MARINE OBSERVATION SOURCE · S041

Voluntary Observing Ships (VOS) via WIS2/ICOADS

Discover marine observations available through Voluntary Observing Ships (VOS) via WIS2/ICOADS, including parameters, platforms, spatial and temporal coverage, metadata, and access methods.

Operator

WMO VOS / national meteorological services

Role

Operational network + historical archive

Platforms

Commercial/research ships

Observed variables

Wind; pressure; air temperature/humidity; SST; waves; weather/visibility/clouds

Spatial coverage

Global shipping routes

Period

Historical archive 1662-present via ICOADS; operational current via WIS2

Depth coverage

Surface/near-surface; sensor height metadata varies

QC and data mode

Operational QC + ICOADS archive QC

Access method

Subscribe/search WIS2 for current SHIP data; ingest ICOADS daily/monthly files for historical records

Indexed download targets

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