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“State of VOS”

Explore the VOSClim fleet for high-quality real-time and delayed-mode VOS data. Join the Ancillary Pilot Project to expand VOS participation globally. Learn about the PMO support and international commitments in ship observations.

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“State of VOS”

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  1. “State of VOS” National PMO Meeting August 26-28th Operations Manager, Paula Rychtar

  2. iVOS Database numbers:

  3. Eight classes of ships are in the international VOS scheme.

  4. “OTHER”….. VOS Ancillary Pilot Project • The VOS Ancillary Pilot Project is an initiative aimed at allowing a greater • number of ships to join the global VOS scheme without some of the constraints of • being part of a national VOS fleet. • The SOT Task Team on VOS recruitment and Program Promotion (TT-VRPP) is looking • towards a way to accepting ships that cannot be recruited to join VOS in the “traditional” • way. This is due to a finite pool of certified and calibrated ships met instruments or • because of a lack of PMO support. • Many stipulations are attached to try and place quality controls and responsibilities. • NO country is assigned to this type ship. “ZZ” will reflect that as recruiting country • not assigned. Compliant e-logbook software must be used. • Number of active Undesignated (ZZ) ships in our iVOS database: 155

  5. VOS Observations (worldwide) for the month of April 2014

  6. VOSClim VOS observations with an overlay of VOSClim class ship observations VOSClim fleet is a class of reporting ships within VOS that aims to provide a high-quality Subset of VOS data in real-time and also in delayed-mode, supplemented by an extensive array of metadata to support global climate studies and research.

  7. Port Meteorological Officers 12 FTE, One PTE, Three Focal Point • Alaska Region: • Three Focal Point PMO’s • Anchorage • Valdez (vacant) • Kodiak (vacant) • Western Region: • Three full time PMO’s • Seattle Washington • Oakland/San Francisco CA (vacant) • Los Angeles CA (vacant) • Eastern Region: • Four full time PMO’s • New York City • Baltimore, MD • Norfolk, VA • Charleston, SC • Central Region: • One full time PMO • Duluth, MN • Pacific Region: • One part time PMO • Honolulu • Southern Region: • Jacksonville, FL • Miami, FL • New Orleans, LA (vacant) • Houston, TX

  8. iVOS Database numbers: *non compliant under WMO guidelines.

  9. PMO’s individual fleets (Active reporting ships as of August 2014)

  10. VOS international commitments, activities and task teams… • VOS Drifter Donation Program • Task Team on Instrument Standards (TT-IS) • Ship Observations Team • Task Team on Metadata for WMO-47 (TT-Pub47) • Task Team on Satellite Communications Systems (TT-Satcom) • Task Team on VOS recruitment and program promotion (TT-VOSRPP) • Task Team on Training (TT-Training)

  11. Mariners Weather Log • Three issues per year, December, April and August. • Going green and saving money. • International involvement • Hyperlinks provide opportunity for video, training tools and links to • various NWS products. • Peer reviewed status

  12. Thank you!

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