MetService NZ Marine Programme MetService NZ Marine Programme Julie Fletcher Manager Marine Observations

MetService Marine Network NZ Marine Network at 1 March VOS Ships (39 Selected 4 Supplementary 7 Auxiliary) 8 Drifting Buoys

Marine Programme Objectives To maintain a VOS fleet of about 40 Sel Ships & a network of 7 Drifting Buoys to provide quality real-time marine data for NZ Forecasting Operations To exchange SHIP and BUOY data internationally to provide input to Global Models and for Climatological and Research applications

MetService NZ Marine Forecasting Area (METAREA XIV)

VOS Management All PMO duties Recruitment & Decommissioning of VOS Reporting as SOT,VOS & VOSClim FP Maintenance of VOS database Monitoring, QC & follow up action Assistance to foreign VOS

NZ Ports

NZ VOS Fleet Changes in 2006 Recruited 2006 = 4 3 Container ships, 1 Gas tanker Decommissioned 2006 = 5 Due to ship sold, end of charter Since Feb 2004 there has been a steady increase in use of TurboWin - installed on ships’ PCs

Year% of Selected ships with TurboWin % % % Increase in TurboWin use By end 2006, 22 of 37 Selected ships were using TW, most using version 3.6

NZ VOS input 17,133 Obs onto GTS in 2006

‘Selected’ VOS Vessel Types Number of ships Container Ship22 Gas Tanker5 Liquid Tanker2 General Cargo2 Tug2 Research Vessel1 Support Vessel1 Car Carrier1 RORO1 Other2

Instrumentation/Automation Manual Observing –Precision Aneroid Barometer –Fuess Aneroid Barometer (few ships only) –Marine Barograph –Stevenson Screen + thermometers –Sea Bucket

Instrumentation/Automation Automation One Marine AWS - RV TANGAROA –Based on Sutron 9000RTU with manual input option –MTSAT comms –Hourly observations –Tangaroa L 70m, B13.8m, Gross tonnage 2282 Two ‘low cost’ Ship AWS planned for 2007

Low Cost Ship AWS mSTAR Ship AWS based on MetService generic family of land AWS GPRS cellular network comms, 1 min data Using GPS for position & True WSD Trial on coastal ship SOC, L108m B16m Gross tonnage 5269 If comms successful, will install on more coastal ships

Communications Most NZ VOS send via SAT C to Perth LES Early in 2007 change to LES and (SAC) numbers: 212 (POR) or 312 (IOR) SAC 1241 A few ships Obs to MetService A few coastal ships phone/fax to 0800 number

Obs Quality & Quantity Monitored Count of Obs recvd in Real-Time versus Obs done in e/logbook Forecaster & data entry staff feedback Use of MeteoFrance VOS QC tools Use of UKMO Monthly stats and TOR Regular feedback to ships on quality issues

TOR NZ VOS January 2007

TOR NZ VOS February 2007

TOR NZ VOS March 2007

Inspection Regime All NZ VOS inspected at least once per year Some ships receive several visits All barometers calibrated against PMO’s Vaisala PTB220AD Transfer Standard barometer which is traceable to National/International standards Foreign VOS ships visited when possible and on request

New Initiatives MCSS MetService submitted VOS IMMT data to the GCCs in Dec first submission for many years The IMMT files were collated from VOS using TurboWin since 2004 VOSClim MetService plans to begin recruiting ships to VOSClim during 2007

Challenges & Difficulties Volatility – Maersk Line changes in 06/07 have affected the NZ VOS ISPS code needs forward planning Ship Security & the potential impact on VOF from release of Ship details on web Looking at options to collate new Pub47 metadata Language problems - clear instructions Not all ships have PCs for TurboWin Impact of short port stays

Excellent International Co-operation I work in isolation ‘down under’ I find the marine work challenging and interesting Thanks to global PMOs and VOS FP for help and advice International Co-operation is excellent. Response is always positive, timely, helpful & encouraging