SOT IV/Doc. I 4, Appendix F, p. 1 APPENDIX F REPORT BY THE TASK TEAM ON INSTRUMENT STANDARDS

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1 SOT IV/Doc. I 4, Appendix F, p INTRODUTION APPENDIX F REPORT BY THE TASK TEAM ON INSTRUMENT STANDARDS 1.1. The third meeting of the Ship Observations Team (SOT III) established this task team to complete the following efforts: ompile information on existing activities, procedures and practices within JOMM relating to instrument testing, standardization and intercalibration, as well as the standardization of observation practices and procedures Using guidance contained in existing guides including the WMO Guides on Instruments and Methods of Observation (WMO.8) communicate with manufacturers regarding new technologies and recognized equipment problems Prepare a JOMM Technical Report containing this information, to be made widely available through relevant web sites (JOMM, JOMMOPS, VOS, DBP, SOOP, SOT) Provide guidance on testing and the intercalibration of marine meteorological and oceanographic observing systems Liaise closely with WMO/IMO, both in the compilation of the information and also in assessing what additional work in this are might be required under JOMM Liaise closely with IO in the preparation of the wider compilation of existing instrumentation and observing practices and standards in oceanographic observations in general, with a view to inputting an appropriate contribution from JOMM This task team encompasses the Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS), Ship of Opportunity (SOOP), and Automated Shipboard Aerological (ASAP) programs. Other sub functions may be included as per guidance from the SOT governing body As of SOT IV, the Task team is in the process of collating information about national guidance material and instrument types that will be available for posting on the specific SOT panel web sites. 2. GUIDANE 2.1. VOS WMO Guide To Meteorological Instruments And Methods of Observation (WMO. 8) NMS Australia Port Meteorological Agents Guide TurboWin User Guide TurboWin Setup Manual United Kingdom UK Met O of America Military Specification MIL B National Weather Service NWS G101 SP National Weather Service NWS G222 SP NWS Instruction AmverSeas Users Manual Observing Handbook SOOP IO Guide to IGOSS (now JOMM) Data Archives and Exchange (BATHY and TESA) IO Manual and Guides Guide to Operational Procedures for the ollection and Exchange of IGOSS (now JOMM) Data IO Manual and Guides.3

2 SOT IV/Doc. I 4, Appendix F, p IGOSS (now JOMM) Plan and Implementation Programme IO Technical Series Best Guide And Principles Manual For The Ships Of Opportunity Program (SOOP) and Expendable Bathythermograph (Xbt) Operations NMS Australia Devil XBT User Manual 2.3. ASAP WMO guidance available at this time EUOS guidance available at this time NMS guidance available at this time.

3 3. URRENTLY FIELDED EQUIPMENT 3.1. VOS Barometers National VOS Barometer Barometer Type SOT IV/Doc. I 4, Appendix F, p. 3 BAROMETERS Barometer Setting Type of orrection Tables Used Australia Vaisala PTB220 Digital Height Australia Pressure/Temperature, Precision Drift & Height roatia Barigo Fisher SUNDO Ecuador France Vaisala PTB220 Digital Germany Fuess 15PM Greece Belfort SUNDO Th. FRIEDRIH Hong Kong Precision U.K. Met. O. 740 U.K. Met. O. 740 Iceland Fuess Vaisala PA11 Digital Air Pressure Dependent Ireland Japan Digital Height Height Netherlands Fuess Vaisala PTB220 Aneroïd Aneroïd New Zealand Fuess Precision Instrument & Height Singapore PAB MK2 M2236 U.K. Met. O. 740 South Africa Fuess United Kingdom PAB MK2 Negretti & U.K. Met. O. 740 Zambra Precision Mk 2 Belfort NOTES: 1) For Ships using TurboWin, the Height correction is applied by the software. 2) Information can also be found on VOS web site at: Barographs BAROGRAPHS National VOS Barograph Barograph Type Barograph Setting Australia Open Scale roatia KOMPAS Open Scale Ecuador Micro barograph France ne Germany Mueller 78A Lambrecht 290 Greece Belfort Open Scale (4 Day) Hong Kong Small Scale

