909fac4039e6bd6f5516e0e815d3d642 English series series Met Office, Edinburgh GDAC@metoffice.gov.uk pointOfContact 2025-04-14 MEDIN 3.1.2 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2021-01-06 revision WGS 84 1987 - Ongoing Met Office Marine Automatic Weather Station (MAWS) Meteorological Observations 1987-01-01 publication 2021-03-25 revision 1987-01-01 creation MEDIN-266 http://www.metoffice.gov.uk Meteorological observations originating from moored buoys, light vessels or remote island systems produced hourly for weather forecasting and as part of the long term climatological record. Measurements include mean sea level pressure, air temperature, humidity, wind speed, wind direction, max gust speed, sea surface temperature (SST), visibility, wave period and wave height. On occasion there may be gaps within the dataset. Met Office, Edinburgh Marine Data Specialist GDAC@metoffice.gov.uk owner Met Office, Edinburgh Marine Data Specialist GDAC@metoffice.gov.uk custodian Met Office, Edinburgh Marine Data Specialist GDAC@metoffice.gov.uk originator Met Office, Edinburgh Marine Data Specialist GDAC@metoffice.gov.uk distributor continual Marine Environmental Data and Information Network MEDIN metadata record availability 2025-04-14 revision Atmospheric conditions GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2021-09-28 revision Air pressure SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2021-09-28 revision Marine UNESCO 2003-01-01 revision otherRestrictions freely available for personal and educational use, charges will apply for other usage e.g. commercial otherRestrictions freely available for personal and educational use, charges will apply for other usage e.g. commercial English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere -22.1484 2.9004 45.5217 60.1524 SeaVox salt and freshwater body gazetteer 2021-01-06 creation Northeast Atlantic Ocean (40W) Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2021-01-06 creation Atlantic North-West Approaches and Rockall Trough Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2021-01-06 creation Eastern Channel Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2021-01-06 creation Irish Sea Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2021-01-06 creation Minches and Western Scotland Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2021-01-06 creation Northern North Sea Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2021-01-06 creation Scottish Continental Shelf Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2021-01-06 creation Southern North Sea Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2021-01-06 creation Western Channel and Celtic Sea 1987-01-01 2021-03-25 -5 20 http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/marine/observations/gathering_data/MAWS.html Text or Plaintext Delimited http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/marine/observations/ Latest MAWS data (last 24 hours) series Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication Not yet evaluated Data is collected hourly by dual automatic meteorological instruments which are maintained and calibrated on a regular basis. Data quality is considered, monitored and addressed throughout its entire life cycle. Accurate instruments, regular instrument calibration, dual sensors, data formats and software checking in both near real-time and delayed mode.