National GOOS Contacts

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	MEMBER STATE	NATIONAL CONTACT
1	AFGHANISTAN
2	ALBANIA
3	ALGERIA
4	ANGOLA
5	ARGENTINA	Representación Científica Argentina ante la COI Att: Cap. Javier Armando Valladeres o Cap. Ariel Troisi Servicio de Hidrografía Naval Av. Montes de Oca 2124 CP 1270 AV, Buenos Aires Phone: + Fax: + email: valladar@hidro.gov.ar Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto Dirección General de Consejería Legal Esmeralda 1212 CP 1007 ABR, Buenos Aires Phone: +54 11 4819 7000 Fax: +54 11 4819 7413 email:
6	AUSTRALIA	Dr Neville Smith Acting Chief, Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre Level 9, 700 Collins St. PO Box 1289 Melbourne, VIC 3001 Phone: +61 3 9669 4434 Fax: +61 3 9669 4660 email : N.Smith@Bom.gov.au Dr Rick Bailey National Manager, Oceanographic Services Australian Bureau of Meteorology 700 Collins Street PO Box 1289 Melbourne, VIC 3001 Phone: +61 3 9669 4103 Fax: +61 3 9669 4695 Mobile: +61 417 122746 email : r.bailey@bom.gov.au
7	AUSTRIA
8	AZERBAIJAN
9	BAHAMAS
10	BANGLADESH
11	BARBADOS
12	BELGIUM	Dr Georges Pichot Head, Prime Minister's Services Management Unit of the North Sea Mathematical Models (MUMM) Gulledelle100, B-1200Bruxelles Phone: + 3227732111 Fax: + 3227706972 email: g.pichot@mumm.ac.be Alternate: SSTC - M. Frank Monteny email: mont@belspo.com
13	BELIZE
14	BENIN
15	BRAZIL	Ms. Janice R. Trotte Advisory Board for External Relations Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation (DHN) Rua Barao de Jaceguai, s/No CEP 24048-900 - Niteroi - RJ Phone: + 55 21 2613 8013 Fax: + 55 21 2613 8088 e-mail : janice@dhn.mar.mil.br or janice.trotte@terra.com.br
16	BULGARIA	Dr George Mungov National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology Bulgarian Academy of Sciences 66, Tzarigradsko chaussee av. Sofia 1784 Phone: + 35.92 9753986, ext. 269 Fax: + 35.92 9884494 email: george.mungov@meteo.bg
17	CAMEROON
18	CANADA	Dr Doug Bancroft Director, Oceanography & Climate Branch Oceans and Aquaculture Science Directorate Department of Fisheries and Oceans 200 Kent, Ottawa K1A 0E6 Phone: + 1.613-990-0302 Fax: + 1.613-993-7665 email: bancroftdo@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
19	CAPE VERDE
20	CHILE	Lt. John Fleming Head, Department of Oceanography Servicio Hidrografico y Oceanografico de la Armada de Chile Errazuriz 232 Playa Ancha Valparaiso Tel : +56 32 266 670 Fax : +56 32 266 542 e-mail : jfleming@shoa.cl
21	CHINA	Dr Sheng Xu Deputy Director-general Department of Environment Protection State Oceanic Administration 1 Fuxingmenwai Ave Beijing 100860 Tel: + 86-10-68047637 Fax: + 86-10-68030799 email: xusheng@soa.gov.cn
22	COLOMBIA	Commander Carlos Tejada Vélez Director, Centro de Control de Contaminación del Pacifico Isla del Morro Tumaco - Nariño Phone: + (57) 27272637 Fax: + (57) 27271180 email: cccpaci@col2.telecom.com.co
23	COMOROS
24	CONGO
