Voluntary Observing Ship Climate (VOSClim) Fleet Ship Metadata

Upon recruitment of a ship into the Voluntary Observing Ship Climate (VOSClim) Fleet, the Port Meteorological Officer (PMO) collects an extensive list of metadata about the ship as required for WMO No. 47 – International List of Selected, Supplementary, and Auxiliary Ships. Metadata about the type of instrumentation, location, and exposure are absolutely essential to a correct interpretation and use of the observations. The metadata also includes mandatory digital photographs of the instruments and their location. Please send additional photographs as well as all Ship List updates and inquiries to Eric.Freeman@noaa.gov.

• World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Pub No. 47 and European Meteorological Services Network Surface Marine Programme (E-SURFMAR) Metadata Listings
  VOS operational resources, metadata, and WMO No. 47 (Pub 47)
• Informal Pub 47 VOSClim Ship List
  ​VOSClim list at E-SURFMAR provided in an Excel spreadsheet
• Ship Photographs
  National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) FTP site containing ship and instrument photographs of ships sorted by call sign and ship name
• Dutch VOSClim Ships
  Dutch website with ship photographs
• Award Pictures
  ​NCEI FTP site containing pictures of VOSClim Project awards and presentations

To learn more about VOSClim and to obtain contact information, visit the Voluntary Observing Ship Climate Fleet page.