NCDC feed of Global Telecommunication System (GTS) marine observations in International Maritime Meteorological Archive (IMMA) Format

Description

The data contained here are surface marine observations from many different sources via the NCDC Global Telecommunication System (GTS) Marine in International Maritime Meteorological Archive (IMMA) format. The observations are obtained exclusively via the NCDC GTS stream and derives primarily from ships (merchant, ocean research, fishing, navy, etc.) and moored and drifting buoys. Each report contains individual observations of meteorological and oceanographic variables, such as sea surface and air temperatures, winds, pressure, humidity, wet bulb, dew point, ocean waves and cloudiness. NCDC takes the various observations and converts the GTS data to a standard IMMA format. This allows the observations to be used in a cohesive standard for input to larger datasets, such as the International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (ICOADS) Near-Real-Time (NRT) product. The dataset will be produced and archived monthly. Spatial coverage is global and the current period of record for these files will begin in January 2008 to the most current month. The data will be formated to the most current IMMA standard in ASCII file format.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Landing page for the dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ncdc:C00871/html
33 Description of IMMA format. http://icoads.noaa.gov/e-doc/imma/R2.5-imma.pdf
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords

Tags

  • cloud ceiling
  • buoys
  • ships
  • humidity
  • ice pellets
  • vertical location
  • cloud properties
  • dew point temperature
  • precipitation
  • ocean pressure
  • sea surface
  • national climatic data center
  • atmospheric temperature
  • nesdis
  • sea surface temperature
  • visual observations
  • precipitation amount
  • wind vanes
  • oceans
  • surface winds
  • snow
  • sea level pressure
  • atmospheric water vapor
  • ocean weather stations
  • atmosphere
  • air quality
  • noaa
  • coastal marine network
  • global ocean
  • c-man
  • wet bulb thermometers
  • ocean temperature
  • cloud types
  • in situ ocean-based platforms
  • ocean waves
  • troposphere
  • thermometers
  • ocean platform/ocean stations
  • barometers
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • visibility
  • earth science
  • rain
  • geographic region
  • drifting buoys
  • sea ice
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • atmospheric pressure measurements
  • swells
  • cloud amount/frequency
  • sea ice concentration
  • anemometers
  • solid precipitation
  • temperature sensors
  • hygrometers
  • liquid precipitation
  • atmospheric pressure
  • ice edges
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncdc
  • hail
  • sleet
  • clouds
  • wave height
  • atmospheric winds
  • psychrometers
  • wave speed/direction
  • wave period
  • cloud height
  • surface temperature
  • bathythermographs
  • water vapor indicators
  • national centers for environmental information
  • pressure tendency

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