Research Vessel Surface Meteorology Data Center

The United States' R/V Thompson, a University of Washington School of Oceanography and University of Hawaii (HOTS) sponsored ship, provided bridge and automated weather (AWS) observations. The bridge observations were taken every four hours and the AWS were taken every minute. The IMET automated weather system was located on the bow of the vessel and the variables included are:

* Platform Heading* Platform Course
* Platform Speed* Platform Relative Wind Direction
* Platform Relative Wind Speed* Earth Relative Wind Direction
* Earth Relative Wind Speed* Sea Temperature
* Atmospheric Pressure* Air Temperature
* Relative Humidity* Precipitation
* Rain Rate* Atmospheric Radiation

*Certain variables may not be available for every cruise on this ship.

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Download Year Dates available Cruise Information Data Provider Time Resolution
Date Public R/V Country
Download 1994 09/18/94 - 10/07/94
10/11/94 - 10/25/94
10/28/94 - 11/21/94
11/28/94 - 12/19/94
Map & QC Report Neil Bogue 1
30 JAN 2001 USA
Download 1995 02/08/95 - 02/28/95
04/13/95 - 04/29/95
06/21/95 - 07/13/95
09/19/95 - 10/11/95
10/14/95 - 10/25/95
Map & QC Report Neil Bogue 1
30 JAN 2001 USA
Download 1996 01/18/96 - 01/21/96
01/22/96 - 01/26/96
01/30/96 - 03/10/96
03/13/96 - 04/02/96
04/03/96 - 04/11/96
04/15/96 - 05/14/96
05/18/96 - 06/27/96
07/08/96 - 07/22/96
08/12/96 - 08/27/96
10/12/96 - 10/20/96
Map & QC Report Neil Bogue 1
30 JAN 2001 USA
Download 1997 01/07/97 - 01/25/97
01/31/97 - 03/03/97
Map & QC Report Neil Bogue 1
30 JAN 2001 USA

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