e0624017ce9d5ead976f606bbd4e38b4 English dataset Polly Hadžiabdic British Oceanographic Data Centre Head of the BODC Requests Team Joseph Proudman Building 6 Brownlow Street Liverpool Merseyside L3 5DA United Kingdom enquiries@bodc.ac.uk http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ pointOfContact 2018-02-06T15:16:38 MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard Version 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 OGP North Atlantic Ocean Weather Ship (OWS) Surface Meteorological Data (1945-1983) British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048041 2017-10-03 publication 2010-09-11 creation 2010-09-11 revision EDMED180 http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ This data set comprises a variety of meteorological parameters measured every three hours (some more recent data are at hourly intervals) at the ten North Atlantic Ocean Weather Ships for the periods listed below. OWS Alpha (1947 - 1974); OWS Bravo (1953 - 1973); OWS Charlie (1945 - 1981); OWS Delta (1945 - 1973); OWS India (1947 - 1975); OWS Juliet (1947 - 1975); OWS Kilo (1954 - 1975); OWS Lima (1975 - 1983); OWS Mike (1949 - 1982); OWS Romeo (1975 - 1980). Each OWS record contains data from Norway, the Netherlands, France, Sweden, Russia, the UK and the USA as appropriate. Six of the weatherships ceased operation in the mid-1970s. However data are still being collected by OWS Mike, Romeo, Charlie and Lima. More recent data from these ships may be obtained from the UK Meteorological Office. Unknown Met Office Unknown FitzRoy Road Exeter Devon EX1 3PB United Kingdom enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/ originator British Oceanographic Data Centre Director Joseph Proudman Building 6 Brownlow Street Liverpool Merseyside L3 5DA United Kingdom enquiries@bodc.ac.uk http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ custodian asNeeded Atmospheric humidity Atmospheric visibility and transparency Cloud type Wind strength and direction Wave height and period statistics Temperature of the water column Cloud cover height and extent Air temperature Air pressure SeaDataNet PDV 2018-01-12 revision unknown Vertical Coverages 2013-02-06 revision Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Natural Environment Research Council Designated Data Centres MEDIN metadata record availability 2012-01-11 revision Atmospheric conditions Meteorological geographical features Oceanographic geographical features INSPIRE themes 2009-07-31 revision Usage restrictions are specified in the terms of the licence otherRestrictions Data are freely available to all following agreement to the terms and conditions of a Data Licence English oceans climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere -55.00 5.00 40.00 68.00 1945 1983 British Oceanographic Data Centre Director Joseph Proudman Building 6 Brownlow Street Liverpool Merseyside L3 5DA United Kingdom enquiries@bodc.ac.uk http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ distributor dataset Instrument(s) used to collect data: anemometers; meteorological packages; wave recorders; sea level recorders; observers; water body temperature sensor.