Maritime Meteorological Data held by KNMI (1854-)
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute |
| Country | Netherlands  |
| Project | NODCi - National Infrastructure for access to Oceanographic and Marine Data and Information(NODCi) |
| Time period | 1854 - present |
| Ongoing | Yes |
| Geographical area | Worldwide |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Air pressure; Cloud cover height and extent; Atmospheric humidity; Wave height and period statistics; Skin temperature of the water column; Terrestrial mapping; Air temperature; Wind strength and direction |
| Instruments | Meteorological packages |
| Description | |
| Summary | KNMI keeps a large historical archive with ships journals, synoptic observations of merchant navy vessels, weather ships, lightships and Measuring Network North Sea. Observations are kept in digital form in a mass storage system. Contact person: KD-desk (kddesk@knmi.nl) |
| Originators | Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute |
| Data web site | http://www.nodc.nl |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute |
| Availability | Unrestricted |
| Contact | Frits Koek (KNMI Operationeel Datacentrum (KODAC)) |
| Address | Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute |
| Telephone | +31 (0)30 2206860 |
| Facsimile | +31 30 2210407 |
| frits.koek@knmi.nl | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | National Oceanographic Data Committee |
| Local identifier | 20005103 |
| Global identifier | 2988 |
| Last revised | 2010-07-12 |
