Ship Observations - VOS and Navy

Combination of Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) and US Navy Ship weather observations. Obs generally taken 2-4 times daily at 00, 06, 12, and 18z.

Data and Resources

Field Value
accessLevel public
accrualPeriodicity irregular
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identifier gov.noaa.ncdc:C01020
language {en-US}
modified 2011-03-15
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programCode {006:059}
publisher DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce (Point of Contact)
resource-type Dataset
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temporal 1875-09-03T00:00:00/2010-09-03T00:00:00
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • anemometers
  • atmospheric-surface-air-temperature
  • atmospheric-surface-precipitation
  • atmospheric-surface-wind-speed-and-direction
  • atmospheric-upper-air-cloud-properties
  • barometers
  • ckan
  • doc-noaa-nesdis-ncdc-national-climatic-data-center
  • earth-science-atmosphere-atmospheric-pressure
  • earth-science-atmosphere-atmospheric-temperature
  • earth-science-atmosphere-atmospheric-winds-surface-winds
  • earth-science-atmosphere-clouds
  • earth-science-atmosphere-precipitation
  • earth-science-oceans-ocean-temperature-sea-surface-temperature
  • geo
  • geographic-region-global-ocean
  • geoss
  • in-situ-ocean-based-platforms-ships
  • national
  • nesdis
  • noaa
  • north-america
  • rain-gauges
  • thermometers
  • u-s-department-of-commerce
  • united-states
  • vertical-location-sea-surface
  • visual-observations
isopen False
license_id notspecified
license_title License not specified
maintainer Eric Freeman
maintainer_email ncdc.orders@noaa.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-20T16:08:33.571455
metadata_modified 2025-11-20T16:08:33.571459
notes Combination of Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) and US Navy Ship weather observations. Obs generally taken 2-4 times daily at 00, 06, 12, and 18z.
num_resources 4
num_tags 30
title Ship Observations - VOS and Navy