The SAMOS web pages were developed by the Research Vessel Surface Meteorology Data Center at the Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies. Primary funding for SAMOS activities at COAPS are provided by the NOAA Climate Program Office, Climate Observation Division. NOAA funds initially were distributed through an Applied Research Center administered by the NOAA Office of Global Programs. Starting in 2011, funds were distributed through the Northern Gulf of Mexico Cooperative Institute administered by Mississippi State University. Additional support is provided by the National Science Foundation, Oceanographic Instrumentation, and Technical Services Program under grant #0917685.

The SAMOS Data Assembly Center wishes to acknowledge the contributions of our pilot project partners at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Our partners were instrumental in developing the first routine, automated ship-to-DAC transfers of SAMOS observations. The DAC also thanks members of the U.S. and international research vessel community for their continued contributions to the SAMOS initiative.

Success of the SAMOS initiative is possible due to a wide range of partnerships between atmospheric, climate, and ocean scientists, marine technicians, U.S. and international panels and committees, and program managers at NOAA and the National Science Foundation. The SAMOS DAC specifically acknowledges contributions from members of the University-National Oceaonographic Laboratory System, Rolling Deck to Repository project, Voluntary Observing Ship Climate (VOSClim) Program, Global Ocean Surface Underway Data Pilot Project, and World Climate Research Program Working Group on Surface Fluxes.

Disclaimer: Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations provided on this site are those of SAMOS data center personnel and do not necessarily reflect the views of NOAA or the NSF. Additionally, the FSU/COAPS disclaimer also applies to this site.