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DBCP

• DBCP 19th session

– Held in Angra dos Reis, 20-24 October 2003

– Louis Vermaak presented report on ISABP– Information exchange:

• JCOMMOPS News section

• PDF of DBCP Brochure on Web

• Provision of articles to Port Technology International

• Leaflet on vandalism

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DBCP 19th session

• New DBCP officers– David Meldrum, Chairman– Elizabeth Horton, Vice-Chair, North-America– Louis Vermaak, Vice-Chair, Southern Hemisphere– K. Premkumar, Vice-Chair, Asia

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DBCP

• DBCP 20th session

– Chennai, India, 18-22 October 2004– Workshop 1.5 days

• Vision, innovations & applications of data buoys & floats

• K.Jarrott@bom.gov.au

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JTA 23th session

• Agreed for BUFR compression• Argos Tariff reduced by 5%• €3850 plus a monthly € 7.62 • New tariff structure to be proposed

– Discussed by sub-group– Submitted to OPSCOM June 2004– For 2005 onwards

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Technical issues

• BUFR– Implemented in July 2003– Table version 11 used– GTS bulletin headers

• IOZXii LFPW

• IOZXii KARS

– Panel asked for BUFR compression• Agreed upon by JTA-23

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• Buoy metadata collection scheme– Metadata needed for

• Models

• Instrument evaluation

• Research

– Notification via web pages• By manufacturers upon buoy purchase

• By buoy operator upon buoy deployment

– Metadata publicly available– GDP automatically notified– Provided to JCOMM ODAS metadata database

Technical issues

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Technical issues

• Buoy metadata collection scheme– Discussed with EGOS

• Meeting in Toulouse, Oct. 2003• Specifications written• EGOS funded JCOMMOPS for developments

– EGOS scheme used by DBCP globally– Limit workload for operators– User friendly for manufacturers

• e.g. Explained to Technocean and discussed

– Scheme adapted for GDP needs– Developments started at JCOMMOPS

• January 2004• Planned delivery end of 2004• Provision of metadata via FTP & in XML in early 2005

– China to provide ODAS metadata to end users

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Other technical issues

• New JCOMMOPS dynamic web site– Includes News section– Platform status– Maps

• SPAM on buoy-qc mailing list– List to be renamed

• Deployment opportunities• Duplicate BUOY reports• NOAA/NESDIS requirement matrix on satellite data

telecommunication systems to be reviewed by Action Groups for input

• Sondre Stromfjord LUT connected to Argos• Barrow (71.3N, 156.6W) to eventually replace Lannion

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NOAA/NESDIS sat-com requirement matrix

• ISABP invited to provide input to Rob Basset, e.g.

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Other technical issues

• Service Argos developing new data processing system

– Argos processing system & GTS sub-system merged into a

brand new system providing multi-processing

– Implementation end of 2005

• GTS Bulletin headers: LFPW => LFVW

• New SVPB design manual on-line

– Differences between new smaller design and older

• DBCP status maps available monthly

• New dedicated page on WMO numbers on JCOMMOPS web

site

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JCOMM / OCG

• 1250 drifter to be deployed worldwide– Lagrangian SST drifters– Barometers outside the tropical regions

• 50% of barometers might be funded by USA– Provided that other countries provide the other 50%– ISABP invited to consider increasing its deployments

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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 20062005 2007 2008 2009 2010

Initial Ocean Observing System Milestones including international contributions

Tide GaugesOperational GPS/DORISStations

Surface Drifting Buoys

Tropical Moored Buoys

Ships of Opportunity

Argo Floats

Reference Stations

Coastal Moorings

System Evaluation

Ocean Carbon Network

Dedicated Ship Time

High resolution and frequentlyrepeated lines occupied

Number of floats

Number of moorings

Number of buoys

Days at sea (NOAA contribution)

Product evaluation andfeedback loops implemented

Number of flux sites/lines,One inventory per 10 years

Number of flux moorings

Moorings with climate sensors

807 671 779 810

200 310 544

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0 00 0 0 0

14 14 14 14

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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 20062005 2007 2008 2009 2010

System % Complete

3 4

Multi-year Phased Implementation Plan (representative milestones)

10

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DBCP status by country

http://w4.jcommops.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/PTFcountry

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Status map (by country)

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Status map (Wind, P, SST)

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