NOAA´s shipboard environmental data acquisition system

The National Ocean Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is implementing the Shipboard Environmental Data Acquisition System (SEAS) program to expand and augment NOAA´s current activities in the collection of oceanographic and marine weather observational data. The SEAS program provides a system that delivers data from ships at sea accurately and quickly for use in operational forecast systems. SEAS data are incorporated into analyses at the National Meteorological Center. Data are also routed to other users on the Automation of Field Operations and Services (AFOS) network and the Global Telecommunication System (GTS). The data will also reside in data archives.