SHIP SYNOP reports from ship, buoy and fixed platform stations collected by the Met Office MetDB System

The ship based SYNOP messages measurements describe hourly observations from sea based stations (ships, rigs, platforms and moored buoys) distributed globally. The observations cumulate in around 10,000 reports a day, giving measurements of parameters such as wind speed and direction, maximum and minimum air temperature, sunshine duration, rainfall accumulation, and cloud type. The data are collected by observation stations worldwide and transmitted within the ship SYNOP message.

Date (Publication): 2008-08-08T13:51:31

Date (Creation): 2008-08-08T13:51:31

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/65ca7898647cc3686492bcb8bb483a1c

Citation identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 65ca7898647cc3686492bcb8bb483a1c

Point of contact

Organisation name	Electronic mail address	Role
Met Office	enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk	Author
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)	badc@rl.ac.uk	Custodian
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)	badc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor
Met Office	enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk	Principal investigator
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)	badc@rl.ac.uk	pointofContact
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)	badc@rl.ac.uk	Publisher

Maintenance and update frequency: Continual

Update scope: Dataset

Keywords

Met Office
MetDB
SYNOP
ship
meteorology

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atmospheric conditions

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Spatial representation type: Grid

Language: English

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 2009-04-30T23:00:00

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

Distribution format

Name	Version
Data are BADC-CSV formatted.

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/65ca7898647cc3686492bcb8bb483a1c	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/ukmo-metdb/data/shpsyn	DOWNLOAD

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/surface/code.html	WMO Meteorological codes

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/amp/mmop/documents/publications-history/history/SHIP.html	WMO page on the development of the SHIP SYNOP message

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/WMOCodes/Manual/Volume-I-selection/Sel2.pdf	WMO Codes Manual

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/ukmo-metdb/shpsyn.html	Further information about the Ship SYNOP message

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Conformance result

Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: Data are extracted from the Met Office's "metDB" system and supplied to BADC. These are then processed to generate BADC-CSV files, where possible. METARS and CLIMAT message types are stored as original message types only within http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/ukmo-metdb/raw

Metadata

File identifier: 65ca7898647cc3686492bcb8bb483a1c XML

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Parent identifier: Met Office MetDB system: Surface, upper air and satellite data
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Hierarchy level: Dataset

Date stamp: 2026-03-05T03:01:25

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Point of contact

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