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ds540.0 Detailed Metadata

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Dataset Citation: U.S. National Climatic Data Center, U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research [CISL/Data Support Section], U.S. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration [Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory], U.S. National Data Buoy Center, U.S. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration [Earth System Research Laboratory], Fisheries and Oceans Canada [Integrated Science Data Management], U.K. Met Office, U.S. National Centers for Environmental Prediction, U.S. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration [Ocean Climate Laboratory], JP/JAMSTEC/TRITON, Florida State University [Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies], Deutscher Wetterdienst, World Meteorological Organization, and U.K. National Oceanography Centre, updated monthly: International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (ICOADS) Release 2.5, Individual Observations. Dataset ds540.0 published by the CISL Data Support Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, available online at http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds540.0/.
Types of data: Platform Observations	Data formats: NOAA IMMA
Data contributors: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce UCAR/NCAR/CISL/DSS > Data Support Section, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research DOC/NOAA/OAR/PMEL > Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, OAR, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NWS/NDBC > National Data Buoy Center, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/ESRL > Earth System Research Laboratory, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce CA/DFO/ISDM > Integrated Science Data Management, Fisheries and Oceans, Canada GB/MOD/MET > Met Office, Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom DOC/NOAA/NWS/NCEP > National Centers for Environmental Prediction, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/OCL > Ocean Climate Laboratory, National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce JP/JAMSTEC/TRITON > TRITON Office, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, Japan FSU/COAPS > Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University DE/DWD > Deutscher Wetterdienst (German Meteorological Service), Germany UN/WMO > World Meteorological Organization, United Nations GB/NOCS > National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom
Programs/Experiments that collected the data: ICOADS > International Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set
Total volume: 37.952 Gbytes

