1. 2005 DWD/Wd March06 3 rd VOS-TAG Meeting Hamburg 2006

2. PMO / VOS activities 2005 Observations: 281.000 Total Number VOS: 811 Status inactive 24 AWS (MILOS)21 Recruitments: 77 De-Recruitments: 55 Visits in German Ports: 1.073 3 rd VOS-TAG Meeting Hamburg 2006 DWD/Wd March 06 VOS Status Report 2005

3. 3 rd VOS-TAG Meeting Hamburg 2006 DWD/Wd March 06 VOS Status Report 2005

4. 3 rd VOS-TAG Meeting Hamburg 2006 DWD/Wd March 06 VOS Status Report 2005 Increasing effort to encourage VOS

5. Quality-Management to improve the quality of observations in form and content and timeliness 1. Coding assistance to avoid faulty obse Notebook on ships 348 TurboX on Ship-PC 208 3. Award - Management in 2005 to encourage observers 22 Master/Chief Mates DWD plaque honoured with the DWD plaque 92 Observers awarded with a valuable present 3 rd VOS-TAG Meeting Hamburg 2006DWD/Wd March 06 VOS Status Report 2005 2. Monitoring Processing Surfmar-Blacklist To improve observing activities (e.g. Begging letters )

6. To increase the number of TurboWin installations on ships PC To reduce the number of non-visiting VOS Recruitments under the aspect of the German fleet development BATOS for German AWS Development of a Surfmar Database for VOS Metadata Interest in a central Surfmar publication, e.g. MIM (KNMI) Future plans VOS Status Report 2005 3 rd VOS-TAG Meeting Hamburg 2006DWD/Wd March 06