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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

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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

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VOSClim Status

38 Ships registered• 9 without SST?

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Thank You

Merci!

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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