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Direction des Systèmes d’Observation3rd VOS-TAG meeting 20/21 March 2006
The French VOS Programme is made of 64 selected ships (1st march 2006)
6 of them are dedicated to the VOS-Clim project
- 41 are equipped with a BATOS AWS (version 1 or 2)- 2 with a Mini-BATOS AWS- 7 with a MINOS AWS- 2 are until equipped with old POMMAR stations- 12 with standard materials (6 using TurboWin)
Direction des Systèmes d’Observation3rd VOS-TAG meeting 20/21 March 2006
Vessel type number2005
observationsremarks
Container Carrier (CC) 17 53,779 3 operating « round the world » line
Ferry (F) 16 17,895
Research Vessel (RV) 10 9,678 3 operating in Antarctic Ocean
Gas Tanker (GT) 5 4,952
Trawler (T) 4 2,549
Passenger Vessel (PV) 3 809
Ro/Ro container (RR) 3 676
Liquid Tanker (LT) 2 1,238
Other (OT) 3 1,041 2 cable-laying ships
General Cargo (GC) 2 486
Number of SHIP messages sent onto the GTS during 2005 :
~ 93,000 (manned ~ 21,000)
Météo-France VOS fleet
Direction des Systèmes d’Observation3rd VOS-TAG meeting 20/21 March 2006
Port Meteorological Offices
Boulogne sur merLe HavreCaen
Aix en Provence
BrestSaint NazaireBordeaux
NouméaLe PortPapeete
Nelle CalédonieLa Réunion
Tahiti
Trappes (installation team)
Toulouse(management)
Direction des Systèmes d’Observation3rd VOS-TAG meeting 20/21 March 2006
METEO FRANCE Shipboard Automatic Weather Station
BATOSversion III (february 2006)
(designed and assembled by Météo-France)
Direction des Systèmes d’Observation3rd VOS-TAG meeting 20/21 March 2006
Weather sensors
(Pressure, Air Temperature, Relative Humidity, Wind speed and direction, Surface Sea Temperature)
Weather screen
Satellite communication
(Data reporting, 7 x cheaper than classical « code 41 »)
PC
Direction des Systèmes d’Observation3rd VOS-TAG meeting 20/21 March 2006
METEO FRANCE Shipboard Automatic Weather Station
MINOS(designed by Météo-France)
Direction des Systèmes d’Observation3rd VOS-TAG meeting 20/21 March 2006
Automatic Weather StationMINOS
Weather sensors
(only Pressure and air temperature)
hourly observations
satellite communication
(Argos)
Direction des Systèmes d’Observation3rd VOS-TAG meeting 20/21 March 2006
VOS Monitoring Web page
http://www.meteo.shom.fr/vos-monitoring/
Direction des Systèmes d’Observation3rd VOS-TAG meeting 20/21 March 2006
Co-ordination & collaboration
Meteo-France is responsible member for the
Surface Marine Programme of EUCOS
(E-SURFMAR)
VOS operators are invited to use the monitoring
tools which has been developed and made available by Meteo-France on the Internet
http://www.meteo.shom.fr/vos-monitoring/
Direction des Systèmes d’Observation3rd VOS-TAG meeting 20/21 March 2006
VOS Awards - Rewards
Kind of Award Years Observations number Transmissions number Remarks
Satisfaction 1 400 400 Minimum required: 1 year and 400 observations(or 400 transmissions)
Gratitude 3 1000 1800 Minimum required: 3 years and 1000 observations(or 1800 transmissions)
Bronze medal 9 2800 4500 Minimum required: 9 years and 2800 observations(or 4500 transmissions)
Silver medal 15 4800 7500 Minimum required: 15 years and 4800 observations(or 7500 transmissions)
Gold medal 21 6800 10500 minimum required: 21 years and 6800 observations(or 10500 transmissions)
« Le Verrier » medals (bronze, silver and gold) for mariners
Direction des Systèmes d’Observation3rd VOS-TAG meeting 20/21 March 2006
VOS Awards – Rewards
mariner’s payment
Observation payment
Transmissionpayment
Observation night majoration
transmission night majoration
Remark
0.69 € 0.69 € 0.82 € 0.82 €
"Night" majorations are payed at 00h, 03h and 06h UTC in the North
Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean Sea.
Direction des Systèmes d’Observation3rd VOS-TAG meeting 20/21 March 2006
Publication A quaterly maritime
meteorological magazine,
« METMAR », is published and free distributed
aboard VOS ships and to ship’s managers
Direction des Systèmes d’Observation3rd VOS-TAG meeting 20/21 March 2006
Expected evolution for 2006/2008The « BATOS » version 3 AWS is now available for the
EUCOS-Surfmar Programme members.
The equipment of 7 ships with « BATOS 2 » and 2 ships with MINOS is expected, per year by Météo-France
Fleet expected evolution of the Météo-France selected ships for the next four years...
64
7380
87
2005 2006 2007 2008
(estimated new installations : around 9 a year)
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estimated fleet increasement:
7 a year