Status of Canadian Marine Program

Environment Canada

Yvonne Cook LCM Surface Networks

Gary Rink LCM Marine Networks

VOS Program Dec 2005

• Status – 28 operational AVOS ships (2 u/s in 2005)– 121 Manual VOS ships

• Total ship reports 2005 – Total obs from AVOS ships – 50,656– Total obs from Manual VOS ships – 29,602

• Manual VOS Exit Strategy – No further recruitment of Manual VOS ships– MSC considering the various alternatives under cost recovery

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GSI Admiral

CCG Sir Wilfred Laurier

SKAUGRAN

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Trend in AVOS/VOS reporting

No new VOS recruitments since 2000

Year AVOS ships Manual VOS ships

2003 17 178

2004 21 161

2005 28 121

Vessels Planned 2006

TANUWest Coast Canada & Gulf of Alaska

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SAGA TUCANO Pacific Ocean installed

SAGA JANDIA Pacific Ocean installed

UMIAKSt. Lawrence River-Labrador Coast

planned

AGAWA CANYON Lakes Superior & Michigan planned

CANADIAN ENTERPRISE Great Lakes planned

ATLANTIC HURON Great Lakes & East Atl. planned

LIEF ERICSON N.S.-NFLD planned

NFLD MARTIN Nfld-Greenland planned

HENRY LARSEN Nfld-Greenland planned

HENRY LARSEN

Canadian VOSClim Status

• 14 Canadian AVOS ships registered in program• Approximately 22 more AVOS ships to be registered 2006 • 75 Canadian AVOS systems planned to be registered

Note - Recruitment Strategy for Canadian AVOS ship selection based on the following:– Data sparse North – Trans-Pacific– Trans-Atlantic– % of year at sea

AVOS Concerns

• SST - Difficult installations – exploring wireless transmission• Ambient Temperature & Relative Humidity – entirely due to location, ship exhaust

causes sensor fouling and increased temperature• Communications

– INMARSAT in the north – MSC exploring replacing INMARSAT with IRIDIUM– Pressure reporting discontinued at the moment on Mackensie River

• Eprom upgrade – Delete country code as required by service provider– Incorporate IMMT3 format and MQCSV January 2007

• Stealth Mode – latest ver. S/W – option for “no transmit”. When triggered system continues to collect and store observations and PMO must retrieve data on next possible visit. CCG has requested that :

– critical ships be excluded from MSC AVOS ship list– Stealth mode be available on all CCG vessels– Call sign be hidden on all CCG vessels– Data be delayed 24 hours to the public

• Standards – Marine TWG, PMO training, certification, workload • WBS Internal site – must be acceptable to the green lane

Other PMO Responsibilities

• Moored Buoys status

– 16 Pacific coast buoys – NOMAD & 3Meter

– 10 Atlantic coast buoys –NOMAD & 3Meter

– 18 Inland waters – Watchkeeper & 3Meter

• Drifter Buoys Status

– 29 operational Pacific Ocean, 22 deployments in last 12 months

– 3 operational Atlantic Ocean, 2 deployed in last 12 months

– 8 barometer upgrades installed on US SVP’s

– 8 barometer upgrades planned for 2006

• 12 Planned deployments for 2006 including 4 with winds

• Ice Beacons – 3 operational and 7 planned deployments

• Land sites – T&P, Public WX, Climate, Radar, Aviation

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