STERELA Neptune - Marine Meteorology

Marine Meteorology

Sterela proposes an automatic weather station installed on board ships, designed for data acquisition and transmission in harsh environments.

NEPTUNE

MARINE 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

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

Marine Software

Collection, transmission and data management

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

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.