Ocean Station Vessel Observations

• Main Authors: Cooperative Institute For Research In Environmental Sciences/University Of Colorado, National Climatic Data Center/NESDIS/NOAA/U.S. Department Of Commerce, Ocean Climate Laboratory/National Oceanographic Data Center/NESDIS/NOAA/U.S. Department Of Commerce, Research Data Archive/Computational And Information Systems Laboratory/National Center For Atmospheric Research/University Corporation For Atmospheric Research
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: UCAR/NCAR - Research Data Archive 1980
• Subjects: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > ICEBERGS; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE SPEED/DIRECTION; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE PERIOD; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SWELLS; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD FREQUENCY; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > VISIBILITY; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5065/n2wr-eg09; https://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds535.0/

Surface observations, some XBT profiles, and some subsurface station data from permanent observing ocean ships. Earliest data is 1945 and latest data is 1991. Added in June 2006 are station and line P profile data extracted from WOD05.