MARINE OBSERVATION SOURCE · S021
WMO WIS2
Discover marine observations available through WMO WIS2, including parameters, platforms, spatial and temporal coverage, metadata, and access methods.
- Operator
- World Meteorological Organization
- Role
- Real-time exchange + discovery layer
- Platforms
- Ships; buoys; floats; stations and other WMO observing systems
- Observed variables
- Marine BUOY/SHIP/profile and other WMO observations depending published topics
- Spatial coverage
- Global WMO members
- Period
- Current/operational; dataset retention varies by node/cache
- Depth coverage
- Depends on dataset; discovery metadata may state vertical extent; BUFR payload carries observation levels
- QC and data mode
- Provider/operational QC; BUFR flags where defined
- Access method
- Discover dataset via WIS2 Global Discovery Catalogue; subscribe to Global Broker MQTT; follow notification link to HTTP(S) data
- Indexed download targets
- 1
Canonical parameters
- No verified canonical parameter mapping is currently indexed.
Discovery and access
Use WIS2 primarily for fresh operational observations, not as your only historical archive.