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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– E-mail 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
SOT lV Geneva Swtzerland, April 16-21, 2007