SOT lV Geneva Swtzerland, April 16-21, 2007 Canadian Marine Program Yvonne Cook LCM Surface Networks Gerie-Lynn Lavigne LCM Marine Network

SOT lV Geneva Swtzerland, April 16-21, 2007 New Staff Members Gerie-Lynn Lavigne Life Cycle Manager Champika Gallage Standards Officer 4 new PMO’s being trained up

SOT lV Geneva Swtzerland, April 16-21, 2007 AVOS 38 operational –29 selected –9 supplementary (no SST) 1 training unit at CCG 1 Engineering unit Sparing Procurement 25 ready for ship selection & installation Software upgrade –includes IMMT3 & MQCS5 –EPROM burning on hold Data download from ships –Download Instructions need final testing and implementation –Shared drive for PMO’s

SOT lV Geneva Swtzerland, April 16-21, 2007 May 2006

SOT lV Geneva Swtzerland, April 16-21, 2007 Sept 2006

SOT lV Geneva Swtzerland, April 16-21, 2007 VOSClim Status 38 Ships registered 9 without SST?

SOT lV Geneva Swtzerland, April 16-21, 2007 Pub47 Update August 2006 update of limited use due to format issues & suspect data April 2007 file contains significant changes –Formatted to version 3 –All ship data updated and confirmed –Photos & CD’s

SOT lV Geneva Swtzerland, April 16-21, 2007 AVOS demography 19 Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) –50% of present AVOS fleet –CCG ships selected because of routing through the Arctic (data sparse area) and quality of technical staff Remainder of Fleet –Containers and car carriers –Regular routes –Intercontinental –Etc.

SOT lV Geneva Swtzerland, April 16-21, 2007 Stealth Mode CCG –Will not accept ‘SHIP’ or masked Ident –Enabled permanent stealth on all CCG AVOS MSC working on solution –All CCG observations North of 60N will be transmitted to WMO South of 60N will not be transmitted to WMO unless encrypted –Developing SM encryption

SOT lV Geneva Swtzerland, April 16-21, 2007 VOS Optimization Steps & Experiences Optimization Letter Equipment handover letter Approx 50 ships still to handle Great Lakes Shipping – transmissions have been offered by owners –No inspection by EC PMO’s No PMO Support

SOT lV Geneva Swtzerland, April 16-21, 2007 ISO MSC going ISO9001:2000 Technical Workgroups chaired by Standards officers & LCMs –System manual from Manufacturer –Draft Maintenance & Inspection (MSC) –Draft Inspection check-sheets (MSC) WBS (Weather Buoy System) –Internal web site –Captures all AVOS obs –Generates monthly stats

SOT lV Geneva Swtzerland, April 16-21, 2007 Iridium Pilot Project Prototype Iridium AVOS One of 3 Possible Vessels –Amundsen CGDT (Research Vessel) –DesGroseiliers CGDX –Pierre Radisson CGSB Data communications –Path must be as much Canadian as possible –through EC

SOT lV Geneva Swtzerland, April 16-21, 2007 Thank You Merci!

SOT lV Geneva Swtzerland, April 16-21, 2007 Other Marine Topics IABP –2 Ice Beacons annually –5 extra in support of IPY North Atlantic buoy monitoring support –2 annually –2 extra 2007 North Pacific buoy monitoring support –10 planned for spring 2007 NAVO deployment –14 planned deployments by VOS Continued support of 45 operational moored buoys Buoy Developments –Purchase of three 3meter foam hulls –Problems with construction of superstructure Future Contracts in the Canadian marine program are under jurisdiction of the National Procurement Review Board

SOT lV Geneva Swtzerland, April 16-21, 2007