World Meteorological Organization

Preservation of marine data and metadata, and related materials

The Marine Meteorology and Oceanography Programme (MMOP) is addressing the needs to preserve marine climate data and associated metadata, as well as related regulatory materials. The following links provide access to related archives, databases, and materials.

• How to access historical marine data?
• International marine data and metadata recovery efforts:
  1. RECovery of Logbooks And International Marine data (RECLAIM)
  2. Atmospheric Circulation Reconstructions over the Earth (ACRE)
  3. Global Oceanographic Data Archaeology and Rescue (GODAR)
  4. HIStorical CLIMate (HISKLIM, the Netherlands)
  5. German HISTOR Project (DWD)
  6. Climate Database Modernization Programme (CDMP) (1)
• Previous versions of related WMO Publications
1. Old 1994 version of the WMO Guide to the Applications of Marine Climatology (pdf) (1)
2. Final reports of the sessions of the Commission for Marine Meteorology (CMM), the Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM), the Commission for Synoptic Meteorology (CSM) and the Commission for Basic Systems (CBS) (2)
• History of the marine ship code (2)
• History of the International Maritime Meteorological Punch Card (IMMPC) and International Maritime Meteorological Tape (IMMT) (2)
• History of the Minimum Quality control Standard (MQCS) (2)

Notes:

1. Materials preserved thanks to the commitment and contribution of USA through the CDMP programme
2. Materials preserved thanks to the commitment and contribution of Japan.

(page last updated 14 January, 2013 )