Python script to decode WMO FM13 SHIP telegram data recorded during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE)

• Main Authors: Luís, Diogo, Gorodetskaya, Irina
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2020
• Subjects: python; science; meteorology; telegram; SYNOP; SHIP; World Meteorological Organisation; WMO; weather report; wind; air temperature; dew point; cloud level; sky cover; SST; sea surface temperature; wave; sea ice; Southern Ocean; Antarctica; Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition; ACE; Antarc*; Antarctic; Sea ice; Swiss Polar Institute
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3735028

This python script decodes the raw telegrams with meteorological, ocean and ice information encoded using WMO FM13 SYNOP/SHIP code. The original telegrams were recorded on board R/V Akademik Tryoshnikov during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE; November 2016-April 2017). Decoded output data are ASCII tab-separated (which can be imported to Excel). The script can be used to decode WMO FM13 SYNOP/SHIP telegrams from other sea stations. The Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition was made possible by funding from the Swiss Polar Institute and Ferring Pharmaceuticals. I.G. thanks FCT/MCTES for the financial support to CESAM (UID/AMB/50017/2019) through national funds. This project has received funding from EPFL, Swiss Polar Institute and from Ferring Pharmaceuticals.