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Deutscher  Wetterdienst  (DWD)
(German  Weather  Service)
DWD-P3  Operational  marine  meteorological  applications  and  services

GOOS  related  activity

Module

Research  /
operational

Measuring  data  /  products

Users

Measuring  techniques

(a)  Marine  meteorological  services

5

Operational

Marine  meteorological  analyses,  forecasts
and  warnings;  sea  state  forecasting  using
coupled  models;  shipping  route
recommendations,  information,  weather
forecasts  and  advice,  expert  opinions  on
past  weather  conditions,  climatological
pollution  parameters,  cargo  damage  etc.
Marine  meteorological  contributions  to
nautical  publications,  data  and  products
for  the  Internet,  special  products  through
on-line  services

The  entire  marine
industry,  scientific
and  nautical
institutions  and
authorities,  coastal
protection  and
disaster  prevention, ­
  environmental ­
  monitoring, ­
  insurance
companies,
tourism

Use  of  in-situ  and  remotely  sensed
data,  use  of  DWD  model  chain  and
coupled  wave  prediction  model,
other  models

(b)  Development  of  marine
climatological  basic  data  material  on  behalf  of
WMO  (Marine  Climatological  Summaries
Scheme)

5,1

Operational

10-year  or,  upon  request,  annual  statistics
of  marine  meteorol.  parameters  for  the
Atlantic  between  20°N  and  50°S;  charts
with  imprinted  data

Marine  meteorol.
and  oceanogr.
services,  scientific
institutions

Use  of  data  from  operational
marine  meteorological  monitoring
programmes

(c)  Monthly  climate  review  of  the
German  North  and  Baltic  Sea  coasts

5,1

Operational

Monthly  report  with  information  on  the
development  of  marine  meteorological
variables  in  the  German  coastal  areas

Nautical  sector,
scientific
institutions,
the  public

Use  of  marine  meteorological  data
from  the  coastal  region

(d)  Evaluation  of  global  monthly  atm.
pressure,  temperature  and  precipitation  data

5,1

Operational

Monthly  and  annual  reports  with  analyses
of  deviations  from  the  long-term  mean,  in
the  form  of  charts,  tables,  and  texts

State  authorities,
scientific
institutions,  private
users

Use  of  CLIMAT  reports  (monthly
means,  sums)  and  SYNOP  data

(e)  Hurricane  monitoring

5,1

Operational

Surveys,  charts,  information,  reports

DWD,  scientific
institutions

Use  of  hurricane  data