25	COSTA RICA	Prof Manuel Murillo Director, Officina de Asuntos Internacionales y cooperacion externa Universidad de Costa Rica Ciudad Universitaria Rodrigo Facio San Pedro de Montes de Oca San Jose Phone: + (506) 207.5080 (506) 207.4729 Fax: + (506) 225.5822 email: murillom@sol.racsa.co.cr mmurillo@cariari.ucr.ac.cr
26	COTE D'IVOIRE	Dr Kouadio Affian Université de Cocody 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22 Phone: + 225.05 95 20 10 Fax: + 225.22 443500 email: Kaffian@hotmail.com
27	CROATIA	Dr Mira Morovic Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries Mestrovicevo Setaliste 63 P.O. Box 500, 21000 Split Phone: + 385 21 358 688 Fax: + 385 21 358 650 email: morovic@izor.hr
28	CUBA	Dr Roberto Perez de los Reyes Chairman of the National Coordinating Committee Deputy Director Institute of Oceanology Ave. 1ra Nro. 18406, entre 184 y 186 Reparto Flores Ciudad de la Habana, C.P. 12100 Phone: + 537. 21 6008 Fax: + 537. 33 9112 email: rperez@ama.cu
29	CYPRUS	Dr George Zodiatis Head, Oceanography Section Dept. of Fisheries and Marine Research Aeolou 13 1416 Nicosia Phone: + 357 22807814 Fax: + 357 22775955 email: gzodiac@spidernet.com.cy gzodiac@ucy.ac.cy
30	DEM. PEOPLE'S REP. OF KOREA
31	DENMARK	Dr Erik Buch Head of Operational Oceanography Division Danish Meteorological Institute Lyngbyvej 100 2100 Copenhagen Phone: (Switchboard): + 45 39 15 75 00 (direct): + 45 39 15 72 10 Fax: + 45 39 27 06 84 email: ebu@dmi.dk
32	DOMINICA
33	DOMINICAN REP.
34	ECUADOR	CPFG-EM Fernando Zurita F. Director Instituto Oceanografico de la Armada (INOCAR) Avda. 25 de Julio Base Naval Sur P.O.Box 5940 Guayaquil Phone: + 593-4-2481300 Fax: + 593-4-2485166 email: inocar@inocar.mil.ec cdmbac@inocar.mil.ec
35	EGYPT	Prof Hassan Awad Department of Oceanography Faculty of Science Alexandria 21511 Phone: + 203-484 3171/484 3172 Fax: + 203-491 1794 email: awads_alex@yahoo.fr
36	EL SALVADOR
37	ERITREA
38	ESTONIA
39	ETHIOPIA
40	FIJI	Dr Bhaskar Rao Director, Mineral Resources Department, Private Mail Bag GPO Suva Phone: + (679) 387065 Fax: + (679) 370039 email: brao@mrd.gov.fj
41	FINLAND	Dr Hannu Grönvall Finnish Institute of Marine Research PO Box 33, FIN-00931 Helsinki Phone: + 358 9 613941 Fax: + 358 9 613 94494 email: hannu.gronvall@fimr.fi
42	FRANCE	Mr. Francois Gérard Chef du département réseau DGO/RE Météo France 1, Quai Branly B.P. 340 75340 PARIS Cedex 07 Tel : (33) 1 45 56 70 24 Fax : (33) 1 45 56 70 05 email : Francois.Gerard@meteo.fr
43	GABON
44	GAMBIA	Mr. Dodou Trawally Program Officer, Coastal and Marine Environment National Environment Agency P.M.B. 48, Banjul Tel: (220) 228056, 224867-9 or 224178 Fax: (220) 229701 E-mail: nea@gamtel.gm
45	GEORGIA	Dr Djemal Dolidze Head of Weather Forecasting Enterprise Hydrometeorology Department David Agmashenebeli st. 150 Tbilisi Phone: + 8 (995)969476 ap; 8 (995)670904 h Fax: + 8 (995) 95 15 83 email: meteo@ip.osgf.ge Alternate contact: Dr George Meterveli Chairman of UNESCO/IOC National Commission Professor of Department of Meteorology and Oceanology Tbilisi State University Chavchavadze ave 1. 380028 GEORGIA Phone: + 8 (995)222372 ap; 8 (995)648516 h; 8 (995)733055 h; Fax: + 8 (995) 95 15 83 email: gmetreveli@yahoo.com
