NOVEMBER 2019 .
- 2019/11/28 - Announcement of cessation of TAC transmission of SHIP reports by Météo-France on 14 January 2020.
...
AUGUST 2016 .
- 2016/08/26 - Announcement - A survey on the observations carried out on the 6th of August, showed that (see details in the corresponding pages):
- 99.5% of the drifting buoys report in BUFR with template TM315009 (against 83% that still report in FM18) => migration almost ended;
- 83% of the VOS (manned or automated) report in BUFR with template TM308009;
- only 28% of the moored buoys report in BUFR with the right template (TM315008).
...
JULY 2016 .
- 2016/07/07 - Announcement - Following a request from Met Office, Meteo-France and CLS agree to postpone again the end of the distribution of FM18 BUOY data. The new deadline is now the 1st of November 2016.
...
- 2016/05/26 - Announcement - A map, drawn by ECMWF, that shows the availability of buoy reports, was published on the drifting buoy page. During the coming months, more and more buoys will only report in BUFR onto the GTS and most of the FM18 (TAC) data will disappear on the 1st of September.
- 2016/05/24 - Problem fixed - Joubeh no longer transmits FM18 messages for buoys that are fitted with a 7-digit WMO ID not convertible in a 5-digit one.
- 2016/05/12 - Problem - Since this date, five buoys (WMO 4401601-4401604) have their data sent by Joubeh onto the GTS (CWAO) in FM18 BUOY format with wrong IDs (WMO 44601-44604). This leads to have duplicates in databanks: the same data are sent with two different identifiers which are not equivalent. In addition, one of these IDs (WMO 44604) is already used by an active E-SURFMAR drifting buoy => the data of two different buoys are sent onto the GTS with the same identifier. Buoys 4401601-4401604 should not report in FM18.
...