UKHO Maritime Environment Data Store (MEDS)

The database comprises > 4 million profiles of temperature, salinity and sound velocity and observational data as detailed above. It includes Royal Navy data ( much of which has been released to the civil community for purposes of bona fide research) , UK Civilian Research Vessel data and public domain data received from other data centres.

Individual observations are held as depth/temperature pairs at inflexion points and where resolution allows at 1 metre resolution . Meteorological and other environmental data data, if recorded at the time of the observation, are also databased.

该数据库包含了超过400万条温度、盐度和声速的详细观测数据，如上述所述。其中包含英国皇家海军的数据（其中大部分已向民用社区公开，以供真实研究目的使用），以及英国民间研究船舶数据和来自其他数据中心获取的公共领域数据。个体观测数据以深度/温度对的形态保存于拐点处，并在分辨率允许的情况下达到1米精度。如果观测时记录了气象和其他环境数据，这些数据也被纳入数据库中。