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VOS Status Report. 2005. DWD/Wd March06. 3 rd VOS-TAG Meeting Hamburg 2006. VOS Status Report 2005. PMO / VOS activities 2005 Observations: 281.000 Total Number VOS: 811 Status „inactive“ 24 AWS (MILOS) 21
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VOS Status Report 2005 DWD/Wd March06 3rd VOS-TAG Meeting Hamburg 2006
VOS Status Report 2005 PMO / VOS activities 2005 Observations:281.000 Total Number VOS: 811 Status „inactive“ 24 AWS (MILOS) 21 Recruitments: 77 De-Recruitments: 55 Visits in German Ports: 1.073 DWD/Wd March 06 3rd VOS-TAG Meeting Hamburg 2006
VOS Status Report 2005 DWD/Wd March 06 3rd VOS-TAG Meeting Hamburg 2006
VOS Status Report 2005 Increasing effort to encourage VOS DWD/Wd March 06 3rd VOS-TAG Meeting Hamburg 2006
VOS Status Report 2005 Quality-Management to improve the quality of observations in form and content and timeliness • 1. Coding assistance • to avoid faulty obse • Notebook on ships 348 • TurboX on Ship-PC 208 • 2. Monitoring • Processing Surfmar-Blacklist • To improve observing activities (e.g. „Begging letters“ ) 3. Award - Managementin 2005 to encourage observers 22Master/Chief Mates honoured with theDWD plaque 92Observers awarded with a valuable present 3rd VOS-TAG Meeting Hamburg 2006 DWD/Wd March 06
VOS Status Report 2005 Future plans • To increase the number of TurboWin installations on ship‘s PC • To reduce the number of non-visiting VOS • Recruitments under the aspect of the German fleet development • BATOS for German AWS • Development of a Surfmar Database for VOS Metadata • Interest in a central Surfmar publication, e.g. MIM (KNMI) 3rd VOS-TAG Meeting Hamburg 2006 DWD/Wd March 06