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Volker Weidner

PMO Advisor

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„Jade-Weser-Port“Wilhelmshaven

~ 2013

Port Meteorological Officer

(Retired in June)

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Selected 795

AWS (MILOS/other) 19

Supplementary: 2

Auxiliary: 25

Total 841

German VOS Fleet 2010:German VOS Fleet 2010:

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Recruitments: 55

De-Recruitments: 56

Visits in German Ports: 958

Inspections by PMO/KNMI 18

PMO / VOS activities 2010

Observations (total): 240.345 Manual observations: 129.500

from AWS: 110.800

VOSCLIM 47

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Quality-Management

Electronic Logbook on Ship-PCNotebook on ships

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TurboX on Ship-PC 572

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Conventional Instruments

Standard Equipment

Aneroid barometerManufacturer: Fuess

Typ: 15 PMaccuracy: +/- 0,2-0,3 hPa

Sling

Manufacturer: Eigenbrodtaccuracy: +/- 0,2 oC

Bucket Manufacturer: Th. Friedrichsaccuracy: +/- 0,2 oC

Aneroid barographManufacturer:

LambrechtTyp: 290

accuracy: +/- 0,2-0,3 hPaDr. Müller/Fuess

Typ: 78aaccuracy: +/- 0,2-0,3 hPa

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Future …

Digital Equipment for 200 conventional VOS

Temperature & Humidity

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Air Pressure & Tendency

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Future plans (approved by DWD)

200 VOS conventional (status: “VOSCLIM”)

90 VOS with complex AWS (status: “VOSCLIM-AWS”)

100 VOS with AWS “light” (air pressure only)

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A S A P Automated Shipborne Aerological Programme

4 DWD-Systems, equipped with Vaisala sounding system „DigiCora“

RV „METEOR“

„Atlantic Compass“

„Atlantic Concert“

„Dublin Express“ (Shed-Launcher)

Harald Budweg

„Shed-Launcher“

Foto: Copyright © Vaisala

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A S A P

Distribution of ASAP-Soundings from German systems in the Eucos area of interest in 2010

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Questions?