- A DBCP Action Group is an independent self-funded body that maintains, as a significant element of its responsibilities, an observational buoy programme providing meteorological and oceanographic data for real-time and/or research purposes in support of the World Weather Watch (WWW), the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), and the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), and other relevant WMO and IOC programmes.
- Action Groups of the DBCP shall support the aims and objectives of the DBCP - as set out in the terms of reference of the DBCP - particularly with respect to:
- Provision of good quality and timely data to users
- Insertion of real-time (or near real-time) data into the GTS
- Exchange of information on data buoy activities and development and transfer of appropriate technology
- An Action Group may be regional or national in nature provided that its programme benefits a regional or international community.
- To be adopted as an Action Group of the DBCP the terms of reference or operating principles of the body or programme shall be submitted to a session of the DBCP for formal approval. Once approved these shall be lodged with the Secretariats of WMO and IOC.
- The DBCP shall support the activities of its adopted action groups especially through the assistance of its officers ( technical co-ordinator and the Secretariats of WMO and IOC) as far as resources allow.
- Action Groups of the DBCP shall submit annual reports of their activities to the Chairperson of the DBCP.
| Member | Role | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roberta Boscolo
World Meteorological Organization |
Switzerland | ||
| Andrew Dickson
University of California, San Diego |
United States of America | ||
| Chris Hughes
University of Liverpool, Department of Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||
| Anthony Knap
Texas A&M University |
United States of America | ||
| Michael Lomas
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences |
United States of America | ||
| Thomas Trull
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Hobart |
Australia | ||
| Francisco Chavez
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute |
United States of America | ||
| Mike McCann
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute |
United States of America | ||
| Harald Loeng
Institute of Marine Research |
Norway | ||
| Liliane Merlivat
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls sur Mer |
France | ||
| Roger LUKAS
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Oceanography |
United States of America | ||
| John ORCUTT
University of San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
United States of America | ||
| Lynne TALLEY
University of San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
United States of America | ||
| Alejandro Orsi
Texas A&M University, College Station – Department of Oceanography |
United States of America | ||
| David CHECKLEY
University of San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
United States of America | ||
| Kevin Speer
Florida State University, Department of Oceanography |
United States of America | ||
| Molly BARINGER
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory |
United States of America | ||
| Ariel Troisi
Servicio de Hdrografía Naval |
Argentina | ||
| Jonathan Turton
Met Office |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||
| Hedinn Valdimarsson
Marine Research Institute, Hafrannsóknastofnunin. |
Iceland | ||
| Johannes Karstensen
GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel |
Germany | ||
| Pattabhi Rama Rao Eluri
Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services |
India | ||
| Robert Weller
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
United States of America | ||
| Edmo Campos
Instituto Oceanografico da Universidade de Sao Paulo |
Brazil | ||
| Sylvie Pouliquen
Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, Ifremer, Centre de Bretagne |
France | ||
| Taco De Bruin
Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee |
Netherlands | ||
| Stephen Diggs
University Of California Office of the President (UCOP) |
United States of America | ||
| Michael McPhaden | United States of America | ||
| David Meldrum | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||
| Derrick Snowden
NOAA/US Integrated Ocean Observing System |
United States of America | ||
| Pierre Blouch
Météo France, Centre de Météorologie Marine |
France | ||
| Scott Woodruff | United States of America | ||
| Lithakazi MKATSHWA
South African Weather Service, Head Office |
South Africa | ||
| Ken Jarrott
Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne |
Australia | ||
| Al Wallace | Canada | ||
| Joe Linguanti
Institute of Ocean Science (DFO – IOS), Fisheries and Oceans Canada |
Canada | ||
| Jean Rolland
Météo France, Centre de Météorologie Marine |
France | ||
| H. Paul Freitag
NOAA Fisheries' National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle |
United States of America | ||
| Ignatius Rigor
Polar Science Center |
United States of America | ||
| Luca Centurioni
University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
United States of America | ||
| Shaun R Dolk
