Met Office – Marine NetworksSarah North UK Selected ships 385 UK Auxiliary ships Nil UK VOSClim ships 52 (+ 30 Offshore platforms/Rigs – not in E-SURFMAR) E-SURFMAR VOS TAG – UK Report

Page 2© Crown copyright 2004 E-SURFMAR VOS TAG – UK Report Real time observations from UK ‘Selected’ observing ships = approx observations in 2005 [ + Approx observations from Rigs] Timeliness of observations from UK observing ships

Page 3© Crown copyright 2004 TurboWin Logbooks E-SURFMAR VOS TAG – UK Report By the end of 2005 a total of 147 ships had been supplied with electronic TurboWin logbooks – amounting to 38% of the active UK Selected fleet (at the end of 2004 this figure stood at 98 ships amounting to 25%) 75 ships have been provided with dedicated laptops for TurboWin 233 Paper Logbooks received in 2005 Aim to transfer to TurboWin by end of 2007

Page 4© Crown copyright 2004 Automatic Weather Systems - Installations 1 – AUTOMET (Installed on ferry ‘Pride of Bilbao’ in July 04) 1 – MINOS GP (installed on ferry ‘Stena Leader’ in ….. 1 – BATOS (installation on container ship ‘Toronto Express’ almost complete) 1 – AVOS (installation due to commence April 2006) E-SURFMAR VOS TAG – UK Report Automatic Weather Systems - Planned 8 - Minos GP (for coastal, Icelandic and continental ships) 2 - Minos GPW (possibly for coastal tankers/ferries) 2 – Batos (for North Atlantic container ships) (other systems including MILOS and Weatherpak to be considered next FY as part of AWS trials) AVOS BATOS MINOS AUTOMET

Page 5© Crown copyright 2004  To roll out TurboWin to 90% of VOS fleet by April 2007  To withdraw inactive VOS (reduce fleet size to ships)  Increase automation (subject to budgets)  Increased VOS deployment of Argo Floats  All manual offshore rig observations to be sent direct by by October 2006  Re-introduce Long Service Award Scheme  Replace Wooden screens with Plastic screens E-SURFMAR VOS TAG – UK Report Future Plans Expectations of E-SURFMAR  Introduction of E-SURFMAR (DWD) database for metadata by end of 2006?  Development of a common database for reporting European PMO inspections  Introduction of Wiki site for reporting additional observations  Introduction of a common E-SURFMAR publication for VOS  Harmonisation of practices wherever possible (e.g. common inspection forms)  Further development of TurboWin to include additional training aspects, metadata collection, BUFR etc  Commitment to increase European VOSClim participation  Increased co-operation between E-PMOs