GTS, SEAS, keyed, VOSClim And GCC Marine Surface Data from NCDC and NOCS
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| DOI: 10.5065/5138-1Q72
Abstract:
Marine surface data (ship observation, moored buoys, etc) are segregated from the GTS data stream at NCDC. The GTS records are encoded into IMMA format and collected into monthly files. The primary use of these data are input and cross-check referencing with other ICOADS data sources.
Temporal Range:
1970 to 2023
(Entire dataset)
Period details by dataset product
Period details by dataset product
1999-01 to 2015-04 (GCC IMMT Data)
1999-01 to 2008-04 (GCC IMMT Data Included in ICOADS Release 2.5)
2010-04 to 2016-07 (GCC IMMT Delayed-Mode VOS Reports)
1999-01 to 2014 (GCC IMMT R3.0 data in IMMA1 format from NCDC, 1999 - ongoing)
1999-08 to 2023-10-31 (GTS Marine Surface Data)
1992-01 to 2012-06 (Keyed Marine Surface Data)
2011-11 to 2020-09-30 (NCDC Drifting Buoy ICOADS Data)
2011-11 to 2020-09-30 (NCDC Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) and Moored Buoy ICOADS Data)
2008-09 to 2012-09 (NDBC Buoy and C-MAN archive (translated from NCDC 1171 format))
1970 to 2008-08 (NODC F291 Buoy and C-MAN archive (translated from NCDC 1171 format))
1991-01 to 2012-11 (SEAS Marine Surface Data)
2003-04 to 2011-06 (Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) Climate Project)
Updates:
Monthly
Variables:
| Air Temperature | Dew Point Temperature | Sea Level Pressure | Sea Surface Temperature |
| Surface Winds |
Data Types:
Platform Observation
Data Contributors:
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC
National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
|
U-SOTON/NOC
National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton
Related Resources:
Total Volume:
45.3 GB
(Entire dataset)
Volume details by dataset product
Volume details by dataset product
GTS Marine Surface Data: 34.77 GB
SEAS Marine Surface Data: 46.57 MB
Keyed Marine Surface Data: 57.84 MB
Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) Climate Project: 124.54 MB
GCC IMMT Data: 1.15 GB
NODC F291 Buoy and C-MAN archive (translated from NCDC 1171 format): 1.27 GB
GCC IMMT Data Included in ICOADS Release 2.5: 720.4 MB
NDBC Buoy and C-MAN archive (translated from NCDC 1171 format): 356.98 MB
NCDC Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) and Moored Buoy ICOADS Data: 3.07 GB
NCDC Drifting Buoy ICOADS Data: 3.73 GB
Data Formats:
ASCII (see dataset documentation)
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Data License:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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