Turbo Win 2 2 Beta May 2014 Turbo

Turbo. Win+ 2. 2 Beta (May 2014) Turbo. Win was developed by the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) and endorsed by WMO for use on Voluntary Observing Ships. Turbo. Win+ is their newest version. Contributing to the development of Turbo. Win Bureau of Meteorology (Australia) Deutscher Wetterdienst (Germany) Met Office (United Kingdom) Metro. France Environment Canada U. S. National Weather Service (Turbo. Win+) Turbo. Win is the most widely used marine observing software in the Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) program today. ESURFMAR Pub 47 (4 August 2014) Worldwide VOS Fleet 1, 974 Electronic Logbook Users 1228 627 119 Turbo. Win AMVERSEAS Other Software 62. 2 % 31. 8 % 6. 0 %

DIFFERENCES Turbo. Win+ & Turbo. Win 5. 0 Not Available In Turbo. Win+ Pilot charts, Meteo. Classify, Met. Pub 47 Metadata Reporting Weather phenomena, drifting buoys & float deployment Available In Turbowin+ AMVER Reporting Web mode (updates & obs input direct via internet) (Turbo. Web) Displaying and inserting Vaisala barometer PTB 330 or PTB 220 data EUCAWS (European Automatic Weather Station) interface Operating on Linux and Mac OS Position check on Google map (if internet available)

TESTING Focus was on basic functionality as a possible replacement to AMVERSEAS. Internet functionally still undergoing testing. • OB CODING/FORMAT - test observations with AMVERSEAS 6/8/9. 1 & Turbo. Win 5. 0 • TRANSMISSION - e-mail & code 41 • IMMT - submission procedures with NCDC • AMVER CODING/FORMAT - test reports conducted with USCG e-mail & code 43 Basic functionality testing complete. No problems noted. INSTALLATION • • Easy to install Requires JAVA 7 or higher Security privileges Requires PMOs to collect Ships METADATA for installation and properation

Turbo. Win+ Test Platforms (11) St Louis Express Philadelphia Express Charleston Express Washington Express Yorktown Express Overseas Nikiski MAERSK Wisconsin HOS Achiever West Vela Eagle Stavanger Overseas Los Angeles (WDD 3825) (WDC 6736) (WDD 6126) (WDD 3826) (WDD 6127) (WDBH) (WKPN) (YJVG 4) (3 FNX 5) (3 FNZ 5) (WABS) 21 Feb 8 May 14 May 20 May 27 May 29 May 3 Jun 30 Jun 2 Jul 17 Jul 19 Aug Remote install Electronic Log Books U. S. VOS 04 August 2014 979 Vessels AMVERSEAS 6 -8 627 AMVERSEAS 9. 1 5 IMMT 5 compliant 124 IMMT 4 compliant Turbo. Win+ 22 IMMT 5 compliant Turbo. Web 2 IMMT 5 compliant Turbo. Win 4 -5 Manual Unknown 106 93 not IMMT compliant

Ships METADATA required for installation and properation Turbo. Win+ is VOSClim compliant

Ob recipient shipobs@noaa. gov Log recipient PMO e-mail address AMVER e-mail address amvermsg@amver. com hard coded in software

Turbo. Win+ looks and feels much like Turbo. Win 5. 0

TRANMISSION of OBSERVATION Obs by E-Mail (internet): If an E-Mail client, such as Outlook, Outlook Express or Thunderbird is already installed and configured on the computer, Turbo. Win+ will use the E -Mail client automatically. An E-Mail will open up with the BBXX message in the body of the E-Mail, addressed to shipobs@noaa. gov Obs to file: Saves the observation on the appropriate media (Floppy Disk – USB Thumb drive – SD Card- Hard Drive) for transfer to the Sat-C terminal. Obs to clipboard: Copies the BBXX message to the Clipboard.

International Marine Meteorological Tape (IMMT) Turbo. Win+ observations are archived in the WMO IMMT- 5 format. They are appended sequentially into the IMMT file similar in the way to the AMVERSEAS Archive file scheme, but augmented with extra groups containing additional observational parameters, quality control checks, and specific ship characteristics. PMOs are required to send IMMT files to NCDC on a quarterly basis by the 15 th of Mar, Jun, Sept and Dec. This gives NCDC proper time to collate all IMMT files for submission to the (GCC) in the UK and Germany for global marine climatological data exchanges on a quarterly basis. Turbo. Win + & 5. 0 IMMT Naming Convention: Logbook. Version_Ship. Name_Call. Sign_MM_YYYY. txt TW+2. 2_ST LOUIS EXPRESS_WDD 3825_03_2014. txt E-mail file to NCDC Marine. NCDC@noaa. gov IMMT-5 32014050820722309230596719408023752080105609952860268100404270702 44 WDC 6736 US 314 A 511111119111111 28005 9991 199 09243203 Sulin; DAS; Capt; -; 0218600533 320140509127253094603978174160230520701190522877 0240100206990102 44 WDC 6736 US 314 0215 A 511111119991111 28005 9991 199 09243203 Dwyer; CBD; Deck Cadet; -; 320140509157289094202967164120235521201410522571 0240100301160503 44 WDC 6736 US 314 A 511111119111111 1041031428005 1111 199 09243203 Buckley; MAB; 2/M; -; 33 0220201033

Sail Plan Position Report AMVER Deviation Report Arrival Report

RECOMMENDATIONS • Once Turbo. Win+ is formally released for operational use by E-SURFMAR, U. S. VOS formally announce Turbo. Win+ & 5. x as replacement for AMVERSEAS. • Draft letter for Shipping Companies and Vessels announcing that AMVERSEAS software is being phased out and will be replaced with Turbo. Win+ or Turbo. Win 5. x as the Marine Weather Observing software. Offer Companies Turbo. Win+ & 5. x software for testing. • Produce Turbo. Win+ CDs and printed User Manuals • Develop INMARSAT (code 41) transmission instructions for Turbo. Win+ & 5. x • Goal should be 60% of U. S. VOS ships transitioned over to Turbo. Win+ or 5. x within one year, and 100% within two years. FOLLOW ON ACTIONS • Test Internet capability. Develop written instructions. • • Test Vaisala Electronic Barometer PTB 330 or PTB 220 data insertion capability Maintain close liaison with E-SURFMAR & KNMI on all Turbo. Win matters and developments • • Installation & User Manual updates / re-print as necessary After all AMVERSEAS software is replaced, Special Access Code “SEAS“ should be deactivated.