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GTS PACS Region Ship-Based Meteorological Data

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Summary

This data set contains all ship-based surface meteorological observations available from GTS over the region from 30 N to 60 S latitude and 30 to 150 W longitude as collected by NCAR/SCD. It includes site identifier information, wind speed and direction, surface and sea level pressure, air temperature, and dew point depression. These data have undergone no quality control. See the README for more details.

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Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/MAP9-BPX1-V811
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2008-10-07)
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Related projects	PACS: Pan American Climate Studies EPIC: Eastern Pacific Investigation of Climate
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	hourly
Language	English
Categories	Land Based Oceanography Ship Based Surface
Platforms	Buoys Ships Weather Stations
Instruments	Automated Weather System
GCMD Science Keywords	AIR TEMPERATURE CLOUD BASE HEIGHT CLOUD FRACTION DEW POINT TEMPERATURE DEW POINT TEMPERATURE PRESENT WEATHER PRESSURE TENDENCY SEA ICE CONCENTRATION SEA LEVEL PRESSURE SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE VISIBILITY WAVE HEIGHT WAVE PERIOD WAVE SPEED/DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION WIND SPEED Show 13 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	ship_gts.txt [1 KiB]

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	1997-07-01 00:00:00
End datetime	2006-03-31 23:59:00

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 30.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: -60.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -150.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -30.00

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EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>

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originator: National Center for Atmospheric Research
author: EOL Data Support

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UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2008. GTS PACS Region Ship-Based Meteorological Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/MAP9-BPX1-V811. Accessed 01 Feb 2023.

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