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  • Lesson 2: General Functions and Organization of Marine Met Services

    The next four lessons center around the guidelines outlined for WMO Marine Meteorological Services. The two primary references are WMO-No. 471: Guide to Marine Meteorological Services and WMO-No. 558: Manual on Marine Meteorological Services. 

    WMO 471 cover WMO 558 cover

    In this lesson, Lesson 2: General Functions and Organization of Marine Met Services, you will take a broad overview of your marine meteorological service and its primary functions to serve international shipping, fishing and other marine activities on the high seas, offshore, and coastal areas. You will evaluate several aspects of your services in the context of the WMO marine services guidelines and delivery framework. 

    • Here is an overview of marine forecast services as provided by MetService New Zealand:

          
          

      How does that compare to your services?

    • Reading Assignment: Begin by downloading the following documents and reading:

      • WMO-No. 471: Guide to Marine Meteorological Services: Sec. 2.1 and 2.2
      • WMO-No. 558: Manual on Marine Meteorological Services: pp. 1-3
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      WMO-No. 471: Guide to Marine Meteorological Services Fichier
      1.3 Mo Document PDF

      (available in other languages on the WMO Library site)

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      WMO-No. 558: Manual on Marine Meteorological Services Fichier
      999.3 Ko Document PDF

      (available in other languages on the WMO Library site)

    • iconAssignment - Assessment of Organizational Elements: WMO-No. 471, Sec. 2.2 outlines suggested organizational elements for marine services. For this assignment, you will assess how these elements are being addressed by your organization. See the Assignment link below for more details.

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      Assessment of Organizational Elements Devoir
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    • Organizational Elements Forum: Based on your Assessment of Organizational Elements and on your Interview with Marine Services Management (conducted in Lesson 1), create a Forum post that highlights one well developed aspect of your organization’s marine services and one aspect that calls for improvement. 

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      Organizational Elements Forum
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    • Assignment - Case Study Forum

      Refer back to the case study you read at the start of this course. What might interfere with providing good services? Consider all phases of the forecast process, including observations, predictions, communication and utilization of products and services.

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      Case Study Forum: Functions of Service Delivery
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