When using SAMOS data downloaded from this web portal, please include the following citation in your manuscript:

Smith, S. R., J. J. Rolph, K. Briggs, M. A. Bourassa, YYYY: Quality Controlled Shipboard Automated Meteorological and Oceanographic System (SAMOS) Data. Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA. http://samos.coaps.fsu.edu. Accessed† dd mmm yyyy.
†Please fill in the "Accessed" date with the day, month, and year (e.g. - 5 Aug 2011) you last accessed the data from COAPS.