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The observatory is always manned with a weather radio technician and a meteorologist during scientific cruises. The facilities of the meteorological observatory can be co-used by scientists for special measurements.

The weatherstation consists of different sensors (see: subdevices) and a data acquisition unit. The data acquisition unit developed by [FIELAX|http://www.fielax.de] provides local data storage and data transfer to the DShip system. In addition, 
it facilitates the receipt of weather information and satellite images. The German Weather Service (DWD) provides the required forecast products via e-mail.

Time synchronising is regulated via ntp between the acquisition computer xdas1 and the central ntp-server on board.

??? The geographical ship's position is transferred to ???

Data storage in DShip system.

Evaluated data

|| Device name | weatherstation || 
|| Parameters | air pressure \[hPa\]; air temperature \[°C\]; ceiling \[ft\]; dewpoint rows nest \[°C\]; direct radiation \[W/m2\]; global radiation \[W/m2\]; max rel. wind velocity last min \[m/s\]; precipitation \[mm/min\]; rel. humidity \[%\]; rel. wind direction \[deg\]; rel. wind velocity \[m/s\]; sunshine indicator; true wind direction \[deg\]; true wind velocity \[m/s\]; true wind velocity \[Beaufort\]; true wind velocity \[Knots\] \[Kn\]; visibility \[m\]; water temperature \[°C\] ||

The acquired data are evaluated, archived and made available via Internet by the AWI.
DShip data set can be extracted from https://dms.awi.de.

|| File format(s) | stored in DShip System || 
|| Calibration certificates | administrated by Principle Investigator ||