current status of vos observations in croatia
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Current status of VOS observations in Croatia. Željko Šore, Ružica Popović and Janja Milković Meteorological and Hydrological Service of Croatia Genoa 30 - 31 March 2011. Parts of M H S in Croatia. Marine Meteorological Office in Rijeka. Marine Meteorological Centre in Split. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Current status of VOS observations in Croatia
Željko Šore, Ružica Popović and Janja Milković
Meteorological and Hydrological Service of Croatia
Genoa 30 - 31 March 2011
Parts of MHS in Croatia
Headquarter building in Zagreb
Marine Meteorological Centre in Split
Marine Meteorological Office in Rijeka
Organizational structure of MHS
Organizational structure of MHS
OBSERVATIONS OF WEATHER AND CLIMATE DIVISION
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONSDEPARTMENT
DATA PROCESSING AND CLIMATE MONITORING DEPARTMENT
CHECKING AND CONTROL DATA SECTION - IN ZAGREB
DATA PROCESSING SHIP’S METOEROLOGICAL LOGBOOK AND SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE SECTION - IN SPLIT
CLIMATE MONITORING SECTION – IN ZAGREB
Port of RIJEKASmiljan Viskovićviskovic@ cirus.dhz.hr
Port of SPLITŽeljko Šoresore@ cirus.dhz.hr
Croatian and foreign ships participating in the voluntary meteorological measurements and observations are visited in the ports of Rijeka and Split.
CROATIAN SHIPS in VOS PROGRAM
The number of ships (VOS Croatia and total number of VOS ships) in the WMO Scheme of Voluntary Observing Ships, period 1987 –
2010.
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
Year
VO
S S
hip
s -
Cro
atia
4000
4500
5000
5500
6000
6500
7000
7500
8000
VO
S S
hip
s -
JCO
MM
VOS Cro
VOS
CROATIAN SHIPS in VOS PROGRAM
Country - CROATIA
Category Number of ships Dec 2010
Selected -
Supplementary -
Auxiliary 3
Total VOS fleet 3
Colleagues from Split on Ferry Dubrovnik
Ferry Dubrovnik
Ferry Dubrovnik
• On line in Adriatic Sea;
• Current ports: from Split (Croatia) to Ancona (Italy)
• From 1 April and during the Summer will be on line Dubrovnik (Croatia) – Ancona (Italy)
AWS BaRos on Ferry Dubrovnik
First results of measurements
Future plans
• We would like and intend to re-establish
observations on ships;
• Future plans depend on financial situation;
• This year we did not plan to bay any new
instrument;
• Decision is to install AWS on ships;
Meteorological observation at sea
Thank you for your attention!