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French VOS Programme
Status report
20064th VOS-TAG meeting
- Geneva 12 -13 April 2007 -
Direction des Systèmes d’Observation4th VOS-TAG meeting 12/13 April 2007
The French VOS Programme is made of 65 selected ships (1st march 2007)
21 of them are dedicated to the VOS-Clim project
- 45 are equipped with a BATOS AWS (software version 2.0 or 3.0)
- 3 with a Mini-BATOS AWS- 7 with a MINOS AWS- 1 is until equipped with an old POMMAR station- 9 with standard materials (8 using TurboWin)
Direction des Systèmes d’Observation4th VOS-TAG meeting 12/13 April 2007
Vessel type Active VOS 2006 obs remarks
Container Carrier (CC) 17 52,717 3 operating « round the world » line
Ferry (F) 16 27,498
Research Vessel (RV) 12 13,701 3 operating in Antarctic Ocean
Gas Tanker (GT) 6 5,955
Trawler (T) 4 5,559
Other (OT) 3 3,022 3 cable-laying ships
Passenger Vessel (PV) 2 1,009
Ro/Ro container (RR) 2 1,440
Liquid Tanker (LT) 2 1,094
General Cargo (GC) 2 1,515
Yacht/pleasure craft (Y) 1 157
Number of SHIP messages sent onto the GTS during 2006 :
~ 113,000 (manned ~ 16,000)
Météo-France VOS fleet
Direction des Systèmes d’Observation4th VOS-TAG meeting 12/13 April 2007
Météo-France VOS fleet
Direction des Systèmes d’Observation4th VOS-TAG meeting 12/13 April 2007
Météo-France VOS fleet
Direction des Systèmes d’Observation4th VOS-TAG meeting 12/13 April 2007
Port Meteorological Offices network
Boulogne sur merLe HavreCaen
Aix en Provence
BrestSaint NazaireBordeaux
NouméaLe PortPapeete
Nelle CalédonieLa Réunion
Tahiti
Trappes (installation team)
Toulouse(management)
Direction des Systèmes d’Observation4th VOS-TAG meeting 12/13 April 2007
METEO FRANCE Shipboard Automatic Weather Station
BATOSsoftware version 3.0 (since february
2006)
(designed and assembled by Météo-France)
Direction des Systèmes d’Observation4th VOS-TAG meeting 12/13 April 2007
New functionalities of New functionalities of BATOS software 3.0BATOS software 3.0
Satellite communication
("Data report », 7 x cheaper than classical « code 41 »)
Climatology IMMT 3 format (without MQCS)
Observation statement : automatic e-mail sending of manned observations done during a period
Direction des Systèmes d’Observation4th VOS-TAG meeting 12/13 April 2007
METEO FRANCE Shipboard Automatic Weather Station
« BAROS »will be take the place of the
MINOS one very soon…
Direction des Systèmes d’Observation4th VOS-TAG meeting 12/13 April 2007
Automatic Weather StationBAROS
Weather sensors : Pressure)
frequency of observations : hourly
satellite communication :Iridium
Direction des Systèmes d’Observation4th VOS-TAG meeting 12/13 April 2007
Expected evolution for 2007/2008The « BATOS » software version 3.0
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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um
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estimated fleet increasement:
7 a year
Thank you for your attention.