gov.noaa.ncdc:C00606 National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Unknown tabular digital data http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/vosclim/vosclim.html http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/vosclim/vosclim.html http web browser NCDC's VOSClim web site Search for and download Surface Marine Data information International Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set (ICOADS) consists of digital data set DSI-1173, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). ICOADS is the world's largest collection of marine surface in situ observations with 185+ million records for 1784 through the present. ICOADS is developed and maintained as a cooperative effort between NSF's National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): specifically its Climate Diagnostics Center (CDC), in conjunction with the Cooperative Institute for Research Sciences (CIRES) of the University of Colorado, and its National Climatic Data Center (NCDC).ICOADS is a collection of global marine surface observations from 1784-present. The data is originally from Surface Marine Observations, DSI-1129, (C00242). This data set is in the process of being archived; the earliestyears are not yet available. NCDC plans to eventually make the entire data set available. The coverage is global and sampling density varies depending on date and position relative to major ocean shipping routes. ICOADS data are made available through observations that are taken primarily from ships (merchant, ocean research, fishing, navy, etc.) and moored and drifting buoys. Each report contains individual observations of meteorological and oceanographic variables, such as sea surface and air temperatures, winds, pressure, humidity, wet bulb, dew point, ocean waves and cloudiness.Also available from NCDC, but separate from DSI-1173, are monthly statistics of observations. The monthly time series are available from 119 ships or buoys dating back to November, 2001. After the observations are summarized the data are not interpolated or analyzed to fill data voids. The spatial coverage varies depending on the date and position relative to major ocean shipping routes. A monthly summary for an area box includes ten statistics (e.g. mean, median, standard deviation, etc.) for 22 observed and computed variables (e.g. sea surface and air temperature, wind, pressure, humidity, cloudiness, etc.). Monthly data is available in an ASCII table format. To make a wide range of climatic data available to researchers and the public. data set 17840101 Present Ground Condition In work As Needed -180.0 180.0 90.0 -90.0 ISO 19115 Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere 004 oceans 014 GCMD Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > VISIBILITY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > HUMIDITY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD AMOUNT/FREQUENCY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD CEILING EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > PRESSURE TENDENCY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD TYPES EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE SPEED/DIRECTION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE PERIOD EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SWELLS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > SEA ICE CONCENTRATION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > ICE EDGES EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > RAIN EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > SLEET EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > SNOW EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > HAIL GCMD Location Keywords GLOBAL OCEAN GCMD Location Keywords TROPOSPHERE STRATOSPHERE SEA SURFACE COADS > Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set SHIPS WAVE HEIGHT GAUGES COADS > Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set SHIPS ANEMOMETERS COADS > Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set SHIPS BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS COADS > Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set SHIPS BAROMETERS COADS > Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set SHIPS CEILOMETERS COADS > Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set SHIPS HYGROMETERS COADS > Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set SHIPS RAIN GAUGES COADS > Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set SHIPS PSYCHROMETERS COADS > Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set SHIPS WET BULB THERMOMETERS COADS > Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set SHIPS THERMOMETERS COADS > Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set SHIPS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS COADS > Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set SHIPS WIND VANES COADS > Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set SHIPS TEMPERATURE SENSORS COADS > Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set BUOYS WAVE HEIGHT GAUGES COADS > Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set BUOYS ANEMOMETERS COADS > Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set BUOYS BAROMETERS COADS > Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set BUOYS HYGROMETERS COADS > Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set BUOYS RAIN GAUGES COADS > Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set BUOYS THERMOMETERS COADS > Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set BUOYS WIND VANES COADS > Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set BUOYS TEMPERATURE SENSORS COADS > Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set BUOYS DRIFTING BUOYS 1 None None http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo/commonmarineoutputsample.txt Common Marine Output Sample TXT http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/vosclim/about.html Unknown Completeness information not available. Unknown Unknown The format used for the ICOADS data set is the IMMA (International Maritime Meteorological Archive), however, the data is received and keyed in IMMT-2. IMMT-2 and all input data formats are converted into IMMA for ICOADS.More information can be found here:http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/documentlibrary/vosclim/imma.pdf None National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Customer Services Branch Mailing and physical

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