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

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

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

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

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

6. Arctic & North Drifting Buoys August 2009 Supplementary Eumetnet buoys
Non-Eumetnet buoys
August 2009
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7. Data Availability Average number of daily reports from the EUCOS area
VOS Observations
Data Availability Average number of daily reports from the EUCOS area
E-SURFMAR
Target : 1000 obs/day
E-SURFMAR
Target : 250 obs/day
Conventional VOS
Automated VOS (AWS)
20th PB-OBS Meeting, 5-6 Sept Pierre Blouch, E-SURFMAR Programme Manager

8. Funded AWS System BaTos BaRos AWS Type « integrated » « autonomous »
Parameters
SLP, Ta, U, dd, ff and SST
SLP only
Visual obs.
Yes No
Transmission
Inmarsat-C DR
Iridium SBD
Data type
Binary
Mess. length
32 bytes
15 bytes
In operation 5 9
Planned
+7 ( )
+14 ( )
Obs. period
Hourly
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9. Moored Buoys EUCOS moored buoys
The four EUCOS moored buoys were nominally in operation over the past two months.
K5 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.
20th PB-OBS Meeting, 5-6 Sept Pierre Blouch, E-SURFMAR Programme Manager

10. Performances (September 2009)
Component
Criteria
Target
Performance
Drifting buoys
Availability
88%
97%
Timeliness HH+50
90%
69%
Timeliness HH+100
95%
89%
RMS (SLP)
1.0 hPa
0.68 hPa
3-K pattern moored buoys
100%
0.75 hPa
Conventional VOS
250
328
85%
96%
1.37 hPa
Shipborne AWS
1000
961
91%
0.76 hPa
E-SURFMAR AWS installed 45 14
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11. Contents 1. Network status 2. Ongoing activities and plans
20th PB-OBS Meeting, 5-6 Sept Pierre Blouch, E-SURFMAR Programme Manager

12. 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 BaRos stations in the Medit Sea is becomming a priority for E-SURFMAR. Possible co-operation with oceanographers in the frame of HyMeX (first IOP in ) and MOON (Medit. Operational Oceanography Network).
Preparation of a workshop for PMOs in Antwerp (2-4 december 2009) Programme : use of the Pub 47 metadata database and QC tools, S-AWS installations (including a real exercice on a ship).
20th PB-OBS Meeting, 5-6 Sept Pierre Blouch, E-SURFMAR Programme Manager

13. Questions ?
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