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UNEP Questionnaire for
Earthwatch Partners |
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PROGRAMME
NAME |
Ocean Buoy Programme
(BUOY)
The Marine Meteorology and Oceanography Programme
WMO/World Weather Watch Programme (WWW)
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URL/
Website |
http://www.jcomm.info
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Description |
As a contribution to
the WWW/GOS, the network comprises more than 200 moored buoys for surface and sub-surface
meteorological and oceanographic variables; and about 1,200 drifting buoys for surface meteorological and marine variables (about half of them reporting sea level pressure). All in situ
components are coordinated with ocean satellite observations. These
platforms are owned and operated by Members of WMO and Member States of
IOC, and coordinated as part of a global operational system by JCOMM. Data
quality monitoring is undertaken primarily by RSMC Bracknell, the European
Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting and the Marine Environmental
Data Centre, Canada, as well as a number of operational meteorological and
oceanographic centres participating in the quality control guidelines
operated by the DBCP.
Details of buoy and float platforms are available
through JCOMMOPS. |
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Agenda
21 - Areas of particular focus or interest |
Atmosphere - Oceans - Climate Change - Desertification -
Health - Human Settlements - Sustainable Development - Waste |
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Regions |
Worldwide |
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Data
collection, Observation, Monitoring
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Ocean
sub-surface: temperature, salinity, currents.
Ocean surface: temperature, salinity, currents, pCO2, sea level, waves.
Atmosphere: Pressure, temperature, wind.
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URL/
Data collection., Observ., Monitor. |
http://www.jcommops.org |
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URL/Assessment and Analysis |
http://www.jcommops.org |
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URL/Indicators |
http://www.jcommops.org
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URL/Modelling |
http://iri.ldeo.columbia.edu/climate/monitoring/ipb/index.html
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URL/Early warning mechanisms |
http://weather.gmdss.org |
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URL/
Reports, Information dissemination |
http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/amp/mmop/observations_en.html
http://www.jcomm.info
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Major
Assessment Reports |
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URL/
Network dev. and support |
http://www.jcommops.org |
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Networks
managed by Agency/Prog. |
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URL/
Capacity building |
http://www.wmo.int/web/aom/marprog
http://www.jcommweb.net
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Responsible
Office/Person
(for inquiries or follow-up) |
Dr Miroslav Ondras
Chief, Observing Systems Division
WMO/OBS Department
CP 2300
CH-1211 Geneva 2
Switzerland
Tel.: +(41 22) 730 8409
Fax: +(41 22) 730 8021
mondras@wmo.int
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