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory |
United States of America | ||
| Eric R Locklear
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring |
United States of America | ||
| Steven C. Hankin
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research / Pacific Marine Environmental Labolatory |
United States of America | ||
| Nan Galbraith
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
United States of America | ||
| Robert Lawson
Science Applications International Corporation, San Diego |
United States of America | ||
| Diana GREENSLADE
Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne |
Australia | ||
| Jerome Aucan
Pacific Community |
New Caledonia | ||
| Christian Haas
Alfred-Wegener-Institut (Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung) |
Germany | ||
| Rick Lumpkin
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory |
United States of America | ||
| Chung-Chu Teng
NOAA Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) |
United States of America | ||
| Chris Marshall
Environment Canada, Meteorological Service of Canada, Ontario |
Canada | ||
| Julie Thomas
University of San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
United States of America | ||
| Christian Meinig
NOAA Ocean and Atmospheric Research (OAR) |
United States of America | ||
| Laurent Coppola
Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche |
France | ||
| Christopher Sabine
NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory |
United States of America | ||
| M Ravichandran | India | ||
| Svein Osterhus
Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research |
Norway | ||
| Makio Honda
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka |
Japan | ||
| Dave Karl
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Oceanography |
United States of America | ||
| Douglas Wallace
Dalhousie University, Faculty of Science |
Canada | ||
| VSN Murty
CSIR National Institute of Oceanography Regional Centre |
India | ||
| Ed Boyle
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
United States of America | ||
| Matthias Lankhorst
University of San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
United States of America | ||
| Maureen Pagnani | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||
| Meghan Cronin
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research / Pacific Marine Environmental Labolatory |
United States of America | ||
| Thierry Carval
Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, Ifremer, Centre de Bretagne |
France | ||
| Eric Schulz
Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne |
Australia | ||
| Dimitris Kassis
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Hellenic National Oceanographic Data Centre (HNODC) |
Greece | ||
| Rod Johnson | United States of America | ||
| Peter Hacker
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Oceanography |
United States of America | ||
| Aurelie Briand
Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, Ifremer, Centre de Bretagne |
France | ||
| Kentaro Ando
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka |
Japan | ||
| Fernando Santiago-Mandujano
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Oceanography |
United States of America | ||
| Matthew Church
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Oceanography |
United States of America | ||
| Peter Cornillon
University of Rhode Island |
United States of America | ||
| Yasunori Hanafusa
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka |
Japan | ||
| Songnian Jiang | United States of America | ||
| Oscar Pizarro
University of Concepcion, Department of Geophysics |
Chile | ||
| Christopher Meinen
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory |
United States of America | ||
| Frederico Saraiva Nogueira
Brazilian Navy Hydrographic Center, Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation |
Brazil | ||
| Nick Street
Sonardyne International Ltd., Head Office |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||
| Christine Provost | France | ||
| Arnold Gordon
Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory |
United States of America | ||
| Andrew J. Watson
University of East Anglia, School of Environmental Sciences |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||
| Vanessa Cardin
Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, Trieste |
Italy | ||
| Albert Plueddemann
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
United States of America | ||
| Bruce Huber
Colombia University, Earth Institute, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory |
United States of America | ||
| Bogi Hansen
Faroe Marine Research Institute |
Faeroe Islands | ||
| Bronte Tilbrook
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart |
Australia | ||
| Frank Whitney
Institute of Ocean Science (DFO – IOS), Fisheries and Oceans Canada |
Canada | ||
| Scott Nodder
National Institute for Water & Atmospheric Research |
New Zealand | ||
| George Petihakis
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Crete |
Greece | ||
| Hiroshi Ichikawa
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka |
Japan | ||
| Detlef Quadfasel | Germany | ||
| Darren Rayner
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||
