Pierre DANIELMétéo-France

Technologies for Search, Assistance and RescueBrest, France, 18-19-20 October 2004

A review of the perspectives presented

at OceanOps04

• JCOMM

• OCEAN OPS 04

• Outcome

Outline

Intergovernmental body of technical experts in the field of

oceanography and marine meteorology, with a

mandate to prepare both:

regulatory material (what Member States shall do)

guidance material (what Member States should do)

Joint WMO/IOC Commission for Oceanography and Marine

Meteorology

JCOMM

Integrated ocean observing system

Integrated data management

State-of-the-art technologies and capabilities

New products and services

User responsiveness and interaction

Involvement of all maritime countries

JCOMM

JCOMM structure

GMDSS

Global Maritime Distress & Safety System

Defined by IMO for the provision of marine security information and the coordination of SAR alerts on a global basis. It is fully Operational since February 1999

A web site providing real-time maritime weather information is run by Météo-France:

http://weather.gmdss.org

Marine Pollution Emergency Response Support System

MPERSS

provision of meteorological and oceanographic information for marine pollution emergency response operations outside waters under national jurisdiction

Operational metocean products and services in support of maritime safety and environmental management

Toulouse, 10-15 May 2004

150 participants from 30 countries

OCEAN OPS 04

Covering topics such as:

user requirements

observing systems

environmental management

climate forecasting

ocean modeling and forecasting

various aspects of marine pollution emergencies

OCEAN OPS 04

17-18 May: session of the ad hoc Task Team on MPERSS

19-21 May: Services Programme Area Coordination Group

Two other meetings

Creation of a new task team on JCOMM Ocean Products Development

Template for a JCOMM provider of operational oceanographic services and products

transformation of the MPERSS Task team into an Expert Team on Marine Pollution Response and Search and Rescue Support (MAPSAR)

a web site dedicated to MPERSS developed and hosted by Météo-France

Outcome

www.mperss.org

MPERSS Web site

JCOMM Management Committee (Paris, 23-26 February 2005)

JCOMM-II (Halifax, Canada, 19-28 September 2005)

Next JCOMM meetings