The seas of the former USSR (the Baltic Sea, the White Sea, the Barents Sea, the Arctic Seas, the Sea of Azov, the Aral Sea, the Caspian Sea , the Black Sea, the Bering Sea, the Sea of Okhotsk, the Sea of Japan) 31-83° N, 7-151° E

Air pressure; Cloud cover height and extent; Wave direction; Salinity of the water column; Skin temperature of the water column; Wave height estimates; Atmospheric visibility and transparency; Wind strength and direction

The data set contains the observations from 450 coastal stations. The observed and calculated parameters (mean, maximum and minimum for day) are included in the data set. The data are checked visually, syntactically and for limiting values. The data are combined according to seven sea regions and river outfall areas, 70-80 sites are combined in one region. The USSR sea regions: 1-Baltic 2-White, Barents 3-Kara, Laptev, East Sibirian 4-Chulchi, Bering, Japan 5-Okhotsk 6-Aral, Caspian 7-Black, Azov

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