46	GERMANY	Dr Klaus Peter Koltermann Bundesamt fuer Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH) Postfach 30 12 20 Bernard-Nocht-Strasse 78 D-20305 Hamburg 36 Tel.: +49-40-3190 3500 Fax : +49-40-3190 5035 email: koltermann@bsh.de
47	GHANA	Mr Charles Biney Chairman, Ghana National Commission for IOC Ministry of Education P.O.Box 2739 Accra Phone: + (233 21) 665 421 ext 3611/3606 Fax: + (233 21) 662.718/664 067 email: wri@ghana.com
48	GREECE	Dr Christos C. Tziavos National Centre for Marine Research Ag. Kosmas Elliniko 166 04 Athens Phone: + 301 98 88 444 Fax: + 301 98 33 095 email: ctziav@ncmr.gr
49	GUATEMALA
50	GUINEA	Dr Ibrahima Kalil Keita chef laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique (CERESCOR) B.P: 1615 Conakry. Phone: + 224 42 30 30 Fax: + 224 22 19 08 email: recoscixgn@mirinet.com
51	GUINEA-BISSAU
52	GUYANA
53	HAITI
54	ICELAND	Dr Olafur S. Astthorsson Deputy Director - Research, Marine Research Institute, Skulagata 4, P.O. Box 1390, Reykjavik Phone: + 354-552 02 40 Fax: + 354-562 37 90 email: + osa@hafro.is
55	INDIA	Dr Harsh K. Gupta Secretary Department of Ocean Development Block-12, CGO Complex Lodi Road New Delhi 110 003 Phone: Fax: +091 11 24362644 email: dodsec@dod.delhi.nic.in
56	INDONESIA
57	IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF	Dr Nasser Hadjizadeh Zaker (Ph.D) President of Iranian National Center for Oceanography (INCO) P.O.Box: 14155-4781 Tehran Tel: +98 21 6416556, 6414844 Fax: +98 21 6419978 Email: inco@istn.irost.com
58	IRAQ
59	IRELAND	Dr Orla Ni Cheileachair Acting Manager Irish Marine Data Centre Science Technology Innovations Services Division Marine Institute 80 Harcourt Street Dublin 2 Phone: + 353 1 4766500 Fax: + 353 1 4784988 email: orla.ni@marine.ie
60	ISRAEL	Dr Yuval Cohen Director General Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research P.O.Box 8030 Haifa 31080 Phone: + (972 4) 851 52 02 Fax: + (972 4) 851 19 11 email: yuval@ocean.org.il
61	ITALY	Dr. Franca Delli Colli ItalGOOS secretariat Ministry of Research & Education Via Vitaliano Brancati 48 00144 Roma Phone: + 39 06 5991 2713 Fax: + 39 06 5991 2368 email: franca.dellicolli@murst.it
62	JAMAICA
63	JAPAN	Dr. Makoto Terazaki Chairperson, Japanese National Committee for IOC, Japanese National Commission for UNESCO Professor, Ocean Research Institute, the University of Tokyo 1-15-1 Minami-dai, Nakano-ku, Tokyo 164-8639 Phone: +81-3-5351-6343 Fax: +81-3-5351-6836 email: terazaki@ori.u-tokyo.ac.jp Secretariat: Mr. Tetsuhito Minami Chief, Office of the Director-General for International Affairs Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) 2-5-1 Mrunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8959 Tel: +81-3-5253-4111 ext.2557; +81-3-5222-1007 (Direct) Fax +81-3-6734-3679 E-mail: t-minami@mext.go.jp
64	JORDAN
65	KENYA	Dr Johnson Kazungu Director Kenya Marine & Fisheries Research Institute P.O. Box 81651 Mombasa Phone: + 254 - 11 - 475157 Fax: + 254-11-475157 email: jkazungu@recoscix.org