4 SOT IV/Doc. I 4, Appendix F, p. 4 Iceland ne Ireland Open Scale (7 Day) Japan Open Scale (1 Day) Open Scale (7 Day) Netherlands Fuess Aneroïd New Zealand Open Scale Singapore Open Scale MK3 South Africa Mason United Kingdom Open Scale (7 Day) Belfort Open Scale (4 Day) Thermometers VOS THERMOMETER TYPES and SETTINGS National VOS Thermometer ThermometerType Thermometer Fluid Australia AMA Liquid in glass Hg Netherlands Ship provided United kingdom Zeal 2 Hg Zeal P2505 Mason Hygrometer Glycol

5 Sea Surface Temperature SOT IV/Doc. I 4, Appendix F, p. 5 VOS SEA SURFAE TEMPERATURE TYPES and SETTINGS National VOS Sensor Sensor Type Sensor Scale /F Australia Sea thermometer Ship s intake Bucket (UK) Netherlands Bucket Alcohol or Mercury Deg United Kingdom Sea thermometer Bucket Ship s intake Ship's Intake Either (ship Dependent) Automated Systems VOS AUTOMATED SYSTEMS National VOS Sensor ommunication Augmentable Australia ShipAWS Inmarsat Data Reporting anada AVOS Inmarsat Data Reporting Denmark EUOS Inmarsat Data Reporting France Germany MINI MINOS Ship's datalogger Vaisala MILOS 500 Inmarsat Data Reporting Argos Meteosat Meteosat Ireland Vaisala MILOS 500 New Zealand Sutron 9000RTU MTSAT rway QL 50 VSAT?? Spain Vaisala MILOS 500 United Kingdom AVOS MR Automet MINOS Argos NOTE: More detail information regarding automated systems is covered under SOT III Action Items III A/3.2.1 and III A/3.2.4.

6 SOT IV/Doc. I 4, Appendix F, p SOOP Expendable BathyThermograph (XBT) XBT Recorder System Australia Australia BOM Australia SIROS ThermoSalinoGraph (TSG) XBT Probe Sippican Sippican XBT Recorder Devil XBT Devil XBT Thermosalinograph (TSG) Seabird 21 TSG Seabird 38 Remote Temperature Sensor Seabird 45 MicroTSG onductivity, Temperature, and Depth (TD) onductivity, Temperature, and Depth (TD) Seabird 19 Seabird 25 Seabird Expandable onductivity, Temperature, and Depth (XTD) Expandable onductivity, Temperature, and Depth (XTD) Sippican TSK Acoustic Doppler urrent Profile (ADP) Acoustic Doppler urrent Profile (ADP) RD Instruments Partial Pressure of O 2 (po 2 ) Australia Partial Pressure of O2 (po2) SIRO General Oceanics Moving Vessel Profiler

7 SOT IV/Doc. I 4, Appendix F, p. 7 Moving Vessel Profiler Brooke Scripps 3.3. ASAP ASAP TYPES and OMMUNIATIONS National ASAP ONTAINER SOUNDING EQUIPMENT SATELLITE TRANSEIVER Denmark 10ft ontainer MW12 E ASAP 10ft container 10ft container MW21, version 2.17, Win2k MW21, version 2.17, WinNT France Deck launcher MODEM SR2K Germany 20ft container MW21, version 1.26, WinNT 20ft container MW21, version 2.17, Win2k 20ft container MW21, version 2.17, WinNT 20ft container MW21, version 2.17, WinNT T&T 3026L/M Spain 10ft container MW21, version 2.17, WinNT T&T 3022? Sweden 10ft container MW21, version 2.17, Win2k TT 3022D United Kingdom 10ft ontainer MW21, version 2.17, Win2k 4. TESTING PROEDURES AND PRATIES 4.1. VOS WMO SOT III Action Item III A/2.3.2 Post calibration practices on VOS web site NMS Barometer Refer to section 3.6 of NWS G101 SP Barograph Refer to section 4.2 of NWS G222 SP SOOP Extensive testing and evaluation is completed and available on SOOP website at: ASAP t available at this time 5. INTERALIBRATION OMPARABILITY 5.1. VOS NMS omparison testing between Belfort barometers/barographs and KNMI Fuess barometer/barographs were completed (May2006) with negative results (sent to KNMI) 5.2. SOOP Extensive testing and evaluation is completed and available on SOOP website at: ASAP t available at this time. 6. WHAT s NEXT? 6.1. More NMS support Review of TT Report and update input specifications Report previous intercalibration findings Develop new intercalibration studies.