Summary for Platform Observations in NOAA IMMA Format
Observing Platform	Observation Type Data Types	Average Frequency of Data (varies by individual platform ID and data type)	Temporal/Geographical Coverage (each dot represents a 3° box containing one or more observations)
CMAN Station	Surface Regular section (may include one or more of the following) Wind direction (degrees true) Wind speed (m/sec) Visibility Present weather Past weather Sea level pressure (hPa) Pressure tendency (hPa) Air temperature (deg C) Wet-bulb temperature (deg C) Dew point temperature (deg C) Sea surface temperature (deg C) Total cloud amount Low cloud amount Low cloud type Middle cloud amount Middle cloud type High cloud amount High cloud type Wave direction Wave period (sec) Wave height Swell direction Swell period (sec) Swell height ICOADS attachment - indicators and quality flags IMMT-2/FM-13 attachment (may include one or more of the following) 2nd past weather Significant cloud amount Significant cloud type Direction of second swell Period of second swell Height of second swell Thickness of ice accretion (cm) Rate of ice accretion Concentration of sea ice True bearing of sea ice edge Sea ice situation/trend Amount of precipitation Duration of precipitation Supplemental data	1 to 19 per hour 1 to 20 per day 1 to 6 per week 3 per year	1970-01-00 to 2009-09-30
Coastal Station	Surface Regular section (may include one or more of the following) Wind direction (degrees true) Wind speed (m/sec) Visibility Present weather Past weather Sea level pressure (hPa) Pressure tendency (hPa) Air temperature (deg C) Wet-bulb temperature (deg C) Dew point temperature (deg C) Sea surface temperature (deg C) Total cloud amount Low cloud amount Low cloud type Middle cloud amount Middle cloud type High cloud amount High cloud type Wave direction Wave period (sec) Wave height Swell direction Swell period (sec) Swell height ICOADS attachment - indicators and quality flags	2 to 3 per day	1985-01-01 to 1994-12-31
Drifting Buoy	Surface Regular section (may include one or more of the following) Wind direction (degrees true) Wind speed (m/sec) Visibility Present weather Past weather Sea level pressure (hPa) Pressure tendency (hPa) Air temperature (deg C) Wet-bulb temperature (deg C) Dew point temperature (deg C) Sea surface temperature (deg C) Total cloud amount Low cloud amount Low cloud type Middle cloud amount Middle cloud type High cloud amount High cloud type Wave direction Wave period (sec) Wave height Swell direction Swell period (sec) Swell height ICOADS attachment - indicators and quality flags IMMT-2/FM-13 attachment (may include one or more of the following) 2nd past weather Significant cloud amount Significant cloud type Direction of second swell Period of second swell Height of second swell Thickness of ice accretion (cm) Rate of ice accretion Concentration of sea ice True bearing of sea ice edge Sea ice situation/trend Amount of precipitation Duration of precipitation Supplemental data	1 to 8 per hour 1 to 20 per day 1 to 6 per week 1 to 4 per month 1 to 10 per year	1975-01-00 to 2009-09-30
Fixed Ship	Surface Regular section (may include one or more of the following) Wind direction (degrees true) Wind speed (m/sec) Visibility Present weather Past weather Sea level pressure (hPa) Pressure tendency (hPa) Air temperature (deg C) Wet-bulb temperature (deg C) Dew point temperature (deg C) Sea surface temperature (deg C) Total cloud amount Low cloud amount Low cloud type Middle cloud amount Middle cloud type High cloud amount High cloud type Wave direction Wave period (sec) Wave height Swell direction Swell period (sec) Swell height ICOADS attachment - indicators and quality flags IMMT-2/FM-13 attachment (may include one or more of the following) 2nd past weather Significant cloud amount Significant cloud type Direction of second swell Period of second swell Height of second swell Thickness of ice accretion (cm) Rate of ice accretion Concentration of sea ice True bearing of sea ice edge Sea ice situation/trend Amount of precipitation Duration of precipitation Ship metadata Supplemental data	1 to 3 per hour 1 to 16 per day 1 to 6 per week 1 to 4 per month 1 to 9 per year	1900-01-01 to 1974-12-31
Ice Station	Surface Regular section (may include one or more of the following) Wind direction (degrees true) Wind speed (m/sec) Visibility Present weather Past weather Sea level pressure (hPa) Pressure tendency (hPa) Air temperature (deg C) Wet-bulb temperature (deg C) Dew point temperature (deg C) Sea surface temperature (deg C) Total cloud amount Low cloud amount Low cloud type Middle cloud amount Middle cloud type High cloud amount High cloud type Wave direction Wave period (sec) Wave height Swell direction Swell period (sec) Swell height ICOADS attachment - indicators and quality flags IMMT-2/FM-13 attachment (may include one or more of the following) 2nd past weather Significant cloud amount Significant cloud type Direction of second swell Period of second swell Height of second swell Thickness of ice accretion (cm) Rate of ice accretion Concentration of sea ice True bearing of sea ice edge Sea ice situation/trend Amount of precipitation Duration of precipitation Supplemental data	1 to 12 per day 1 to 4 per week 1 per month 9 to 10 per year	1850-01-01 to 1994-12-31
Lightship	Surface Regular section (may include one or more of the following) Wind direction (degrees true) Wind speed (m/sec) Visibility Present weather Past weather Sea level pressure (hPa) Pressure tendency (hPa) Air temperature (deg C) Wet-bulb temperature (deg C) Dew point temperature (deg C) Sea surface temperature (deg C) Total cloud amount Low cloud amount Low cloud type Middle cloud amount Middle cloud type High cloud amount High cloud type Wave direction Wave period (sec) Wave height Swell direction Swell period (sec) Swell height ICOADS attachment - indicators and quality flags Supplemental data		1960-01-00 to 1969-12-31
Moored Buoy	Surface Regular section (may include one or more of the following) Wind direction (degrees true) Wind speed (m/sec) Visibility Present weather Past weather Sea level pressure (hPa) Pressure tendency (hPa) Air temperature (deg C) Wet-bulb temperature (deg C) Dew point temperature (deg C) Sea surface temperature (deg C) Total cloud amount Low cloud amount Low cloud type Middle cloud amount Middle cloud type High cloud amount High cloud type Wave direction Wave period (sec) Wave height Swell direction Swell period (sec) Swell height ICOADS attachment - indicators and quality flags IMMT-2/FM-13 attachment (may include one or more of the following) 2nd past weather Significant cloud amount Significant cloud type Direction of second swell Period of second swell Height of second swell Thickness of ice accretion (cm) Rate of ice accretion Concentration of sea ice True bearing of sea ice edge Sea ice situation/trend Amount of precipitation Duration of precipitation Ship metadata Supplemental data	1 to 11 per hour 1 to 20 per day 1 to 6 per week 1 to 4 per month 1 to 10 per year	1900-01-01 to 2009-09-30
Ocean Station	Surface Regular section (may include one or more of the following) Wind direction (degrees true) Wind speed (m/sec) Visibility Present weather Past weather Sea level pressure (hPa) Pressure tendency (hPa) Air temperature (deg C) Wet-bulb temperature (deg C) Dew point temperature (deg C) Sea surface temperature (deg C) Total cloud amount Low cloud amount Low cloud type Middle cloud amount Middle cloud type High cloud amount High cloud type Wave direction Wave period (sec) Wave height Swell direction Swell period (sec) Swell height ICOADS attachment - indicators and quality flags IMMT-2/FM-13 attachment (may include one or more of the following) 2nd past weather Significant cloud amount Significant cloud type Direction of second swell Period of second swell Height of second swell Thickness of ice accretion (cm) Rate of ice accretion Concentration of sea ice True bearing of sea ice edge Sea ice situation/trend Amount of precipitation Duration of precipitation Supplemental data	1 to 4 per hour 1 to 19 per day 5 per week 1 per month 5 per year	1970-01-00 to 1997-12-31
Roving Ship	Surface Regular section (may include one or more of the following) Wind direction (degrees true) Wind speed (m/sec) Visibility Present weather Past weather Sea level pressure (hPa) Pressure tendency (hPa) Air temperature (deg C) Wet-bulb temperature (deg C) Dew point temperature (deg C) Sea surface temperature (deg C) Total cloud amount Low cloud amount Low cloud type Middle cloud amount Middle cloud type High cloud amount High cloud type Wave direction Wave period (sec) Wave height Swell direction Swell period (sec) Swell height ICOADS attachment - indicators and quality flags IMMT-2/FM-13 attachment (may include one or more of the following) 2nd past weather Significant cloud amount Significant cloud type Direction of second swell Period of second swell Height of second swell Thickness of ice accretion (cm) Rate of ice accretion Concentration of sea ice True bearing of sea ice edge Sea ice situation/trend Amount of precipitation Duration of precipitation NOAA_IMMA:3 Ship metadata Supplemental data	1 to 5 per minute 1 to 47 per hour 1 to 20 per day 1 to 6 per week 1 to 4 per month 1 to 10 per year	1662-10-15 to 2009-09-30
Unknown	Surface Regular section (may include one or more of the following) Wind direction (degrees true) Wind speed (m/sec) Visibility Present weather Past weather Sea level pressure (hPa) Pressure tendency (hPa) Air temperature (deg C) Wet-bulb temperature (deg C) Dew point temperature (deg C) Sea surface temperature (deg C) Total cloud amount Low cloud amount Low cloud type Middle cloud amount Middle cloud type High cloud amount High cloud type Wave direction Wave period (sec) Wave height Swell direction Swell period (sec) Swell height ICOADS attachment - indicators and quality flags Supplemental data	1 to 10 per day 1 to 6 per week 2 to 3 per month	1960-01-00 to 1989-12-31

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