Ships observation data from FERHRI, RUSSIA

       Far Eastern Regional Hydrometeorological Research Institute
                                         Vladivostok 690600
                                         RUSSIA 
                                         Tel: 7-4232-22-48-87
                                         Fax: 7-4232- 22-7754
                                         E-mail: fehri@stv.iasnet.com 


     Data Format of a ships observation  ( in bases FM 13-VII SHIP)

[Name] [Day] [Month] [Year] [Hour] [Latitude] [Longitude] 
[Hs]   [V]   [N]     [dd]   [ff]   [Ta]       [Td]        [Po]
[a]    [ppp] [W]     [W1]   [W2]   [Nh]       [Cl]        [Cm]  [Ch]
[Ds]   [Vs]  [Tw]    [Pw]   [Hw] 
[Dws1] [Dws2][pW1]   [hW1]  [pW2]  [hW2]
[Is]   [Es]  [Rs]

Latitude
Longitude
Degree and minute

Hs
Height of the basis of clouds, in code FM 13-VII SHIP 

V
Horizontal visibility, in code FM 13-VII SHIP 

N
Total of clouds, in code FM 13-VII SHIP

dd
Direct wind [degree] 

ff
Wind speed [m/s]

Ta
Air temperature, in tenths of a degree Celsius

Td
Dew-point temperature, in tenths of a degree Celsius

Po
Pressure at station level, in tenths of a hectopascal

a
Characteristic of pressure tendency during the 3 hours preceding the 
time of observation, in code FM 13-VII SHIP

ppp
Amount of pressure tendency at station level during the three hours 
preceding the time of observation, expressed in tenths of a hectopascal

W
Weather in time observations, in code FM 13-VII SHIP

W1-W2
Past weather, in code FM 13-VII SHIP

Nh
Amount of clouds Cl or Cm, in code FM 13-VII SHIP

Cl, Cm, Ch
Form  of clouds the section 1 and forms 8, in code FM 13-VII SHIP

Ds
Course ship, in code FM 13-VII SHIP

Vs
Speed of ship, in code FM 13-VII SHIP

Tw
Sea-surface temperature, in tenths of a degree Celsius

Pw
Period of waves, in seconds

Hw
Height of waves, obtained by instrumental methods or visual, in metre

Dws1
Direct of swell the 1-st order, in code FM 13-VII SHIP

Dsw2
Direct of swell the 2-nd order, in code FM 13-VII SHIP

pW1
Period of swell the 1-st order, in seconds

pW2
Period of swell the 2-nd order, in seconds

hW1
Height of swell the 1-st order, in metre

hW2
Height of swell the 2-nd order, in metre

Is
The reason of a covering by ice of a ship, in code FM 13-VII SHIP

Es
Width of ice at increase, in code FM 13-VII SHIP

Rs
Speed of increase of ice, in code FM 13-VII SHIP

99
Not data