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title: Buoys and ships
summary: Drifting and moored buoys and voluntary observing ships: pressure, wind, waves and sea temperature over the ocean, where a storm like Charles forms.
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# Buoys and ships

> Kept by incident.meteorology@web-summit.dinis, 11 November 2026, 11:36 UTC

[Where a forecast comes from](../index.md) · Observing systems · id `obs-buoys-ships` · [as data](obs-buoys-ships.json)

Drifting and moored buoys and voluntary observing ships: pressure, wind, waves and sea temperature over the ocean, where a storm like Charles forms.

**Address:** [https://www.eumetnet.eu/activities/observations-programme/current-activities/e-surfmar/](https://www.eumetnet.eu/activities/observations-programme/current-activities/e-surfmar/) (leaves this site)

## What it is connected to, and who says so

| This | Verb | That | The page that says so | Read | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buoys and ships | **assimilated by** | [ECMWF IFS](model-ecmwf-ifs.md) | [ecmwf.int](https://www.ecmwf.int/en/about/media-centre/focus/2020/fact-sheet-earth-system-data-assimilation): "location of the instrument. Such in-situ measurements come for example from weather stations, aircraft, radiosondes, ships or buoys. Other observations are based on remote sensing, for example from satellites or ground-b" | 11:28 UTC, 11 Nov | stated on the page |
| Buoys and ships | **operated by** | [EUMETNET](body-eumetnet.md) | [eumetnet.eu](https://www.eumetnet.eu/activities/observations-programme/current-activities/e-surfmar/): "During autumn 2025 and winter 2025/26, E-SurfMar has been working with partners to deploy around 60 drifting buoys into the atmospheric storm track region of the North Atlantic Ocean. These partners are from both Europe " | 11:28 UTC, 11 Nov | stated on the page |

## Licence: what we may do with it

No licence row yet covers this node: **unclear** until one does. [The licence table](../licences.md).

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Not a warning service: this page explains where data comes from. For warnings follow [IPMA](https://www.ipma.pt/pt/otempo/prev-sam/) and ANEPC.