Current status of VOS observations in Croatia

Željko Šore, Ružica Popović and Janja Milković

Meteorological and Hydrological Service of Croatia

Genoa 30 - 31 March 2011

Parts of MHS in Croatia

Headquarter building in Zagreb

Marine Meteorological Centre in Split

Marine Meteorological Office in Rijeka

Organizational structure of MHS

Organizational structure of MHS

OBSERVATIONS OF WEATHER AND CLIMATE DIVISION

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONSDEPARTMENT

DATA PROCESSING AND CLIMATE MONITORING DEPARTMENT

CHECKING AND CONTROL DATA SECTION - IN ZAGREB

DATA PROCESSING SHIP’S METOEROLOGICAL LOGBOOK AND SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE SECTION - IN SPLIT

CLIMATE MONITORING SECTION – IN ZAGREB

Port of RIJEKASmiljan Viskovićviskovic@ cirus.dhz.hr

Port of SPLITŽeljko Šoresore@ cirus.dhz.hr

Croatian and foreign ships participating in the voluntary meteorological measurements and observations are visited in the ports of Rijeka and Split.

CROATIAN SHIPS in VOS PROGRAM

The number of ships (VOS Croatia and total number of VOS ships) in the WMO Scheme of Voluntary Observing Ships, period 1987 –

2010.

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

Year

VO

S S

hip

s -

Cro

atia

4000

4500

5000

5500

6000

6500

7000

7500

8000

VO

S S

hip

s -

JCO

MM

VOS Cro

VOS

CROATIAN SHIPS in VOS PROGRAM

Country - CROATIA

Category Number of ships Dec 2010

Selected -

Supplementary -

Auxiliary 3

Total VOS fleet 3

Colleagues from Split on Ferry Dubrovnik

Ferry Dubrovnik

Ferry Dubrovnik

• On line in Adriatic Sea;

• Current ports: from Split (Croatia) to Ancona (Italy)

• From 1 April and during the Summer will be on line Dubrovnik (Croatia) – Ancona (Italy)

AWS BaRos on Ferry Dubrovnik

First results of measurements

Future plans

• We would like and intend to re-establish

observations on ships;

• Future plans depend on financial situation;

• This year we did not plan to bay any new

instrument;

• Decision is to install AWS on ships;

Meteorological observation at sea

Thank you for your attention!