The IOC JCOMM National Focal Points are the appropriate contact points in each Member State for affairs regarding the Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology at national and global levels, from the oceanographic perspective.
This list of JCOMM National Focal Points is based on answers to IOC Circular letter 2666 sent on 1 June 2017 requesting nominations for GOOS, JCOMM, Argo, GLOSS, SOT and DBCP focal points.
IOC JCOMM Focal Points are nominated via one of three channels : IOC National Focal Point, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Permanent Delegation to UNESCO.
Scans of all nominations forms for focal points received to date can be found here.
| Member | Role | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco Gavidia Medina
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales de El Salvador (MARN) |
El Salvador | ||
| Serge Scory
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Operational Directorate Natural Environment, Belgian Marine Data Centre |
Belgium | ||
| Takashi YOSHIDA
Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo |
Japan | ||
| Faiza Al-Yamani
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) |
Kuwait | ||
| Natalya Ivkina
РГП "Казгидромет" |
Kazakhstan | ||
| Karim HILMI
Institut National de Recherche Halieutique, Centre Régional de Casablanca |
Morocco | ||
| Somkiat Khokiattiwong
Phuket Marine Biological Center |
Thailand | ||
| Atanas Palazov
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Oceanology |
Bulgaria | ||
| REGINA FOLORUNSHO
Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research |
Nigeria | ||
| Nadia Pinardi
Università di Bologna - Alma Mater Studiorum, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia |
Italy | ||
| Emma Giada Matschinske
Brazilian Navy Hydrographic Center, Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation |
Brazil | ||
| Kevin Horsburgh
NERC National Oceanography Centre, UK |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||
| Luminita Buga
National Institute for Marine Research and Development “Grigore Antipa” |
Romania | ||
| Sung Hyup You
Korea Meteorological Administration |
Republic of Korea | ||
| Mohamed Said
National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria |
Egypt | ||
| Luis Vidal Lema
Chilean Navy Weather Service |
Chile | ||
| Renganaden Virasami
Mauritius Meteorological Services |
Mauritius | ||
| David Legler
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research |
United States of America | ||
| Nelly Riama
BADAN METEOROLOGI, KLIMATOLOGI, DAN GEOFISIKA |
Indonesia | ||
| Tim Moltmann
Integrated Marine Observing System |
Australia | ||
| Tijani Bojang
Ministry of Fisheries & Water Resources. |
Gambia | ||
| Vasily Smolyanitsky
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute |
Russian Federation | ||
| Matheos Papadakis
Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, Department of Meteorology |
Cyprus | ||
| R. Venkatesan
National Centre for Coastal Research |
India | ||
| Alicia Lavin
Instituto Español de Oceanografía – Centro Oceanográfico de Santander |
Spain | ||
| Cossi Georges Epiphane DEGBE
Centre de Recherches Halieutiques et Océanologiques du Bénin |
Benin | ||
| Henning Wehde
Institute of Marine Research |
Norway | ||
| Wenxi Xiang
National Marine Data and Information Service |
China | ||
| Bernd BRUGGE
Bundesamt fuer Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency) |
Germany | ||
| Anabela Carvalho | Portugal | ||
| Juma Al-Maskari
Directorate General of Meteorology & Air Navigation |
Oman | ||
| José Domínguez Viloria
Servicio de Oceanografía, Hidrografía y Meteorología de la Armada |
Uruguay | ||
| Sidi Bobba
Office National de Météorologie |
Mauritania | ||
| Mireille Mayoka
Meteo-France, Toulouse |
France | ||
| Wojciech Kraśniewski
Institute of Meteorology and Water Management |
Poland | ||
| Carlos Zuniga
Servicio Hidrográfico y Oceanográfico de la Armada |
Chile | ||
| Juan Moreno Rincon
Dirección General Marítima Colombia |
Colombia | ||
| Leonidas Perivoliotis
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture |
Greece | ||
| Sieuwnath Naipal
Anton de Kom Universiteit van Suriname |
Suriname | ||
| Maja Jeromel
Slovenian Environment Agency |
Slovenia | ||
| Keith Lennon
Marine Environmental Data Section (MEDS), Oceans Science Branch (DFO - OSB), Fisheries and Oceans Canada |
Canada | ||
| Bates Manea
Meteorological Service |
Cook Islands | ||
| Karim Hilmi
Institut National de Recherche Halieutique, Centre Régional de Casablanca |
Morocco | ||
| Caroline Cusack
Marine Institute Headquarters, Galway |
Ireland | ||
| Nodar Tsivtsivadze
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University |
Georgia | ||
| Wenxi Xiang
National Marine Data and Information Service |
China | ||
| Jadranka Sepic
Prirodoslovno-matematicki fakultet, Sveuciliste u Splitu |
Croatia | ||
| Thierno Alhouseein Barry
Centre de Recherche Scientifique de Conakry Rogbanè |
Guinea | ||
| João Vitorino | Portugal | ||
| Jean Damien Maloba Makanga
Centre National des Données et de l'Information Océanographiques, Gabon |
Gabon | ||
| Dhifaf Abdulelah Mahdi Al-Khafaji
Ministry of Water Resources |
Iraq | ||
| Marios Josephides
Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, Department of Meteorology |
Cyprus | ||
| Wee Kiong Cheong
Meteorological Service Singapore |
Singapore | ||
| Than Naing
Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, Nay Pyi Taw |
Myanmar | ||
| Abdulla Wahid
Maldives Meteorological Service |
Maldives | ||
| Alua Sakhanova
Hydrometeorological Center |
Kazakhstan | ||
| Lungu Louis
Ministere de l'Environnement et Developpement Durable |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||
| Cecilia Monteverde
Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration |
Philippines |