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  • Ocean Station Vessel

    Metadata Updated: February 7, 2018

    Ocean Station Vessels (OSV) or Weather Ships captured atmospheric conditions while being stationed continuously in a single location. While While most of the collection Navy vessels would go to a specified coordinate, stay for variable lengths of time, and record weather and meteorological observations. The collection begins in 1940, at the onset of WWII, when meteorological observations in the Atlantic Ocean were critical for military strategy in the Eastern theatre. While the vast majority of the collection derives from United States Navy and Coast Guard vessels, Ocean Station Vessels were considered an international cooperation, and there are a few non-United States ships included as well. Beginning in the 1960s, satellites and buoys capturing climatological data began to replace Ocean Station Vessels, almost completely phasing out the use of these ships by the mid-1970s. The collection includes a significant quantity of upper air observations on microfilm as well as paper transmittances describing instrument statistics, abnormalities, and basic reporting.

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    License: U.S. Government Work

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    Dates

    Metadata Date April 24, 2017
    Metadata Created Date February 7, 2018
    Metadata Updated Date February 7, 2018
    Reference Date(s) []
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NOAA CSW Harvest Source

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    Atlantic Ocean Station Vessels

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date April 24, 2017
    Metadata Created Date February 7, 2018
    Metadata Updated Date February 7, 2018
    Reference Date(s) []
    Responsible Party DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce (Point of Contact)
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    Access Constraints Cite this dataset when used as a source., NCEI 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. NCEI makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives.
    Bbox East Long 180.0
    Bbox North Lat 77.0
    Bbox South Lat 25.0
    Bbox West Long -180.0
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned
    Graphic Preview Description Atlantic Ocean Station Vessels
    Graphic Preview File https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/images/C01207.jpg
    Graphic Preview Type JPEG
    Guid gov.noaa.ncdc:C01207
    Harvest Object Id 1cbda6d4-4e74-48b1-b90d-2cdb8dac8636
    Harvest Source Id 2aed8e29-fc5b-4cde-aa66-fb1118fd705e
    Harvest Source Title NOAA CSW Harvest Source
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    Metadata Language
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Progress historicalArchive
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1940-01-01
    Temporal Extent End 1980-05-10

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