Marine Surface Data from the National Center for Environmental Prediction. 

Marine surface data are segregated from
Global Telecommunication
System (GTS) data stream at the National Center for Environmental
Prediction (NCEP).  The GTS records have global distribution
and are from ships, buoys,
and other platforms at frequencies native to each respective
observing system.  The data include many parameters from complete
ship surface meteorological observations (wind, atmospheric pressure and
and temperature, cloudiness, sea surface temperature, etc.) to
limited variables from drifting buoy observations (sea surface temperature
and atmospheric pressure).  Beginning in March 1997
these data have been collected and archived primarily
to support the development of the International Comprehensive
Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (ICOADS).  Periodically, the
GTS data are processed, quality assurance checked,
combined with other data sources, and included in ICOADS.


These data may be suitable for some very specific studies,
but it is generally recommended that ICOADS be used
instead.
The 
ICOADS observations and
 ICOADS
monthly summary statistics  are
also available, as is much more information
on the  ICOADS project
website

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1997-03
    End:  2022-03-31

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1997-03
Temporal Range End 2022-03-31
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat N/A
Bounding Box South Lat N/A
Bounding Box West Long N/A
Bounding Box East Long N/A
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links N/A
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format WMO BUFR
Standardized Resource Format BUFR
Asset Size 25597.158 MB
Legal Constraints

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Access Constraints None
Software Implementation Language N/A

Resource Support Name N/A
Resource Support Email datahelp@ucar.edu
Resource Support Organization N/A
Distributor NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange
Metadata Contact Name N/A
Metadata Contact Email datahelp@ucar.edu
Metadata Contact Organization NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange

Author National Centers for Environmental Prediction, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Publication Date 2002-07-03
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/54F4-J915
Alternate Identifier d540008
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category oceans
Progress onGoing
Metadata Date 2025-10-09T01:26:15Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d540008
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation National Centers for Environmental Prediction, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce. (2002). Marine Surface Data from the National Center for Environmental Prediction.. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://doi.org/10.5065/54F4-J915. Accessed 10 October 2025.

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