Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) PMO Activity in Japan Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)
Japanese PMOs Yokohama, Nagoya, Kobe; The top 3 ports visited by the most oceangoing ships in Japan. Kobe, Nagasaki, Hakodate, Maizuru; Home ports of JMA R/Vs of Marine Observatories
PMO Service Recruiting and assisting VOSs in coordination between HQ of JMA and PMOs HQ - National contact - Cooperation with shipping companies - Communication with ships through internet, facsimile, magazine, etc. - Assistance to PMO activities using the intranet etc. PMO - Direct contact with ships
PMO Services By visiting ships, To supply instructive material (e.g. guides, manuals) as well as weather logbooks etc. To encourage and give advice on meteorological observations and reports To check and give advice on meteorological instruments, especially barometers [Barometers can be checked without visiting by comparison with the observed value of the nearest weather station using facsimile] To give explanations on meteorological information provided by JMA
Weather Reports from Japanese VOSs
Barometer Checked ships by PMOs
Barometer Correction
Barometers Comparison Check through Facsimile The Form for Barometer Comparison Check through Facsimile Japan Meteorological Agency Please use this form to make a request to check your barometer. The request is acceptable when your ship stays in a port of Japan. After completing the following procedure, transmit this form through facsimile to the nearest observatory listed bellow. The observatory will return the correction value for your barometer. (Business hours are 09-16 JST from Monday to Friday except public holidays in Japan) 1. Make sure that the wind is not so strong. Strong wind may disturb the barometer reading. 2. Open the window or door of the house to measure outboard air pressure. 3. Reading of the barometer should be made just on the hour. 4. Fill in the following blanks. Name of ship Port of call Call sign Gross tonnage tons Registry Name of the person in charge Ship's telephone No. - - Facsimile No. of Ship (INMARSAT-A) 001-872-81- (INMARSAT-B) 001-872- (marine TEL.) 090-302- Name of Your Shipping Agent in Japan (if available) Telephone No. - - Facsimile No. - -
Website for PMOs (in Japanese)
Website for PMOs (in Japanese)
Web Site for VOSs
Web Page for Submitting Metadata
Improvement Data quality of VOSs (Example: SST) SHIP PMO △t 15:50 17.0℃ 12.3℃ 4.7℃ 16:00 17.0℃ 12.3℃ 4.7℃ 16:10 17.0℃ 12.0℃ 5.0℃
Instruction Materials
Brochures (in Japanese and English)
Weather Broadcast (JMH) Apr. 2004: JMH sending frequencies 6 to 4 Apr. 2005: JMH sending frequencies 4 to 3 Jan. 2005: JMA opens website (http://www.jma.go.jp/jmh/jmhmenu.html) FY2006: JMA will change sending frequencies 3622.5 7305 13597 (Apr. 2005)18220 (Apr. 2004) 9970 23522.9 kHz
Security Issues (1): Observation Reports 9/16 9/22
Security Issues (2): Japanese VOSs [ships] [year]