66	KUWAIT
67	LEBANON
68	LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA
69	MADAGASCAR
70	MALAYSIA
71	MALDIVES
72	MALTA	Dr Aldo Drago IOI-Malta Operational Centre University of Malta c/o 43/1, Valley Road Birkikara, BKR10 Phone: + 356 21 440972 Fax: + 356 21 440972 email: aldo.drago@um.edu.mt
73	MAURITANIA
74	MAURITIUS	The Director The NGCC Secretariat Mauritius Oceanography Institute France Centre Quatre Bornes Phone: + 230 427 4434 Fax: + 230 427 4434 web: http://moi.gov.mu
75	MEXICO	Mr Marco Polo Bernal Yarahuan Phone: + Fax: + email: mbernal@sep.gob.mx Dr. Rojas Lorenzo Coordinator National Manne Mammal Programme National Institute of Ecology (INE) PNICMM -CICESE Caretera Tijuana - Ensenada Ensenada, BC Phone: +52 66 174 5050 to 53 ext. 22115 Fax: +52 66 175 0545 email:
76	MONACO
77	MOROCCO	Dr Maria Snoussi Université Mohamed V, Faculté des Sciences Département des Sciences de la Terre UFR “Gestion Intégrée des Zones Côtières” B.P. 1014 Rabat Phone: + 212(0)-777 19 57 Fax: + 212(0)-777 19 57 email: snoussi@fsr.ac.ma
78	MOZAMBIQUE
79	MYANMAR
80	NAMIBIA
81	NETHERLANDS	Prof. dr Jan H. Stel NWO/ALW Laan van Nieuw Oost Indie 300 2509 AM The Hague Phone: + 31-70-3440842 Fax: + 31-70-3832173 email: stel@nwo.nl jh.stel@icis.unimaas.nl
82	NEW ZEALAND	Dr. J A Hall NIWA PO Box 11 115 Hamilton New Zealand Tel: + 64 7 856 1709 Fax: + 64 7 856 0151 Email: j.hall@niwa.co.nz
83	NICARAGUA
84	NIGERIA	Dr E.O. Oyewo Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research (NIORM) P.M.B. 12729 Victoria Island Lagos Phone: + 234 – 1 – 2619517 Fax: + 234 – 1 – 2619517 email: niomr@linkserve.com.ng
85	NORWAY	Dr Harald Loeng Secretary of the Norwegian Council for Operational Oceanography Systems Institute of Marine Research P.O. Box 1870 Nordnes 5817 Bergen Phone: +47 5523 8466 Fax: +47 5523 8584 email: harald.loeng@imr.no
86	OMAN	Mr. Hilal Bin Mohamed Al Shaksi Direction générale de la Pêche Phone: Fax: email:
87	PAKISTAN	Dr.Shahid Amjad Director General National Institute of Oceanography St.47, Block-1, Clifton, Karachi Tel: (92-21) 5860028 Fax: (92-21) 5860129 Email: niopk@cubexs.net.pk Alternate contact: Hydrographer, Pakistan Navy Islamabad, Tel: (92-51) 20062651 Fax: Email:
88	PANAMA
89	PERU	Commander Jorge PAZ Acosta Departamento de Medio Ambiente Dirección de Hidrografía y Navegación Marina de Guerra del Perú Casilla Postal 80 - Callao Adress: Av. Gamarra # 500 Chucuito - Callao Phone: + 511 420-2121 Fax: + 511 511 465-2995 email: jpaz@dhn.mil.pe
90	PHILIPPINES
91	POLAND	Dr Jan Piechura Head, Marine Dynamic Division Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences Powstanców Warszawy 55 81-712 Sopot Phone: + 48 58 551 72 37 Fax: + 48 58 551 21 30 email: piechura@iopan.gda.pl
92	PORTUGAL	Dr Mario Ruivo Chairman, Portuguese Committee for IOC Av. Infante Santo, 42-4° 1350-179 Lisboa Phone: + 351.21.390 4330 Fax: + 351.21.395 22 12 email: cointersec.presid@fct.mct.pt
93	QATAR
