meteorologists’ Cookbook for Submitting Data and Metadata in Real-time and Delayed Mode.
(Joint Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM), Geneva, Switzerland, 2015)There are many marine meteorological and oceanographic (met-ocean) observations which are not currently contributing to WMO and IOC Applications. Several reasons may explain the situation, including for example reluctance ... -
Oceanographic and Marine Meteorological Observations in the Polar Regions - A report to the Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology.
(WMO & IOC, Observations Coordination Group (OCG), 2000)In Geneva, December 6-8, 1999, a meeting of experts was held to discuss a JCOMM/GOOS Polar Region Strategy. It was agreed on the importance of developing an integrated Polar Region Strategy Document for JCOMM. This document ... -
Proceedings of the Ice Analysts Workshop, Rostock, Germany, 12-17 June 2008.
(WMO & IOC, Geneva, 2008)These are the Proceedings of the Ice Analysts Workshop, Rostock, Germany, 12-17 June 2008. CD ROM and available ftp://ftp.wmo.int/Documents/PublicWeb/amp/mmop/documents/JCOMM-TR/J-TR-43-IAW-2008/. -
Recommended algorithms for the computation of marine meteorological variables
(Joint Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM), Geneva, Switzerland, 2015)A range of variables observed under the Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) scheme, and circulated over the Global Telecommunication System (GTS) in real-time (RT), or exchanged internationally in delayed mode (DM), may be ... -
SIGRID-3 : a vector archive format for sea ice georeferenced information and data. Version 3.0.
(WMO & IOC, Geneva, Switzerland, 2014)This document describes Version 3.0 of SIGRID-3 (Sea Ice GeoReferenced Information and Data), an evolution of the SIGRID series of standards for coding, exchange and archiving of digital ice charts. Version 3.0 retains ... -
SOOP Basic ship visit and rider rules. [NO LONGER ABLE TO LINK TO THIS]
(SOT, WMO & IOC, 2003)The following guidelines pertain to any person who might have occasion to visit, install, repair or replace equipment, or ride on any Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) participating in any program to collect scientific ... -
SOT Recruitment presentation : Partnership between marine industry and the marine meteorological & oceanographic communities. Version 3, 2008.
(WMO & IOC, Geneva, Switzerland, 2008)This is a series of PowerPoint slides describing SOT VOS recruit information. Powerpoint presentation entitled "Partnership between Marine Industry and the Marine Meteorological and Oceanographic Communities" to be used ...
