The Advisory Group on the Worldwide Metocean Information and Warning Service Sub Committee (AG-WWMIWS-SubC), an advisory group under SC-MMO, oversees the coordination and monitoring of global meteorological maritime safety information (MSI) within the IMO’s GMDSS, ensuring warnings and forecasts reach vessels on international and national voyages, including those outside the SOLAS Convention.
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Terms of Reference
The Worldwide Met-Ocean Information and Warning Service (WWMIWS) Sub-Committee is an Advisory Group within the Standing Committee on Marine Meteorological and Oceanographic Services (SC-MMO). As stated in IMO resolution A.1051(27)/MSC.470(101) “The IMO-WMO Worldwide Met-Ocean Information and Warning Service (WWMIWS) is the internationally coordinated service for the promulgation of meteorological warnings and forecasts to vessels undertaking international or national voyages”. The AG-WWMIWS-SubC is the responsible body, under the SC-MMO, for monitoring and coordinating the provision of meteorological maritime safety information (MSI) within the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS), including other vessels not covered by the IMO Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention.
ToRs 2024-2027 are available here.
METAREA Coordinator alternates
| Name | METAREA | Member |
| / | METAREA I | UK |
| Elisa Dubouchet | METAREA II | France |
| / | METAREA III | Greece |
| / | METAREA IV & XII | USA |
| Julio Cesar de Castro Rocha | METAREA V | Brazil |
| / | METAREA VI | Argentina |
| Ezekiel Kgotlaetsile Sebego | METAREA VII | South Africa |
| PLN Murty | METAREA VIII (N) | India |
| Krisna BUCHA | METAREA VIII (S) | Mauritius |
| / | METAREA VIII (S) | La Réunion |
| Anjum Nazir Zaighum | METAREA IX | Pakistan |
| Paul Bierman | METAREA X | Australia |
| YAMAMOTO Mikito | METAREA XI (N) | Japan |
| / | METAREA XI (S) | China |
| Vladimir Ivanov | METAREA XIII, XX & XXI | Russian Federation |
| Raveen Das | METAREA XIV | New Zealand |
| Alejandro De la Maza Dorion | METAREA XV | Chile |
| Myrian Tamayo Infantes | METAREA XVI | Peru |
| Geoffrey Dunsworth | METAREA XVII & XVIII | Canada |
| Gjermund Mamen Haugen | METAREA XIX | Norway |
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