VOS Report for 2018	Country =		
	
	a.	Programme description:	
	Category	No. of ships at 
31 Dec 2018	Recruitments in 2018	De-recruitments
In 2018	Comments	
	Selected					
	Selected AWS					
	VOSClim					
	VOSClim AWS					
	Supplementary					
	Supplementary AWS					
	Auxiliary					
	Auxiliary AWS					
	Other					
	National VOS Total		 			
						
	National VOS Target						
	National VOSClim Target 						
							
	b.	Data management:	
	Total number of ship observations (BBXX) distributed on the GTS in 2018		
	Dates when VOS data submitted to the GCCs in 2018		

	c.	Shipboard Automatic Weather System	
	Type	No. of ships at  31 Dec 2018	Manual Input
Yes / No	Method of Comms	Year1 Plans	

						

						

	d.	Electronic logbooks: (TurboWin, SEAS, OBSJMA)	
	Software & version	No. of ships at 
 31 Dec 2018	Implementation plans	

				

				

e.	Standard Meteorological Equipment:  (Types and Settings)	
Equipment Type / Element	Manual Instrumentation	AWS Instrumentation	
Barometer			

Default national setting	Station Level or Mean Sea Level	Station Level or Mean Sea Level	
Barograph			
			
Default national setting	Station Level or Mean Sea Level	Station Level or Mean Sea Level	
Thermometers			
			
Sea Surface Temperature			
			
Wind Speed			
			
Wind Direction			

			

f. 	PMO ship visit activities:  (if a visit is for dual purposes, include all purposes)	
Activity	Manual Ship 	AWS
Ship	Comment	
Routine VOS inspections				
VOS recruitment visits				
VOS de-recruitment visits				
VOS courtesy or foreign visits				
Total visits to VOS			
Routine ASAP inspections				
ASAP recruitment visits				
ASAP de-recruitment visits				
ASAP courtesy visits				
Total visits to ASAP				
Routine SOOP visits				
SOOP recruitment visits				
SOOP de-recruitment visits				
SOOP courtesy visits				
Total visits to SOOP				
Visits in support of DBCP (drifting buoys)				
Visits in support of Argo (profiling floats)				
Total visits to other programs				
Total visits by national PMOs		Sum of all ship visits (VOS + ASAP + SOOP) + visits to other program (DBCP + Argo)	
Total number of PMOs(FTE*)			
(*FTE-Full Time Employee)				
g.	Major challenges and difficulties:	

	
		
h.	Research / development / testing:	

	
		
i.	Other comments