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French National Report

Jean-Baptiste Cohuet, Météo France8th VOS TAG meeting , Genoa, Italy

30-31 March 2011

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Synopsis

1. French VOS fleet2. VOS network management3. Plans for the future

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1. French VOS fleet

French VOS fleet consists of 67 VOS:

• 58 AWS BATOS (among them 4 ASAP)

• 7 AWS MINOS

• 2 ships with STANDARD INSTRUMENTS and using TURBOWIN (inactive in 2010)

Evolution in 2010:

+ 5 new VOS (Batos)

- 3 VOS stricken off (2 Batos + 1 Minos)

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1. French VOS fleet

Various kind of ships:

15 Container ships16 Ferries

3 Sailing ships

3 Fishing ships6 Oil and Gaz tankers

13 Research vessels

6 Roll-on roll-off

3 Cable ships

2 Patrol ships

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1. French VOS fleet

Observations in 2010:

Eucos Area

World

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1. French VOS fleet

Total of observations

Manned observations

Number of VOS

Observations in 2010:

Evolution of French VOS fleet in 10 years

Nb VOSObservations

0

50000

100000

150000

200000

250000

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

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10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

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1. French VOS fleet

Observations origins in 2010:

BATOS : Automatic & manned

observations 9521 (4%)

MINOS : Fully automatic

observations 41 504 (20%)

BATOS Fully automatic

observations 161 553 (76 %)

212 578 observations in 2010 ( + 16.7 % compared with 2009)

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2. VOS network management

Caen : 5 Batos

Le Havre : 8 Batos

Aix : 17 Batos

Nantes : 2 Batos

Bordeaux : 2 Batos

Oversea

4 Batos : French Polynesia

3 Batos : Reunion Island

1 Batos : New Caledonia

9 technical teams

Brest : 16 Batos

French Organisation:

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2. VOS network management

Caen : 5 Batos

Le Havre : 8 Batos

Aix : 17 Batos

Nantes : 2 Batos

Bordeaux : 2 Batos

Oversea

4 Batos : French Polynesia

3 Batos : Reunion Island

1 Batos : New Caledonia

7 Port Meteorological Offices (PMO)

Brest : 16 Batos

French Organisation:

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2. VOS network management

Caen : 5 Batos

Le Havre : 8 Batos

Aix : 17 Batos

Nantes : 2 Batos

Bordeaux : 2 Batos

Oversea

4 Batos : French Polynesia

3 Batos : Reunion Island

1 Batos : New Caledonia Brest : 16 Batos

Maintenance coordinators

Team of 3

CMM

French Organisation:

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2. VOS network management

New tools : a website to point the VOS

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2. VOS network management

New tools : a website for VOS management

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2. VOS network management

New tools : monitoring tools

• Missing Data

• Big errors

A daily or weekly list of the big errors (reference : ARPEGE global model)

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3. Plans for the future

1. No new installation of Batos AWS for Météo France network, only for E-Surfmar

2. Batos evolutions (sensors, transmission, software)

3. Improve the quality and the number of manned observations

4. A new AWS for Météo France ships

Thank you for your attention