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  • Total Cloud Amounts
  • Low Cloud Classifications
  • Middle Cloud Classifications
  • High Cloud Classifications


  • Parameters in the Daily Weather Observations Table (all values from the ship's IMET system):


    Time (UTC)      Time in Greenwich Mean Time
    Time (Local)    Time at the ship
    Lat (deg)       Latitude of ship's position in degrees (negative indicates south of the equator)
    Lon (deg)       Longitude of ship's position in degrees (negative indicates degrees west from the Greenwich Meridian)
    Hdg (deg)       Heading of ship in degrees clockwise from North
    P (mb)          Surface pressure in millibars
    T (*C)          Surface temperature in degrees Celsius
    RH (%)          Surface relative humidity in percent
    Wd (deg)        Wind direction in degrees clockwise from North
    Ws (m/s)        Wind speed in m/s
    Octa		Fraction of the sky covered by clouds in 8ths
    CL		Low cloud type
    CM		Middle cloud type
    CH		High cloud type