| Dwi Susanto | United States of America | ||
| Jürgen Fischer
GEOMAR | Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel |
Germany | ||
| John Toole | United States of America | ||
| Kim Currie
National Institute for Water & Atmospheric Research |
New Zealand | ||
| Marie Robert
Institute of Ocean Science (DFO – IOS), Fisheries and Oceans Canada |
Canada | ||
| Christine Best
Monitoring and Data Service, Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada |
Canada | ||
| Paul Poli
Météo France, Centre de Météorologie Marine |
France | ||
| Pablo Clemente-Colon
US National Ice Center |
United States of America | ||
| Takashi Kikuchi
JAMSTEC Tokyo Office |
Japan | ||
| Katrina Tiongson
Environment Canada, Meteorological Service of Canada, Ontario |
Canada | ||
| Marcel Nicolas
Alfred-Wegener-Institut (Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung) |
Germany | ||
| Cathleen Geiger
University of Delaware |
United States of America | ||
| Tania Daniels
South African Weather Service |
South Africa | ||
| Mayra Pazos
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory |
United States of America | ||
| Erik Valdes | United States of America | ||
| Champika Gallage
World Meteorological Organization - Observing System and Information Department |
Switzerland | ||
| Byung-Gul Lee
Cheju National University, College of Ocean Science |
Republic of Korea | ||
| Mayra Pazos
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory |
United States of America | ||
| Myungwon Park
Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Administration, Incheon |
Republic of Korea | ||
| Jooyoung Lee
Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Administration |
Republic of Korea | ||
| Sang Kil Park
Pusan National University |
Republic of Korea | ||
| Serge Deschamps
Environment Canada, Meteorological Service of Canada, Ontario |
Canada | ||
| Laura Medeiros
Environment Canada |
Canada | ||
| Kai HERKLOTZ
Bundesamt fuer Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency) |
Germany | ||
| Gilbert Emzivat
Météo France, Centre de Météorologie Marine |
France | ||
| Maris de la Serna
Puertos del Estado |
Spain | ||
| John Mungai
Kenya Meteorological Department |
Kenya | ||
| Venkata V. Gopalakrishna
CSIR - National Institute of Oceanography, Goa |
India | ||
| R. Venkatesan
National Centre for Coastal Research |
India | ||
| Christopher Kyle Rushing | United States of America | ||
| Kenneth Connell
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research / Pacific Marine Environmental Labolatory |
United States of America | ||
| Tshikana Rasehlomi
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment |
South Africa | ||
| Marcio Ferreira
Brazilian Navy Hydrographic Center, Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation |
Brazil | ||
| Ahmed Makaoui
Institut National de Recherche Halieutique - Centre Régional de Dakhla |
Morocco | ||
| John Wasserman
NOAA National Data Buoy Center |
United States of America | ||
| Denis Chang Seng
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO |
France | ||
| Ting Yu
UNESCO-IOC |
France | ||
| Nelly Riama
BADAN METEOROLOGI, KLIMATOLOGI, DAN GEOFISIKA |
Indonesia | ||
| Shannon McArthur
NOAA National Data Buoy Center |
United States of America | ||
| Alicia Lavin
Instituto Español de Oceanografía – Centro Oceanográfico de Santander |
Spain | ||
| Kwang nam Han
Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Administration |
Republic of Korea | ||
| Stephen Cucullu | United States of America | ||
| Nicolas Arcos
NOAA NESDIS National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Boulder CO |
United States of America | ||
| Laura Alexandra GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZ
Dirección General Marítima Colombia |
Colombia | ||
| Michael Angove
National Weather Service/National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration |
United States of America | ||
| Bruce Howe
Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering, University of Hawaii |
United States of America | ||
| Karen Grissom
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
United States of America | ||
| Christopher Moore
NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory |
United States of America | ||
| Anna Wranne
Voice of the Ocean Foundation |
Sweden | ||
| Kalpana Chaudhari
INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT & RESEARCH, ISDR,India |
India | ||
| Patricia Arreaga
Instituto Oceanográfico y Antártico de la Armada del Ecuador |
Ecuador | ||
| Leonardo Moreno
Dirección General Marítima Colombia |
Colombia | ||
| Joingjin Lee
Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Administration |
Republic of Korea | ||
| Ria Headley
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) |
Barbados | ||
| Jordan Grigor
Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||
| Keisuke Ariyoshi
JAMSTEC, Marine Biological Sample Database |
Japan | ||
| Weidong Yu
Sun Yat-Sen University |
China | ||
| Kathleen O'Neil
NOAA National Data Buoy Center |
United States of America | ||
| Pedro Velez-Belchi
Centro Oceanográfico de Canarias - Instituto Español de Oceanografía |
Spain | ||
| Dongkyu Lee
Pusan National University |
Republic of Korea |