94	REPUBLIC OF KOREA	Mr. Jin Hak Noh Deputy Director, Marine Development Division Marine Policy Bureau Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries 139 Chungjong-No, Seodaemun-Gu Seoul 120-715 Phone: + 82-2-3148-6535 Fax: + 82-2-3148-6536 email: ourway@momaf.go.kr
95	ROMANIA	Mr Alexandru Bologa Phone: + Fax: + email: abologa@alpha.rmri.ro
96	RUSSIAN FEDER.	Dr Alexander Frolov Deputy Head Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (ROSHYDROMET) 12 Novovagankovsky St. Moscow, 123995 Phone: + 7 095 252 0313 Fax: + 7 095 255 2269 email: afrolov@mecom.ru EuroGOOS contact: Dr Valeriy A. Martyschenko Deputy Director Environment Pollution Monitoring Department ROSHYDROMET 12 Novovagankovsky St. Moscow, 123242 Phone: + 7 095 252 0313 Fax: + 7 095 255 2269/255 22 16 email: seadep@mcc.mecom.ru Alternate contact: Vasily N. Zhivago Division of the World Ocean Climate and Earth Sciences Ministry of Sciences and Technologies 11, Rverskaya Street Moscow 103905 Phone: + 7095 229 0364 Fax: + 7095 925 9609 email: Zhivago@minstp.ru Alternate contact: Sergey S. Khodkin Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring Novovagankovsky Street 12 123 242 Moscow Phone: + 7095 252 0313 Fax: + 7095 255 2269 email: khodkin@mecom.ru Albert Tolkatchev National Oceanographic Committee email: tolkatchev@minstp.ru
97	SAMOA	Dr Faatoia Malele Assistant Superintendent Apia Observatory Ministry of Agriculture, Forests Fisheries & Meteorology PO Box 3020 Apia SAMOA Phone: + (685) 20855 Fax: + (685) 20857 email:
98	SAINT LUCIA
99	SAUDI ARABIA
100	SENEGAL
101	SEYCHELLES	Mr. Rondolph Payet Managing Director Seychelles Fishing Authority P.O. Box 449 Mahé SEYCHELLES Phone:+ 248 670300 Fax: + 248 224 508 email: rpayet@sfa.sc or rj.payet@odinafrica.net
102	SIERRA LEONE
103	SINGAPORE
104	SLOVENIA	Dr Vlado Malacic Physical Oceanographer The Marine Biological Station National Institute of Biology 6330 Piran, Fornace 41 SLOVENIA Phone: + 386 5 6746368 Fax: + 386 5 6746367 email: malacic@nib.si
105	SOLOMON ISLANDS	Mr Freddy Ferah Principal Forecaster Solomon Islands Meteorological Service PO Box 21 Honiara SOLOMON ISLANDS Phone: + (677) 21757 Fax: + (677) 20046 email: met@welkam.solomon.com.sb
106	SOMALIA
107	SOUTH AFRICA	Prof G.B. Brundrit Head, Department of Oceanography, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701 Phone: + 27-21-650 3277 Fax: + 27-21-650 3979 email: brundrit@physci.uct.ac.za
108	SPAIN	Dr Gregorio Parrilla Investigador A-1 Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia (IEO) Corazon de Maria 8 28002 Madrid Phone: + 34 91 347 3608 Fax: + 34 91 413 5597 email: gregorio.parrilla@md.ieo.es
109	SRI LANKA	Dr. Prasantha Dias Abeyegunawardene Deputy Director, Programmes South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme (SACEP) 10, Anderson Road Colombo 5 Phone: + 94 1 596 442/589 787 Fax: + 94 1 589 369 email: pd_sacep@eureka.lk
110	SUDAN
111	SURINAM
112	SWEDEN	Dr Hans Dahlin Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute SE-601 76 Norrkoping Phone: + 46 11 495 8000 46 11 495 8305 (direct) Fax: + 46 11 495 8001 46 11 495 8350 (direct) email: hans.dahlin@smhi.se
