Due to the importance of
surface weather observations from the surface of the ocean, the voluntary observing ship program, known as VOS, was set up to train crews how to take weather observations while at sea and also to calibrate weather sensors used aboard ships when they arrive in port, such as
barometers and
thermometer
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The WMO Voluntary Observing Ships (VOS) Scheme.
Retrieved on 2008-01-13. An Automatic Voluntary Observing Ships (AVOS) System is an automated weather station that transmits VOS program reports.
See also
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Old Weather
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AIREP
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PIREP
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Citizen Weather Observer Program
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Phenology
References
External links
The Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM)JCOMM Voluntary Observing Ship Scheme
* ttp://www.bom.gov.au/marine/marine_obs.shtml Australian Voluntary Observing Fleet* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20090409132400/http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/msc/em/marine_ships.html Canadian Voluntary Observing Ships Program
Dutch Voluntary Observing Ships and PMO Web Site
United States Voluntary Observing Ship Program
Meteorological data and networks
Voluntaryism
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