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SELECTED SHIP [1 record]

Record 1 2005-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
CONT

There are three types of ships in the VOS [Voluntary Observing Ships]: selected ships; supplementary ships; auxiliary ships. ... A selected ship ... should have at least a barometer, a thermometer for sea-surface temperature, a psychrometer and a barograph. Most of the VOS are selected ships.

OBS

selected ship station: Mobile ship station which is equipped with sufficient certified meteorological instruments for making observations, and which transmits the required observational data in the appropriate code form.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
DEF

Navire marchand qui, tout en faisant route, exécute un certain nombre de tâches météo-océaniques, surtout des observations météorologiques synoptiques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de barcos
  • Estaciones, instrumentos y equipos meteorológicos
OBS

estación sobre un buque seleccionado: Estación sobre un buque en desplazamiento dotado de un número suficiente de instrumentos meteorológicos homologados con fines de observación.

OBS

Transmite los mensajes de observación requeridos en la forma de clave apropiada.

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