57 3.1.11(iii) Implementation/VOS Encourage the automation of observations VOS Number of AWS installed and reporting, and increase the number of on VOS AWS installed onboard ships to 500. 58 3.1.12 Implementation/VOS Follow guidelines from OceanOBS’09 VOS Ongoing Community White Paper by Kent et al, the Voluntary Observing Ship Scheme. 59 Implementation/VOS JCOMMOPS REAL vs. MASK Database VOS Ongoing needs to be kept up to date. VOS operators using REAL masking scheme to provide quarterly up to date information on REAL vs MASK to JCOMMOPS 60 3.3.9 Implementation/ASAP Collaborations between meteorological ASAP Ongoing services are also encouraged to set up and operate ASAP stations on board merchant vessels in line service 61 3.3.10 Design more robust, automated and ASAP 2015 New launching devices Instrumentation/ASAP launching devices available 62 3.4.14 Instrumentation/Ferrybox Consolidate FerryBox systems into Ferrybox 2015 operational Marine Core Services (MCS), and investigate how to find a mechanism for a sustainable funding of such “routine measurements” in order to guarantee the long-term operation. 63 2.3.3(iii) Instrumentation/Intercomparisons Contribute to development of guidelines TT-IS 2015 JCOMM Guidelines for for marine instrument intercomparisons marine instrument intercomparisons available 64 2.3.3(v) Instrumentation/Manufacturers Participate in the HMEI Manufacturers Ongoing Number of ship observation instrument manufacturers participating in HMEI 65 2.1.3(iii) Instrumentation/Plankton Establish plan for, and implement, global SOOP 2013 Publication of Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) surveys internationally agreed [towed from commercial vessels]. establishment of Note: Sir Alistair Hardy Foundation for Ocean agreements/frameworks Science (SAHFOS) had prepared a proposal for coordination of to expand the CPR network globally, which if sustained global successful would create a focal point for CPR Continuous Plankton observations. Recorder surveys; implementation according to plan.
57 3.1.11(iii) Implementation/VOS Encourage the automation of observations and reporting, and increase the number of AWS installed onboard ships to 500. VOS Number of AWS installed on VOS 58 3.1.12 Implementation/VOS Follow guidelines from OceanOBS’09 Community White Paper by Kent et al, the Voluntary Observing Ship Scheme. VOS Ongoing 59 Implementation/VOS JCOMMOPS REAL vs. MASK Database needs to be kept up to date. VOS operators using REAL masking scheme to provide quarterly up to date information on REAL vs MASK to JCOMMOPS VOS Ongoing 60 3.3.9 Implementation/ASAP Collaborations between meteorological services are also encouraged to set up and operate ASAP stations on board merchant vessels in line service ASAP Ongoing 61 3.3.10 Instrumentation/ASAP Design more robust, automated and launching devices ASAP 2015 New launching devices available 62 3.4.14 Instrumentation/Ferrybox Consolidate FerryBox systems into operational Marine Core Services (MCS), and investigate how to find a mechanism for a sustainable funding of such “routine measurements” in order to guarantee the long-term operation. Ferrybox 2015 63 2.3.3(iii) Instrumentation/Intercomparisons Contribute to development of guidelines for marine instrument intercomparisons TT-IS 2015 JCOMM Guidelines for marine instrument intercomparisons available 64 2.3.3(v) Instrumentation/Manufacturers Participate in the HMEI Manufacturers Ongoing Number of ship observation instrument manufacturers participating in HMEI 65 2.1.3(iii) Instrumentation/Plankton Establish plan for, and implement, global Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) surveys [towed from commercial vessels]. Note: Sir Alistair Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS) had prepared a proposal to expand the CPR network globally, which if successful would create a focal point for CPR observations. SOOP 2013 Publication of internationally agreed establishment of agreements/frameworks for coordination of sustained global Continuous Plankton Recorder surveys; implementation according to plan.
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