scope:

a. The ISP for Operation Abbreviation at Annex A covers the full scope of IMETOC support to be provided by Country Abbreviation as IMETOC LN (Operation Abbreviation) for Operation Abbreviation Operations (For NRF, add: "(in the avent of NRF activitation)") and Exercises.

b. (For NRF, start 2.b. with sentence: "In addition to NRF-related exercises, Country Abbreviation as IMETOC LN (NRF) will also support selected non-NRF related events within NRF cycle 20XX.") Operation Abbreviation (For NRF, delete "Operation Abbreviation" and start sentence with "Exercises".) exercises likely to require METOC support are identified by SHAPE in the Military Training and Exercise Program METOC Letter, issued annually (Reference C).

c. The ISP for Operation Abbreviation is subject to change, and can be amended without re-signing the TA, as operationally required and mutually agreed by both parties, and to guarentee the optimum METOC support to Operation Abbreviation.

Purpose

a. This Technical Arrangement (TA) arranges the execution of Meteorological and Oceanographic (METOC) support provided by Country Abbreviation to Operation Name (Operation Abbreviation¹) within the framework of Integrated Meteorology and Oceanography Support (IMETOC) Principles (Reference A).

b. Country Abbreviation is the nominated IMETOC Lead Nation (LN) for Operation Abbreviation (IMETOC LN (Operation Abbreviation)) (Reference B) (For NRF, add: "durring the period 01 January 20XX to 31 December 20XX (NRF cycle year 20XX)").

c. The IMETOC Support Plan (ISP) for Operation Abbreviation at Annex A details the arrangements between NATO and Country Abbreviation for the provision IMETOC Operation Abbreviation support. (For NRF, add: "This TA covers METOC support provision only during NRF cycle 20XX, when Headquarters Allied Joint Force Command Naples/Brunssum has the Operational-Level lead).

Aim

This document is based on the policy and guidance in Reference A. The aim of the manual is to encourage the necessary standardization and interoperability among all constituent parts of the overall organization required to provide meteorological Support to Allied Forces. It is intended as a reference for NATO and national planning staff and for staff at weather centres providing meteorological support products to NATO forces. Where some parts hold detailed information, the document may also prove useful to expert staff operating at unit level.

This manual does not affect national plans and procedures for meteorological support to their own national forces. However, for national forces assigned to NATO as defined in Paragraph 6, it should be used as a basis and guideline for the development of national plans and procedures for the provision of meteorological support to those forces.

¹ If the operation has an abbreviation, it is defined here and used throughout the remainder of the document.