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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
0
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