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Facilitating Access to Global Observing Systems Data and Information

Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS)
Data Access

Data Availability: VOS data are available online.

VOS Climate Project (VOSClim) is an ongoing project within JCOMM's Voluntary Observing Ships' Scheme and data are available online. It aims to provide a high-quality subset of marine meteorological data, with extensive associated metadata, to be available in both real-time and delayed mode to support global climate studies.VOS Data Flow Diagram

News: Sixth Session of the JCOMM SHip Observations Team (SOT) will take place 11-15 April 2011, in Hobart, Australia

VOS Program Overview

Updated March 29, 2011

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Other Information

The WMO Secretariat maintains a complete VOS Metadata Catalogue (WMO-No. 47) that contains full details of ships, instrumentation and communications. It is maintained in data base format.