Has there been a change to the FOS data stream that I missed that affects
the ship observations? Most of the observations no longer seem to be in
the stream. I checked the change notices, but didn't see anything.
For example, on 21 Nov, we received 1366 SMxx reports. On 28 Nov, that
dropped to 26 reports (see table).
Header 21 Nov 28 Nov
SIxx 553 12
SNxx 960 32
SMxx 1366 26
Whatever it was, it appears to have occurred at or about 00Z on 28
Nov. Here are my ship obs file sizes for the six days before and after the
27th:
1119016 011121.bbx
1110809 011122.bbx
1157980 011123.bbx
1110391 011124.bbx
1164305 011125.bbx
1102971 011126.bbx
1092059 011127.bbx
13724 011128.bbx
16763 011129.bbx
46534 011130.bbx
14527 011201.bbx
17674 011202.bbx
24223 011203.bbx
Strangely enough (for an "Institution of Oceanography"), we actually do use
the ship obs extensively. Any assistance here will really be
appreciated. (i.e., "Help!")
Larry
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