Ship Visit... Equipment... PMO Gear Locker Address Book Contact... Reports Lloyd's USCG/Amver PMO's WMO Calendar Data Files Lists Observation... VOS Inventory NOAA NWS Telecomm Gateway New VOS Data Model

VOS Observation Management System PMO Functions PMO Account Report Generator View Pre-Defined VOS Report Set Filters Resource LinksShip Search and List Ship Exists? Add Visit View/Edit Ship Information Update call/name View/Add Visits Manage Equipment Relate Contacts Add Awards View Observations Export Ship Record YES Enter New Ship Call (mandatory) Name IMO Number Flag NO My Address Book Specify Time Period Recruit/ De-Recruit Ship Group Services Tutorials Calendar News PMO Individual Home Page My Folder VOS Documents

VOS Observation Management System Ship Workflow Known Ship (In Lloyd's Register) New Ship Never Participated in VOS Unknown Ship (Not in Lloyd's Register) "Track" Ship in U.S. VOS active = N PMO = VPL Identify Ship (find IMO # if it has one) Add PMO Visits to Ship Credit Observations to Ship Recruit Ship De-Recruit Ship Recruit Ship in VOSClim De-Recruit Ship from VOSClim Record Ship's Identity History Store WMO No. 47 Metadata active = A active = I Track Ship's WX Equipment Relate Contacts to Ship Assign PMO Designate VOS recruiting country Export WMO No. 47 Metadata Ship Scrapped or Broken Up Ship Decommissioned active = Sactive = D Services Available to "Tracked" Ships done throughout ship's entire VOS life cycle Upload Files and Images

VOS Observation Management System Controlled Equipment Workflow Purchase NOAA Weather Observing Equipment Equipment Inventory (assigned to VPL) PMO Gear Locker (assigned to PMO) Ship (Installed on Ship) Out for Service (assigned to VPL) Excess Property Calibration Lost Attributes Tracked Equipment Name Make (brand) Primary/Secondary Owner Type Serial Number Location Units Date Calibrated Date Installed Date Removed National Use Equipment-Specific Attributes (examples: Height, Depth, Exposure, etc.)

Going International U.S. VOS Observation Management System OptionTasksCost (to U.S.) Time Keep U.S. system as is and contribute quarterly to WMO No. 47 None May, 2006 Give system to other countries and contribute quarterly to WMO No. 47 Send CD with system framework only (no data) Add documentation $5,000June, 2006 Give accounts to international PMO's and contribute Quarterly to WMO No. 47 Modify security Upgrade Lloyd's license $20,000* (annually) *Dcrg out yrs (security maintenance) Aug, 2006 Create second system in another country and maintain continuous synchronization Develop and test synchronization Modify security Upgrade Lloyd's license $50,000Dec, 2006 Create multiple systems with central repository, all continuously synchronized Develop and test repository and synchronization Modify security Upgrade Lloyd's license $100,000Dec, 2007