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French VOS Programme

French VOS Programme. 2005 WMO-PMO meeting - Hamburg 23 -24 mach 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

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French VOS Programme

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  1. French VOS Programme 2005 WMO-PMO meeting - Hamburg 23 -24 mach 2006 -

  2. 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) 78% of the fleet is equiped with AWS BATOS AWS allows to add visual observations to the measured parameters

  3. Météo-France VOS fleet

  4. METEO FRANCE Shipboard Automatic Weather StationBATOSversion III (february 2006)(designed and assembled by Météo-France)

  5. 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

  6. Boulogne sur mer Le Havre Caen Trappes (installation team) Brest Saint Nazaire Bordeaux Aix en Provence Nouméa Le Port Papeete Toulouse (management) Tahiti Nelle Calédonie La Réunion Port Meteorological Offices

  7. VOS Monitoring Web page http://www.meteo.shom.fr/vos-monitoring/

  8. 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) VOS Awards - Rewards « Le Verrier » medals (bronze, silver and gold) for mariners

  9. Expected evolution for 2006/2008 BATOS AWS version 3 is now available for the EUCOS-Surfmar Programme members Meteo-France plans to purchase/install 7 BATOSand 2 MINOS each year

  10. Future plans (2007 to 2010) • to increase the V.O.S. Fleet to ~ 100 vessels • to increase the number of BATOS AWS to ~75/80% of the fleet • to increase the VOSClim participation (~ 20/25 vessels) • to limit MINOS AWS installations at 10/15 ships • to keep 10/15 conventionnal sensors V.O.S. equipped (+TurboWin)

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