OPERATIONAL METOCEAN PRODUCTS AND SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF MARINE POLLUTION EMERGENCY RESPONSE OPERATIONS

摘要

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in conjunction with IMO and UNESCO have established a framework for a global Marine Pollution Emergency Response Support System (MPERSS). National Meteorological Services are traditionally called upon to provide a range of meteorological and oceano-graphic data and services to support operations in response to various marine pollution emergencies, normally working closely with national response agencies when incidents occur in territorial or international waters. To ensure that similar services are available in developing countries and international waters WMO in 1994 established MPERSS. This system has been designed to provide a coherent, internationally coordinated approach to the provision of meteorological and oceanographic services worldwide to marine pollution incidents no matter where and when they happen.rnToday, the quality and breadth of data products expected by marine industries has expanded considerably and the challenge is to ensure that they provide value to the present and future generation of maritime applications. Operational met-ocean services rely on complex and expensive data collection and real time synthesis systems that must interact in real time across international boundaries. The IOCIWMO Joint Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) has been created to facilitate the development and application of globally distributed marine meteorological and oceanographic services and their supporting observational, data management and capacity building programmes. A close dialog between those people pioneering the development of the next generation of maritime service infrastructures and those using their output in maritime applications is essential to ensure value for money and maximum impact across all maritime operational services.