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French Automatic Weather Station

Jean-Baptiste Cohuet, Météo France8th VOS TAG, Genova, Italy

30-31 March 2011

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Synopsis

1. French Automatic Weather Stations 2. Evolutions in Batos AWS3. Plans for the future

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BATOS :• Parameters : Pressure, Temperature, Humidity, Wind, Sea surface temperature, Manned observations (visibility, clouds,waves…),

Salinity (only on 1 VOS)

• Inmarsat Transmission

• 58 VOS

MINOS :• Parameters : Pressure, Temperature

• Argos Transmission

• 7 VOS

1. French Automatic Weather Stations

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1. French Automatic Weather Stations

Caen : 5 Batos

Aix : 17 Batos

Nantes : 2 Batos

Bordeaux : 2 Batos

Oversea

4 Batos : French Polynesia

3 Batos : Reunion Island

1 Batos : New Caledonia Brest : 16 Batos

French Batos fleet : 58 Batos

Le Havre: 8 Batos

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1. French Automatic Weather Stations

Coordination of the maintenance of E-Surfmar Batos Fleet (10 VOS)

Irena Arctica Mary Arctica Nuka Arctica (2010) Naja Arctica (2010)

Toronto Express Montreal Express Celtic Explorer Celtic Voyager (2011)

Mississauga Express RV Urania (2011)

+ 3 ship to find, Installations planned in 2011, 2012

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2. French AWS

Recent Evolution on Batos AWS:

Wind sensor : Tests in an air tunnel

GILL WMT52 CV3F YOUNG

Humidity sensor

Rotronic S3CO3 Vaisala HMP110

(10 VOS equiped) (in test)

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2. French AWS

Recent Evolution on Batos AWS:

Salinity :

SolOceans Project Sport & Science

Iridium transmission

Developed with Batos 4.3Some problems with 9601-DG modem

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2. French AWS

Recent Evolution on Batos Software:

Corrections• Problem on barometer height• Problem on IMMT3 files• Observation statement sending

Improvements• Password• Help file• Iridium• Configuration• Graphic Display

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3. Plans for the future

On BATOS AWS• No new installation of Batos AWS for Météo France network, only for E-Surfmar

• Substitute CV3F and Young wind sensors by WMT52

• Finish Iridium development using 9602-LP modem. It will allow to use the new format to encode more complete BUFR.

 

A new AWS for Météo France : PACOME

• A general architecture (land stations, isolated places, airports, ships, buoys…) with specificities for the ships.

• Météo France is in a tendering procedure

• Available for tests in 2013

Thank you for your attention