Status of VOS Automated Observing Systems
|
Country |
Type of
AWS (as at 31/12/2004) |
Comms |
Manual Entry Facility |
Number of Ships with AWS at 31/12/2002 |
Number of Ships with AWS at 31/12/2004 |
Plans
for 2005 |
|
Australia |
Vaisala Milos 500 AWS |
Inmarsat C |
Yes |
9 |
11 |
Max of 2 new installations |
|
Canada |
AVOS – AXYS Environmental Systems |
Inmarsat C |
Yes |
13 |
14 |
20 AVOS with VOSClim |
|
France |
BATOS Mini BATOS MINOS |
Inmarsat
C Inmarsat
C Argos |
Yes No No |
19 |
30 1 6 |
8 new BATOS & 4 new MINOS
planned |
|
Germany |
Vaisala Milos 500 AWS |
Meteosat |
No |
23 |
21 |
Add manual input facility |
|
Ireland |
Vaisala AWS |
Meteosat |
No |
1 |
1 * |
|
|
Japan |
Koshin Denki Kogyo Co., Ltd (8) Ogasawara Keiki Seisakusho Co.
Ltd (2) Nippon Electric Instrument
Inc. (1) Brookhaven National Laboratory
(1) |
GMS and Inmarsat C |
7 Yes 1 No 4 ? |
13 |
12 |
Since 2002 a 3 year project to develop AWS is being
carried out by Japan Weather Association & manufacturers |
|
New
Zealand |
AWS based on Sutron 9000RTU |
GMS |
Yes |
1 |
1 |
2 wind only AWS for coastal ships
planned |
|
Russia |
GM6 |
Inmarsat C |
Yes |
- |
38 |
|
|
Spain |
Vaisala Milos |
Inmarsat C |
Yes |
1 |
1 |
|
|
United
Kingdom |
Christian Michelson Research AS
Automet |
Inmarsat C |
No |
1 |
1 |
Use of MINOS being explored. Any
changes to be considered under ESURFMAR |
|
United
States |
SEAS-AutoImet |
Inmarsat C |
Yes |
- |
3 |
Plans for 2 more installations |
|
TOTALS |
|
|
|
81 |
140 |
38
Automated systems planned for 2005 |
* Data from 31/12/2002