gov.noaa.ncdc:C00355 National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Unknown tabular digital data http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/documentlibrary/datasets.html#TD1149 http DSI-1149 Documentation NCDC Dataset Documentation for DSI-1149 information The Shipboard Environmental Data Acquisition System (SEAS) is a program developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide accurate meteorological and oceanographic data in real time from ships at sea through the use of satellite data transmission techniques. The system transmits data through the INMARSAT C satellites to NOAA. Meteorological observations made onboard merchant vessels of the NOAA voluntary observing ships (VOS) program, when transmitted to shore in real-time, are a substantial component of global weather forecasting and climate studies. SEAS equipped vessels are an essential part of the NOAA VOS program and provide as many as 80,000 observations per year. SEAS records weather information in the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) MET transmission format (BBXX) and transmits it in real-time via satellite. All of NOAA's research ships carry SEAS equipment, with the exception of the two small Class 5 vessels (COBB and RUDE). Most of NOAA's ships submit at least one SEAS report a day and some submit up to eight reports a day (one every three hours). SEAS are recorded and quality controlled on a shipboard computer. Data are transmitted via the Global Telecommunications System (GTS) and are also recorded on computer disk. The disk data are electronically transferred by the National Ocean Service (NOS) to the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) for further quality control and archive. To make a wide range of climatic data available to researchers and the public. data set C00355 ANEMOMETERS BAROMETERS CEILOMETERS HYGROMETERS PSYCHROMETERS RAIN GAUGES TEMPERATURE SENSORS THERMOMETERS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS WAVE HEIGHT GAUGES WIND VANES SHIPS SEAS > Shipboard Environmental Aquisition System National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce 19020101 Present Ground Condition In work 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 Earth Sciences >> Ocean > Snow and Ice GCMD Sciences Keyword Valids EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > VISIBILITY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD AMOUNT/FREQUENCY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD TYPES EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > DUST/ASH/SMOKE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA > FOG EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA > LIGHTNING EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA > STORMS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA > TORNADOS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WIND WAVES EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE SPEED/DIRECTION EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > FREEZING RAIN EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > HAIL EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > RAIN EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > SLEET EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > SNOW EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > PRESSURE TENDENCY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE PERIOD EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SWELLS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > PACK ICE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > ICE EDGES EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > ICE EXTENT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > ICE FLOES EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > SEA ICE CONCENTRATION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > SEA ICE AGE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > ICEBERGS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > ICE TYPES EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > SEA ICE MOTION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > ICE GROWTH/MELT GCMD Location Valids GLOBAL OCEAN GCMD Location Valids SEA SURFACE TROPOSPHERE SEAS > Shipboard Environmental Aquisition System SHIPS ANEMOMETERS SEAS > Shipboard Environmental Aquisition System SHIPS WIND VANES SEAS > Shipboard Environmental Aquisition System SHIPS BAROMETERS SEAS > Shipboard Environmental Aquisition System SHIPS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS SEAS > Shipboard Environmental Aquisition System SHIPS CEILOMETERS SEAS > Shipboard Environmental Aquisition System SHIPS HYGROMETERS SEAS > Shipboard Environmental Aquisition System SHIPS RAIN GAUGES SEAS > Shipboard Environmental Aquisition System SHIPS THERMOMETERS SEAS > Shipboard Environmental Aquisition System SHIPS TEMPERATURE SENSORS SEAS > Shipboard Environmental Aquisition System SHIPS WAVE HEIGHT GAUGES SEAS > Shipboard Environmental Aquisition System SHIPS PSYCHROMETERS 1 None None Not provided Unknown Completeness information not available. Unknown Unknown Refer to NCDC Dataset Documentation for DSI-1149 http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/documentlibrary/datasets.html#TD1149 National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Customer Services Branch Mailing and physical

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