E-SURFMAR Programme Status TT-AWS Report 20 th

E-SURFMAR Programme Status & TT-AWS Report 20 th PB-Obs meeting 5 -6 th October 2009, Offenbach Pierre Blouch E-SURFMAR Programme Manager 20 th PB-OBS Meeting, 5 -6 Sept. 2009 Pierre Blouch, E-SURFMAR Programme Manager

E-SURFMAR Contents 1. Network status 2. Ongoing activities and plans 20 th PB-OBS Meeting, 5 -6 Sept. 2009 Pierre Blouch, E-SURFMAR Programme Manager

E-SURFMAR Contents 1. Network status 2. Ongoing activities and plans 20 th PB-OBS Meeting, 5 -6 Sept. 2009 Pierre Blouch, E-SURFMAR Programme Manager

E-SURFMAR Programme Drifting Buoys Iridium SVP-B Argos SVP-BW (moored buoys) August 2009 20 th PB-OBS Meeting, 5 -6 Sept. 2009 Pierre Blouch, E-SURFMAR Programme Manager

E-SURFMAR Drifting Buoys Data Timeliness Number of operating buoys E-SURFMAR EGOS E-SURFMAR Long term target : 90% Short term target : 70% EGOS Percentage of reports sent onto the GTS less than 50 minutes after the observation 20 th PB-OBS Meeting, 5 -6 Sept. 2009 Pierre Blouch, E-SURFMAR Programme Manager

E-SURFMAR Arctic & North Drifting Buoys Supplementary Eumetnet buoys Non-Eumetnet buoys August 2009 20 th PB-OBS Meeting, 5 -6 Sept. 2009 Pierre Blouch, E-SURFMAR Programme Manager

E-SURFMAR VOS Observations Data Availability Average number of daily reports from the EUCOS area E-SURFMAR Target : 1000 obs/day Target : 250 obs/day Conventional VOS E-SURFMAR Automated VOS (AWS) 20 th PB-OBS Meeting, 5 -6 Sept. 2009 Pierre Blouch, E-SURFMAR Programme Manager

E-SURFMAR Funded AWS System Ba. Tos Ba. Ros AWS Type « integrated » « autonomous » Parameters SLP, Ta, U, dd, ff and SST SLP only Visual obs. Yes No Inmarsat-C DR Iridium SBD Binary Mess. length 32 bytes 15 bytes In operation 5 9 +7 (2009 -2011) +14 (2009 -2010) Hourly Transmission Data type Planned Obs. period

E-SURFMAR Moored Buoys EUCOS moored buoys The four EUCOS moored buoys were nominally in operation over the past two months. K 5 still reports directional wave spectra observations through Iridium for valuation (no spectra reported onto the GTS). A reference waverider would be desirable for calibration (DB-TAG request). The use of ~50 k€ from E-SURFMAR savings was proposed. The project was removed from the revised EUCOS budget.

E-SURFMAR Performances (September 2009) Component 97% Timeliness HH+50 90% 69% Timeliness HH+100 95% 89% 1. 0 h. Pa 0. 68 h. Pa 90% 95% Timeliness HH+50 90% 100% Timeliness HH+100 95% 100% RMS (SLP) 1. 0 h. Pa 0. 75 h. Pa Availability 250 328 Timeliness HH+50 90% 85% Timeliness HH+100 95% 96% RMS (SLP) 1. 0 h. Pa 1. 37 h. Pa Availability Shipborne AWS 88% Availability Conventional VOS Performance RMS (SLP) 3 -K pattern moored buoys Target Availability Drifting buoys Criteria 1000 961 Timeliness HH+50 90% 91% Timeliness HH+100 95% 96% 1. 0 h. Pa 0. 76 h. Pa 45 14 RMS (SLP) E-SURFMAR AWS installed

E-SURFMAR Contents 1. Network status 2. Ongoing activities and plans 20 th PB-OBS Meeting, 5 -6 Sept. 2009 Pierre Blouch, E-SURFMAR Programme Manager

E-SURFMAR Other activities and plans Surface marine OSE conducted by ECMWF (period: 7 weeks over last winter). Results expected in next december/january. Works on an AIS weather report dataformat in the frame of the e-navigation (collaboration with a correspondence group of IMO on AIS binary messages). These reports could become the equivalent of AMDAR for ships. Search for voluntary ships to be equipped with Ba. Ros stations in the Medit. Sea is becomming a priority for E-SURFMAR. Possible co-operation with oceanographers in the frame of Hy. Me. X (first IOP in 2001 -2012) and MOON (Medit. Operational Oceanography Network). Preparation of a workshop for PMOs in Antwerp (2 -4 december 2009). Programme : use of the Pub 47 metadatabase and QC tools, S-AWS installations (including a real exercice on a ship).

E-SURFMAR Questions ? 20 th PB-OBS Meeting, 5 -6 Sept. 2009 Pierre Blouch, E-SURFMAR Programme Manager