gov.noaa.ncdc:C00270 National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Unknown tabular digital data http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov These data sets contain U.S. Navy hourly ship meteorological and ocean surface observations, recorded on forms WBAN 11A and 11B. DSI-1117 data began in 1951 and continued through the June of 1963 and covered the entire globe. The use of this weather reporting was initiated June 1951. Fixed weather ship three-hourly surface observations were initiated on this form in January 1952, and continued throught the end of the period on record. Observations taken while a ship was in port or near port were not used. When an observation was missing or the ship failed to report for the entire month, no identification cards were punched. Columns for which data were missing, or obviously in error, were left blank. Major parameters included: temperature, dew point, wet bulb, wind speed, present weather, visibility, ceiling height, sea surface temperature, wave direction, and cloud types. Effective September 1, 1956, ceiling and heights of high clouds were reported as 888. When the ceiling and/or height of the cloud was a Cirro type, the height was estimated. To make a wide range of climatic data available to researchers and the public. data set C00270 ANEMOMETERS BAROMETERS PSYCHROMETERS TEMPERATURE SENSORS THERMOMETERS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS WET BULB THERMOMETERS SHIPS National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce 19510601 19630630 Ground Condition Complete As Needed -180.0 180.0 90.0 -90.0 ISO 19115 Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere 004 oceans 014 DIF Discipline Keyword Thesaurus Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Meteorology Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Climatology Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Weather Earth Sciences > Ocean > Oceanography GCMD Sciences Keyword Valids EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > DEW POINT EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD AMOUNT/FREQUENCY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD CEILING EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD TYPES EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE PERIOD EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE SPEED/DIRECTION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS GCMD Location Valids GLOBAL OCEAN GCMD Location Valids SEA SURFACE TROPOSPHERE SHIPS ANEMOMETERS SHIPS BAROMETERS SHIPS PSYCHROMETERS SHIPS THERMOMETERS SHIPS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS SHIPS WIND VANES SHIPS TEMPERATURE SENSORS 1 None None Not provided Unknown Completeness information not available. Unknown Unknown http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/documentlibrary/datasets.html None National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Customer Service Mailing and physical

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Asheville North Carolina 28801-5001 USA 828-271-4800 828-271-4876 NCDC.Orders@noaa.gov DSI-1117 Every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of current NOAA quality control procedures. NOAA can only certify that the data provided to its customers is an authentic copy of the records which were accepted for inclusion in NOAA archives. NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. 20060627 20060627 National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Customer Service Mailing and physical

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