French VOS Programme Status report 2006 4 th VOS-TAG meeting - Geneva 12 -13 April 2007 -

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

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Météo-France VOS fleet

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Météo-France VOS fleet

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Port Meteorological Offices network

Boulogne sur merLe HavreCaen

Aix en Provence

BrestSaint NazaireBordeaux

NouméaLe PortPapeete

Nelle CalédonieLa Réunion

Tahiti

Trappes (installation team)

Toulouse(management)

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METEO FRANCE Shipboard Automatic Weather Station

BATOSsoftware version 3.0 (since february

2006)

(designed and assembled by Météo-France)

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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

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METEO FRANCE Shipboard Automatic Weather Station

« BAROS »will be take the place of the

MINOS one very soon…

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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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estimated fleet increasement:

7 a year

Thank you for your attention.