1. Ship Observations Team National Reports Germany SOOP Programme Birgit Klein BSH Hamburg, Germany

2. SOT -IV Geneva 16-21 April 20072 North Atlantic: AX-03: high density line MV ‚Rickmers Dalian‘ V7FS3 measurements in 2005: 175 profiles (2 cruises) measurements in 2006: 119 profiles (2 cruises) Fast Deep (1200 m depth range) Ship Observations Team National Reports GERMANY (Oceanography) Round-The-World Pearl String Service

3. SOT -IV Geneva 16-21 April 20073 Ship Observations Team National Reports GERMANY (Oceanography)

4. SOT -IV Geneva 16-21 April 20074 Ship Observations Team National Reports GERMANY (Oceanography) Tropical and Subtropical Atlantic AX-11: frequently sampled line CMS ‚Monte Olivia‘ DAJC measurements in 2005: 512 profiles (9 cruises) measurements in 2006: 408 profiles (8 cruises) Deep Blue (800 m depth range))

5. SOT -IV Geneva 16-21 April 20075 Ship Observations Team National Reports GERMANY (Oceanography)

6. SOT -IV Geneva 16-21 April 20076 Ship Observations Team National Reports GERMANY (Oceanography) Data acquisition with MK12 SEAS 4.54, data transfer by Meteosat via EumetSat Darmstadt DCP: Synergetics (type 3426)

7. SOT -IV Geneva 16-21 April 20077 Ship Observations Team National Reports GERMANY (Oceanography) MARNET monitoring network Marine Environmental Monitoring Network in the North Sea and Baltic Sea

8. SOT -IV Geneva 16-21 April 20078 Ship Observations Team National Reports GERMANY (Oceanography)

9. SOT -IV Geneva 16-21 April 20079 Ship Observations Team National Reports GERMANY (Oceanography)

10. SOT -IV Geneva 16-21 April 200710 Ship Observations Team National Reports GERMANY (Oceanography) ARGO GERMANY 2004-2006: ~ 100 floats (APEX and NEMO) funded by BMBF North Atlantic (WOCE A2 corridor 42° - 51° N) (BSH Hamburg) 2007 : 48 floats active (1500 m depth, 15 days) after 2008:deployment of 50 floats each year (operational phase to be funded by BMVBS) Tropical Atlantic (IfM-GEOMAR Kiel) 2007: 32 floats active Arctic waters (Weddell Sea) (AWI Bremerhaven ) 2007: 12 floats active Data processing is done in both in real-time and delayed mode in close collaboration with Coriolis / IFREMER. (Array for Real-time Geostrophic Oceanography)

11. SOT -IV Geneva 16-21 April 200711 Ship Observations Team National Reports GERMANY (Oceanography) Trajectories of the 48 active ARGO floats operated by BSH

12. SOT -IV Geneva 16-21 April 200712 Ship Observations Team National Reports GERMANY (Oceanography) Many thanks!