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U.S. Volunteer Observing Ship Program Presentation at NDBC Stennis Space Center, MS August 26, 2014 Anchorage Alaska PMO Larry Hubble
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U.S. Volunteer Observing Ship Program
Presentation at NDBC Stennis Space Center, MSAugust 26, 2014
Anchorage Alaska PMOLarry Hubble
Alaska Has over 33,000 miles of Marine CoastlineAbout 5,000 Large Ships Transit Per Year in Alaska Waters – Great Circle Rt.
NWS Alaska Strives to get Observations from Vessels of All Sizes
Alaska Staff Make On Board Visits at 12 Different Alaska Ports
Alaska Received Observations from 600 Different Ships so far in 2014
Alaska Currently Has 433 Active VOS Ships
119,000 Alaska Ship Obs Received for 2013 - 98,000 JAN-JUL 2014UK MET 2013 USA QC Rankings – Alaska Supported Ships – In Top 11 Spots
WSO Kodiak AlaskaPMO Rich Courtney
Valued friend and forecaster for the marine community for the last 15 Years.
Pioneer of email ship observations and the Alaska Ship OB automation concept.
Kodiak 5 Person Staff Collects and Encodes Ship Observations
Most Observations Received via SAT Phone & HF Radio
Kodiak Averages About 3,000 Transmitted Observations Per Year
Kodiak Averages About 5,000 Marine Briefings Per Year
Alaska Website for Encoding Ship Observations
WFO Juneau Alaska12 staff members involved with briefing & Shipob Collection in 2014
16 On Board Visits to Cruise Ships, Ferries, Tugs so far in 2014
Geri Swanson Ursula Jones
Email Observations Processed in Alaska at: [email protected]
350,000 in 2013
367,000 projected for 2014
Most Observations are Auto Forwarded to Alaska from: [email protected]
Alaska Supported Automated Ships Transmit Directly to: [email protected]
Alaska Provides a Valuable Backup COMMS Path for Email Ship Observations
Due to all the Bounce Back and Failure Messages with [email protected] – some ships will only use [email protected]
Some Non USA VOS Ships Use USA Email Addresses
Alaska Hosts the Only USA E-Mail Ship Observation Display WebsiteThis is a Valuable Tool for Data Quality Control
Alaska Supports 15 Automated Hourly Observing Ships & Platforms
These are Primarily Research Vessels Which Do Not Use NOAA SCS
An hourly email data message is sent to Alaska at: [email protected]
Alaska software coverts data to BBXX format & transmits to NWSTG
Alaska Uses Live AIS Maps to Assist with Observation Collection
Alaska has 3 Offices that Transmit Ice Observations
Thank You Very Much for Listening!