113	SWITZERLAND
114	SYRIAN ARAB REP.
115	UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA	Dr Alfonse M. Dubi Director Institute of Marine Sciences University of Dar es Salaam P.O. Box 668 Zanzibar Tel: +255 (0)24 223 2128, 223 0741 Fax: +255 (0)24 223 3050 e-mail: dubi@zims.udsm.ac.tz or director@zims.udsm.ac.tz
116	THAILAND	Dr Dowreang Darasi National Research Council of Thailand 196 Phahonyothin Road Chatuchak, Bangkok Phone: + Fax: + email: Darasri@hammerhead.nrct.go.th
117	TOGO
118	TONGA	Mr Savae Latu Secretary Ministry of Lands, Surveys and Natural Resources PO Box 5 Nuku'alofa Phone: + (676) 23611 Fax: + (676) 23216 email:
119	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO	Dr Hazel McShine Ag Director at the Institute of Marine Affairs Hilltop Lane, Chaguaramas P.O. Box 3160 - Carenage Post Office. Phone: + (1 868) 634 42 91 Fax: + (1 868) 634 44 33 email: depdir@ima.gov.tt
120	TUNISIA	Dr Amor El Abed Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer 28, rue 2 Mars 1934 2025 Salammbo Phone: + (216 1) 73 0548 Fax: + (216 1) 73 26 22 email: amor.elabed@instnm .rnrt.tn
121	TURKEY	Prof. Dr. Şükrü Beşiktepe Director, Institute of Marine Sciences Middle East Technical University (METU) P.O. Box 28 33731 Erdemli-Mersin Phone: +90 324 521 34 34 Fax: +90 324 521 23 27 email: sukru@ims.metu.edu.tr
122	UKRAINE	Academician Valery N. Eremeev IOC Ukrainian Representative Marine Hydrophysical Institute Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences Kapitanskaya 2, 99011 Sevastopol, Crimea Phone: + 38(0692) 540452 Fax: + 38 (0692) 444253 email: director@ibss.iuf.net director@alpha.ibss.iuf.net Alternate contact: Prof Gennady K. Korotaev National Coordinator Marine Hydrophysical Institute Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences Kapitanskaya 2, 99011 Sevastopol, Crimea Phone: + 38(0692) 545493 Fax: + 38 (0692)555768 email: ipdop@fossil.ukrcom.sebastopol.ua
123	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
124	UNITED KINGDOM	Dr Lesley J. Rickards Deputy Director, British Oceanographic Data Centre Joseph Proudman Building 6 Brownlow Street Liverpool L3 5DA Tel: + 44 (0) 151 795 4897 (direct) Tel: + 44 (0) 151 795 4800 (switchboard) Fax: e-mail: ljr@bodc.ac.uk
125	UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Dr Eric Lindstrom Director, Ocean.US Office 2300 Clarendon Blvd., Suite 1350 Arlington, Virginia 22201-3667 Tel: 1-703-588-0848 Fax: 1-703-588-0872 E-Mail: elindstr@hq.nasa.gov
126	URUGUAY	Mr Hugo Roldos de la Sovera Head of the Servicio de Oceanografia, Hidrografia y Meteorologia de la Armada (SOHMA) President of the Comision Nacional de Oceanologia Capurro 980-11700 Montevideo Phone: + 598.2. 3093861 Fax: + 598.2. 3099220 email: Sohma@armada.gub.uy
127	VENEZUELA	Dr Herman Perez Nieto Phone: + (582) 987 6846 Fax: + (582) 239 3145 email: perezca@telcel.net.ve
128	VIETNAM	Dr Nguyen The Tuong Director, Marine Hydrometeorological Center Hydrometeorological Bureau Ministry of Resources and Environment of Vietnam 8 Phao Dai Lang Hanoi Phone: +84 4 8343794 Fax: +84 4 8350606 email: mhcdanv@hn.vnn.vn Alternate contact: Dr Nguyen Tac An Chairman, National IOC Committee Institute of Oceanography 01, Cau Da Nha Trang Khanh Hoa Phone: + 84 (58) 59 00 35 / 59 00 33 Fax: + 84 (58) 59 00 34 email: haiduong@dng.vnn.vn
129	YEMEN

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