NATIONAL FOCAL POINTS ON THE WMO WAVE PROGRAMME

(as of 20 September 2004)

AUSTRALIA

Mr Phillip R. Parker

Coordinator, JCOMM Services PA

Chairman, JCOMM Services Coordination

Group

Bureau of Meteorology

GPO Box 1289K

MELBOURNE, Vic. 3001

Australia

Telephone:+61-3 9669 4510

Telefax:+61-3 9669 4695

E-mail:

BRAZIL

Miss Maria Helena Severo de Souza

Diretoria de Hidrografia e Navegaçao

Departamento de Servicos Oceanicos

Rua Barao de Jaceguay, S/No.

Ponta de Armacao

24048-900 NITEROI, RJ

Brazil

CANADA

Dr Ron Wilson

5771 Rideau Valley Drive

MANOTICK, ON K4M 1B3

Canada

Telephone:+1-613 692 3009

Telefax:+1-613 993 4058

E-mail:

CROATIA

Dr Milan Hodzic

The Meteorological Office

Marine Meteorological Center - Split

P.O. Box 370

Glagoljaska 11

HR-21000 SPLIT

Croatia

Telephone:+385-21 347 399

Telefax:+385-21 347 465

E-mail:

DENMARK

Mr S.H. Hartby

Det Danske Meteorologiske Institut

Lyngbyvej 100

DK-2100 COPENHAGEN

Denmark

ECUADOR

Lt. Galo Padilla Teran

INAMHI

Daniel Hidalgo No. 132 y

Avenida 10 de Agosto

QUITO

Ecuador

FRANCE

Ms Anne Guillaume

Météo-France

SCEM/PREVI/MAR

42, Av. Gustave Coriolis

31057 TOULOUSE Cédex 07

France

GERMANY

Dr Karl Richter

Bundesamt für Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie

Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 78

D-20305 HAMBURG

Germany

HONG KONG, CHINA

Dr W.L. Chang

Hong Kong Observatory

134A Nathan Road

KOWLOON

Hong Kong, China

Telephone:+852 2926 3111

Telefax:+852 2375 7555

E-mail:

INDIA

Dr U.S. De

Deputy Director General

Meteorology (Weather Forecasting)

India Meteorological Department

Shivagi Nagar

PUNE 411005

India

IRELAND

Ms Evelyn Murphy

Chairman, EGOS

Marine Unit

Met Eireann

Glasnevin Hill

DUBLIN 9

Ireland

Telephone:+353-1 8064290

Telefax:+353-1 8064247

E-mail:

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

Mr Vartan Zakarian

Iranian Meteorological Organization

P.O.Box. 13-461, Mehrabad-Airport

TEHRAN

Islamic Republic of Iran

ISRAEL

Mr A. Teitelman

Director

Marine Meteorology Department

Meteorological Service

P.O. Box 25

BET DAGAN 50250

Israel

JAPAN

Mr Tadashi Asoh

Maritime Meteorological Division

Marine Department

Japan Meteorlogical Agency

1-3-4 Ote-machi, Chiyoda-ku

TOKYO 100-8122

Japan

E-mail:

MADAGASCAR

Mr Edouard Ranaivoson

Service de la météorologie

B.P. 254

TANANARIVE

Madagascar

MALAYSIA

Mr Yeong Nam Heh

Malaysian Meteorological Service

Jalan Sultan, Petaling Jaya

SELANGOR

Malaysia

NETHERLANDS

Mr E. Bouws

KNMI

Wilhelminlaan 10

Postbus 201

3730 AE DE BILT

Netherlands

Telephone:+31-30 2206888

Telefax:+31-30 2210407

E-mail:

NEW ZEALAND

Dr Andrew Laing

Marine Physics

NIWA

P.O. Box 14-901, Kilbirnie

WELLINGTON

New Zealand

Telephone:+64-4 386 0300

Telefax:+64-4 386 2153

E-mail:

NORWAY

Mr Magnar Reistad

Norwegian Meteorological Institute

Div. Western Norway

(Vervarslinga pa Vestlandet)

Allègt. 70

N-5007 BERGEN

Norway

PERU

Cmdr Walter Garcia Arata

Jefe del Departamento de Oceanografia

de la Direccion de Hidrografia y

Navegacion de la Marina

Avenida Republica de Chile 295

Apartados 1308

4862 LIMA

Peru

PORTUGAL

Mr H.N. Oliveira Pires

Marine Meteorology Division

Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia

e Geofisica

Rua C - Aeroporto

1749-077 LISBOA

Portugal

QATAR

Mr S.T. Fisher

Department of Meteorology

P.O. Box 8658

DOHA

Qatar

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Dr Z.K. Abuziarov

Hydrometeorologicla Centre

Bolchoi Predechensky pereulok 9-13

123242 MOSCOW

Russian Federation

SAUDI ARABIA

Mr Jamal Ahmed Fadin

Observations and Systems

MEPA

P.O. Box 1358

JEDDAH 21431

Saudi Arabia

SWEDEN

Mr J. Svensson

Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological

Institute (SMHI)

Folkborgsvنgen 1

Box 923

S-601 19 NORRKOPING

Sweden

Dr Martin Holt

Met Office

FitzRoy Road

EXETER

Devon

EX1 3PB

United Kingdom

Telephone:+44-1392 856 241

Telefax:+44-1392 900 5050

E-mail:

URUGUAY

Dr Ricardo Graziuso

Direccion Nacional de Meteorologia

Casilla de Correo 64

MONTEVIDEO

Uruguay

USA

Dr Desiraju B. Rao

Chief, Ocean Modeling

NCEP Branch

World Weather Bldg., Room 209

WASHINGTON D.C. 20233

USA

Telephone:+1-301 763 3133 ext. 7207

Telefax:+1-301 763 8545

E-mail: