U.K. Meteorological Office Climatological Marine Data Bank - North Atlantic and North Sea (1945-)
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Met Office, Exeter |
| Country | United Kingdom  |
| Time period | From 1945 onwards |
| Ongoing | Yes |
| Geographical area | Various fixed points on the North Atlantic and North Sea |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Air pressure; Air temperature; Cloud cover height and extent; Wind strength and direction; Wave direction; Temperature of the water column; Wave height and period statistics; Atmospheric visibility and transparency |
| Instruments | Anemometers; meteorological packages; sea level recorders; water temperature sensor |
| Description | |
| Summary | Meteorological observations made at fixed points (e.g. light vessels, Ocean Weather Ships, offshore platforms) and stored in chronological order. Time series are updated with recent data once per year. Beginning in 1991 the UK Meteorological Office has deployed a network of fixed-site open-ocean buoys in waters around the west of the British Isles (12 to 15 degrees West) and at two sites in the North Sea. Most reports are available at 3 hourly intervals. |
| Originators | Met Office, Exeter |
| Data web site | http://www.met-office.gov.uk/marine |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Met Office, Exeter |
| Availability | Licence |
| Contact | Jon Turton |
| Address | Met Office, Exeter |
| Telephone | +44 (0)1392 886478 |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Local identifier | 1033002 |
| Global identifier | 589 |
| Last revised | 2009-05-22 |
