1. French Automatic Weather Station
Jean-Baptiste Cohuet, Météo France
8th VOS TAG, Genova, Italy
30-31 March 2011

2. Synopsis French Automatic Weather Stations Evolutions in Batos AWS
Plans for the future

3. 1. French Automatic Weather Stations
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

4. 1. French Automatic Weather Stations
French Batos fleet : 58 Batos
Le Havre: 8 Batos
Oversea
4 Batos : French Polynesia
3 Batos : Reunion Island
1 Batos : New Caledonia
Caen : 5 Batos
Brest : 16 Batos
Nantes : 2 Batos
Bordeaux : 2 Batos
Aix : 17 Batos

5. 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)
+ 3 ship to find,
Installations planned in 2011, 2012
Mississauga Express RV Urania (2011)

6. 2. French AWS Recent Evolution on Batos AWS:
Wind sensor : Tests in an air tunnel
GILL WMT CV3F YOUNG
Humidity sensor
Rotronic S3CO Vaisala HMP110
(10 VOS equiped) (in test)

7. 2. French AWS Recent Evolution on Batos AWS: Salinity :
SolOceans Project
Sport & Science
Iridium transmission
Developed with Batos 4.3
Some problems with 9601-DG modem

8. 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

9. 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

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