Identification

Title

2011- Ongoing Met Office Autonomous Marine Observing System (AMOS) Meteorological Observations

Abstract

Meteorological observations originating from Met Office built ship-borne autonomous marine observing systems, produced hourly from any given position on the ship's track/route for weather forecasting as part of the long term climatological record. Coverage is global but predominantly in UK waters. Measurements include mean sea level pressure, air temperature and humidity (with capabilities for sea surface temperature (SST) and wind speed, wind direction and max gust speed from a limited number of systems). On occasion there may be gaps in the dataset.

Resource type

series

Resource locator

Unique resource identifier

code

MEDIN-343

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/marine/observations/gathering_data/ships.html

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2025-04-14

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2025-04-14

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2021-09-28

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2021-09-28

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2011-07-13

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

99.9999

East bounding longitude

99.9999

North bounding latitude

89.9990

South bounding latitude

89.9990

Vertical extent information

Minimum value

0

Maximum value

50

Coordinate reference system

authority code

code identifying the coordinate reference system

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::5714

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2011-05-18

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2011-05-18

Frequency of update

continual

Quality and validity

Lineage

Data is collected automatically on an hourly basis using calibrated meteorological instruments which are baseline checked and maintained on a routine basis. Data quality is considered, monitored, compared against background fields and addressed in near real-time throughout its entire life cycle, with suspect data being flagged both automatically and by manual input. Regular, scheduled inspections take place, checking the accuracy of instruments as well as logger software and data formats.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Not yet evaluated

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

freely available for personal and educational use, charges will apply for other usage e.g. commercial

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

License

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Marine Data Specialist

organisation name

Met Office, Edinburgh

email address

GDAC@metoffice.gov.uk

responsible party role

owner

Responsible party

contact position

Marine Data Specialist

organisation name

Met Office, Edinburgh

email address

GDAC@metoffice.gov.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Responsible party

contact position

Marine Data Specialist

organisation name

Met Office, Edinburgh

email address

GDAC@metoffice.gov.uk

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

contact position

Marine Data Specialist

organisation name

Met Office, Edinburgh

email address

GDAC@metoffice.gov.uk

responsible party role

distributor

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Met Office, Edinburgh

email address

GDAC@metoffice.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2025-04-14

Metadata language