Research Vessel Surface Meteorology Data Center

The United States' R/V Ronald Brown , a NOAA sponsored ship, provided automated weather observations taken every minute. The IMET automated weather system was located on the bow of the vessel. The variables available 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* 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 1997 07/28/97 - 09/06/97
09/12/97 - 09/16/97
09/19/97 - 10/05/97
10/11/97 - 10/25/97
10/29/97 - 11/14/97
11/16/97 - 11/19/97
Map & QC Report J.Shannahoff 1
21 AUG 2000 USA
Download 1998 05/07/98 - 05/19/98
05/25/98 - 06/25/98
06/28/98 - 07/07/98
07/11/98 - 07/29/98
07/30/98 - 08/15/98
08/19/98 - 08/24/98
08/26/98 - 09/20/98
09/24/98 - 10/03/98
10/14/98 - 11/14/98
11/17/98 - 11/20/98
Map & QC Report J.Shannahoff 1
21 AUG 2000 USA
Download 1999 02/11/99 - 02/20/99
02/22/99 - 03/01/99
03/09/99 - 03/23/99
03/26/99 - 04/02/99
04/08/99 - 04/18/99
07/28/99 - 08/19/99
08/24/99 - 09/21/99
09/25/99 - 10/23/99
11/02/99 - 11/06/99
11/10/99 - 12/16/99
Map & QC Report J.Shannahoff 1
OCT 2003 USA
Download 2000 05/21/00 - 06/04/00
Map & QC Report J.Shannahoff 1
OCT 2003 USA
Download 2002a 01/15/02 - 01/19/02
01/21/02 - 01/27/02
02/01/02 - 02/24/02
03/03/02 - 03/07/02
03/10/02 - 03/18/02
03/21/02 - 03/22/02
03/25/02 - 03/26/02
06/18/02 - 06/29/02
07/12/02 - 07/26/02
07/29/02 - 08/11/02
08/17/02 - 08/23/02
Map & QC Report J.Shannahoff 1
DEC 2003 USA
Download 2002b 08/27/02 - 09/15/02
09/19/02 - 09/30/02
10/11/02 - 11/06/02
Map & QC Report J.Shannahoff 1
DEC 2003 USA
Download 2003a 02/04/03 - 02/15/03
02/19/03 - 03/07/03
03/10/03 - 03/28/03
06/04/03 - 06/07/03
06/10/03 - 06/14/03
06/19/03 - 07/10/03
07/15/03 - 08/10/03
08/28/03 - 09/02/03
09/03/03 - 09/04/03
Map & QC Report J.Shannahoff 1
DEC 2003 USA
Download 2003b 09/09/03 - 09/19/03
09/21/03 - 10/03/03
10/05/03 - 10/11/03
10/17/03 - 10/18/03
10/27/03 - 11/21/03
Map & QC Report J.Shannahoff 1
DEC 2004 USA
Download 2004a 02/12/04 - 02/25/04
03/01/04 - 03/15/04
03/17/04 - 03/26/04
03/29/04 - 04/13/04
04/30/04 - 05/03/04
05/09/04 - 05/24/04
Map & QC Report J.Shannahoff 1
FEB 2005 USA
Download 2004b 05/27/04 - 06/12/04
06/18/04 - 06/28/04
07/05/04 - 07/23/04
07/26/04 - 08/12/04
09/22/04 - 10/03/04
10/10/04 - 10/18/04
10/29/04 - 11/28/04
12/05/04 - 12/23/04
Map & QC Report J.Shannahoff 1
JAN 2006 USA
Download 2005a 12/29/04 - 01/05/05
01/11/05 - 02/22/05
03/01/05 - 03/05/05
03/10/05 - 03/18/05
Map & QC Report J.Shannahoff 1
JAN 2006 USA
Download 2005b 07/11/05 - 07/15/05
07/17/05 - 08/03/05
08/10/05 - 09/03/05
09/06/05 - 09/09/05
09/11/05 - 09/24/05
10/04/05 - 10/20/05
10/27/05 - 11/25/05
Map & QC Report J.Shannahoff 1
JUL 2006 USA

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