NEPTUNE
on board ship
AWS
NEPTUNE
On board ship automatic weather station

The NEPTUNE on-board weather station was designed for the acquisition and transmission of data in severe environments.

data-sheet

Marine meteorology

On-board ship AWS
  • Complies with the requirements of IEC 60945: 2002  
  • High data availability thanks to IRIDIUM  
  • Data format designed in collaboration with JCOMM expert teams and the oceanographic community  
  • Ready to use for voluntary observation ships (VOS)  
  • Global PMO support community with international VOS coordinated by the Ship Observations Team (JCOMM / SOT)  
On-board Automatic Weather Station
01 Measurements
  • Air temperature and humidity
  • Pressure
  • Speed and direction of the wind
  • Temperature of the sea
02 Interface
  • 8 capteurs
  • Synchronization and GPS positioning
  • Integration of navigation data
  • Integration of human observations
  • Static pressure measure
03 Power
  • 18-30 Vdc
  • Consumption: 50mA
  • External ON / OFF switch
04 Communication
  • Iridium Satellite / Bidirectional
  • SSL / TLS security, STARTTLS / normal
  • Parameterizable interval
  • Message size: 30 to 51 bytes
  • Message FM94-BUFR
  • Triggering transmissions on events: zone, hours, port mode
Neptune
EUMETNET
EUCAWS project
European Common Automatic Weather Station

The NEPTUNE station was developed as part of an E-SURFMAR project with the aim of equipping the ships participating in the VOS programme. The objectives are: automation of the European fleet, standardisation of systems, compatibility with many types of sensors and compliance with the VOS scheme.

Applications

VOS Global Program (Voluntary Observing Ship).

National Navy.

Research.

STRENGTHS

  • Global Coverage (Iridium Satellite Network)
  • Standard message FM94 -BUFR
  • On-site and remote maintenance
  • Reliability and robustness
  • Interfacing with navigation instruments
  • Integration of human observations (TurboWin +)
  • Complient with CEI 60945:2002
  • Marine environment
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Marine Software

Collection, transmission and data management

SU
Maintenance Software
(Service Unit)

• Station set-up
• Configuration of data to be sent
• Visualization of raw sensor data
• Operating logs
Memory and version management

LMF
Landbased Monitoring Facility

• Parameterization of the iridium communication
• Station set-up
• Configuration of data to be sent
• Station logs

Turbowin +
On board operating software

• Real time data visualization
• Entry of manual comments
• Over 200 quality controls on data

Full Web
Ground mining platform

• Real-time data and position decoding
• Web mapping interface with display of positions
• Automatic data distribution via FTP or e-mail
• Custom alerts (geo-dependency, sensor value) SMS/email

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