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The National Focal Points are the appropriate contact points in each Member State for affairs regarding the implementation of the Global Ocean Oberving System (GOOS) at national and global levels.
This list of DBCP National Focal Points is based on answers to Circular Letter 2666 sent on 1 June 2017 requesting nominations for GOOS, former JCOMM, Argo, GLOSS, SOT and DBCP focal points.
DBCP Focal Points are nominated via one of following channels : Permanent Representative with WMO, IOC National Focal Point, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Permanent Delegation to UNESCO.
Scans of all nominations for focal points received to date can be found here.
The National Focal Points are the appropriate contact points in each Member State for affairs regarding the implementation of the Global Ocean Oberving System (GOOS) at national and global levels.
This list of DBCP National Focal Points is based on answers to Circular Letter 2666 sent on 1 June 2017 requesting nominations for GOOS, former JCOMM, Argo, GLOSS, SOT and DBCP focal points.
DBCP Focal Points are nominated via one of following channels : Permanent Representative with WMO, IOC National Focal Point, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Permanent Delegation to UNESCO.
Scans of all nominations 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 | ||
| Zacharie Sohou
Centre de Recherches Halieutiques et Océanologiques du Bénin |
Benin | ||
| Karim HILMI
Institut National de Recherche Halieutique, Centre Régional de Casablanca |
Morocco | ||
| Wattana Kanbua
Thai Meteorological Department, Meteorological Development Division |
Thailand | ||
| Paul Oloo
Kenya Meteorological Department |
Kenya | ||
| Veselka Marinova
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Oceanology |
Bulgaria | ||
| The Director DWS
Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources and† |
Gambia | ||
| Rick Lumpkin
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory |
United States of America | ||
| René J. Rozeboom
Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut |
Netherlands | ||
| Columba Creamer
Met Éireann, the Irish Meteorological Service Online Headquarters |
Ireland | ||
| Igor Ashik
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute |
Russian Federation | ||
| Svein Osterhus
Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research |
Norway | ||
| Kai HERKLOTZ
Bundesamt fuer Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency) |
Germany | ||
| George Petihakis
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Crete |
Greece | ||
| Stein Sandven
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center |
Norway | ||
| Xiaoxia Li
China Meteorological Administration |
China | ||
| Fraser Cunningham
Met Office |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||
| MOHAMED LAMINE KEITA
Centre de Recherche Scientifique de Conakry Rogbanè |
Guinea | ||
| George STAFFORD
Ministry of Fisheries & Water Resources. |
Gambia | ||
| Wilberforce Kikwasi
Tanzania Meteorological Authority |
United Republic of Tanzania | ||
| John Paul Unyimadu
Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research |
Nigeria | ||
| Indra JAYA
Bogor Agricultural University, Department of Marine Science and Technology |
Indonesia | ||
| Myrian Tamayo
Marina de Guerra del Perú, Dirección de Hidrografía y Navegación |
Peru | ||
| Shameem Hassan BHUIYAN
Bangladesh Meteorological Department |
Bangladesh | ||
| Arulananthan Kanapathipilli | Sri Lanka | ||
| Joel Cabrie
Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne |
Australia | ||
| Wilder Álvarez
Dirección General Marítima Colombia |
Colombia | ||
| Bope Bope Lapwong
Centre de Controle et Surveillance de la Pollution Marine |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||
| Randi Ingvaldsen
Institute of Marine Research |
Norway | ||
| Steve Knowles
Meteorological Service of New Zealand |
New Zealand | ||
| Miriam Lucero
Instituto Oceanográfico y Antártico de la Armada del Ecuador |
Ecuador | ||
| M. Arshid Javed
Pakistan Navy |
Pakistan | ||
| Vlad Radulescu
National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-ecology |
