voluntary observing ship

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• Voluntary observing ship program — Due to the importance of surface weather observations from the surface of the ocean, the voluntary observing ship program, known as VOS, was set up to train crews how to take weather observations while at sea and also to calibrate weather sensors …   Wikipedia

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• Sailwx — is an integrated information service that aggregates worldwide ship locations into a single map. Weather conditions including ocean currents, wave height and tides are also available and can be integrated into ship location maps.Locations of… …   Wikipedia

• VOS — Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. (Business » NYSE Symbols) ** Voluntary Observing Ship (Academic & Science » Meteorology) * Input OffSet Voltage (Academic & Science » Electronics) * Virtual Object System (Computing » General) * Virtual Operating… …   Abbreviations dictionary

• VOS — is a three letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below:* In linguistic typology, VOS denotes Verb Object Subject * In meteorology, VOS is short for voluntary observing ship program * Stratus VOS a fault tolerant computer… …   Wikipedia

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• Cyclone Extratropical — Graphique météorologique fictif d un cyclone extratropical affectant la Grande Bretagne et l Irlande. Les flèches bleues et rouges entre les isobares indiquent la direction des vents, alors que le symbole D marque le centre de la dépression, soit …   Wikipédia en Français

• Cyclone extratropical — Graphique météorologique fictif d un cyclone extratropical affectant la Grande Bretagne et l Irlande. Les flèches bleues et rouges entre les isobares indiquent la direction des vents, alors que le symbole D marque le centre de la dépression, soit …   Wikipédia en Français