Status VOS/SHIP from Norway
2011 and future plans
Status
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Fixed platforms (8)
Research vessels (5)
Drilling rigs (1)
Several coast guard ships (not out at GTS)
(Little changes since 2010)
Fixed platforms, drilling rigs and
MIKE (YME + Ormen lange)
• The Norwegian fixed
platforms and drilling riggs
are placed in the North Sea
and in the Norwegian Sea
(sending 8 or 24
observations per day).
• Ormen Lange new in 2009
Research vessels
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G.O. Sars (LMEL) – North Atlantic – VSAT
Johan Hjort (LDGJ) – Norwegian Sea, Barent Sea – VSAT
Håkon Mosby (LJIT) – west coast, Svalbard – VSAT
FF Jan Mayen (LAHV) – Northern coast, Svalbard, 80 N –
Inmarsat/Iridium. Upgraded in 2009 from 8 to 24 SHIP per day.
• Dr. Fridtjof Nansen (LGWS) – west Africa (equator) – VSAT
Status
• Total VOS 2010: 30 316
• 2010: 96 % from AWS, 4 % from
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manual
2009: 96 % from AWS, 4 % from
manual
2008: 96% from AWS, 4 % from
manual
2007: 92 % from AWS, 8 % from
manual
2006: 89 % from AWS, 11 %
from manual
AWS on new coast guard boats
has been implemented.
Future plans
• AWS on a new icegoing research
vessel from the Norwegian polar
institute (The former Lance).
Delay +- 5 years.
• New oil rig at YME-field starting
observations soon now in 2011.
• The Snow white field?
• Hourly datacollecting from the
offshore installations
Future plans
Future plans
• 11 ships sailing
continuously from Bergen
to Kirkens (Hurtigruten).
Great potensial for met.
data – SST, wind, pressure.
• Ferries (Oslo – Denmark,
Oslo – Kiel)