Romania | ||
| Propice Mougouba
Centre National des Données et de l'Information Océanographiques, Gabon |
Gabon | ||
| Behzad Layeghi
Islamic Republic Of Iran Meteorological Organization |
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | ||
| Daniel Hayes
Oceanography Centre, University of Cyprus |
Cyprus | ||
| Emre Tukenmez
Turkish Naval Forces, Office of Navigation, Hydrography and Oceanography |
Türkiye | ||
| Tobias Ferreira
Navy Hydrographic Center (CHM) |
Brazil | ||
| Lilach Lev
Israel Meteorological Service |
Israel | ||
| Maja Jeromel
Slovenian Environment Agency |
Slovenia | ||
| Xinyang Yue
National Marine Data and Information Service |
China | ||
| Karim Hilmi
Institut National de Recherche Halieutique, Centre Régional de Casablanca |
Morocco | ||
| Rita Esteves
Instituto Hidrográfico Lisboa |
Portugal | ||
| Alvaro Scardilli
Servicio de Hdrografía Naval |
Argentina | ||
| Anna Wranne
Voice of the Ocean Foundation |
Sweden | Sweden | |
| Patricia Arreaga
Instituto Oceanográfico y Antártico de la Armada del Ecuador |
Ecuador | ||
| Emre Gulher
Turkish Naval Forces, Office of Navigation, Hydrography and Oceanography |
Türkiye | ||
| Riikka Hietala
Finnish Meteorological Institute |
Finland | Finland | |
| Ahmed Makaoui
Institut National de Recherche Halieutique - Centre Régional de Dakhla |
Morocco | ||
| Dhifaf Abdulelah Mahdi Al-Khafaji
Ministry of Water Resources |
Iraq | ||
| Antonio Miguel Piecho-Santos
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I. P. |
Portugal | ||
| Dijana Klaric
Meteorological and Hydrological Service - Headquarters |
Croatia | ||
| Haji Abdul Majid Bin Rais
Malaysia Marine Department |
Malaysia | ||
| Tania Daniels
South African Weather Service |
South Africa | ||
| Raquel Somavilla Cabrillo
Instituto Español de Oceanografía – Centro Oceanográfico de Gijón |
Spain | ||
| Shou SHIMAMURA
Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo |
Japan | ||
| Marios Josephides
Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, Department of Meteorology |
Cyprus | ||
| Al-Azhar Ali Alazri
Public Authority of Civil Aviation |
Oman | ||
| Aizat Yeltay
РГП "Казгидромет" |
Kazakhstan | ||
| Yousif Al-Ossiri
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) |
Kuwait | ||
| Hemanaden Runghen
Department for Continental Shelf, Maritime Zones Administration and Exploration |
Mauritius | ||
| Tun Win
Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, Nay Pyi Taw |
Myanmar | ||
| Maurizio Ferla
Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA) |
Italy | ||
| Abdulla Wahid
Maldives Meteorological Service |
Maldives | ||
| Samuel Ngari
Cook Islands Meteorological Service |
Cook Islands | ||
| Fernando Siringan
University of the Philippines Diliman, Marine Science Institute |
Philippines | ||
| ARCENE Mohamed
Agence Nationale de l'Aviation Civile et de la Météorologie |
Comoros | ||
| Amr Hamouda
National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Cairo |
Egypt | ||
| Cassandra Nanlal
Institute of Marine Affairs |
Trinidad and Tobago | ||
| Awenti Yombom
Direction de la Meteorologie Nationale |
Cameroon | ||
| Christophe Guillerm
Météo France, Centre de Météorologie Marine |
France | ||
| Alexander Zucconi
Monitoring and Data Service, Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada |
Canada | ||
| Do Duong
Vietnam Meteorological and Hydrological Administration |
Viet Nam | ||
| Krzysztof Pilczynski
Institute of Meteorology and Water Management |
Poland | ||
| International Cooperation and NHMS
Ministry of Energy, Republic State Enterprise "Kazhydromet" |
Kazakhstan | ||
| Ching-chi Lam
Hong Kong Observatory |
China | ||
| Mouna KETATA
Ministere du transport, Institut National de la Meteorologie |
Tunisia | ||
| Tata Sudhakar
National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai |
India | ||
| Mike Osei-Atweneboana
CSIR- Water Research Institute |
Ghana | ||
| Harald Urbina
Chilean Navy Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service |
Chile | ||
| Dewdath Bhaggoe
Meteorological Service Suriname |
Suriname | ||
| Saud Al-Harthi
National Center for Meteorology |
Saudi Arabia | ||
| Seung-Kyun PARK
Korea Meteorological Administration |
Republic of Korea |