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| method | description |
|---|---|
| 0 | Cellular (unspecified) |
| 1 | Meteosat DCP |
| 2 | Iridium (unspecified) |
| 3 | GOES DCP |
| 4 | VSAT (unspecified) |
| 5 | Landline telephone |
| 6 | Radio modem |
| 7 | E-mail (unspecified) |
| 8 | Voice (ship). The observation is sent to a NMS through the telephone network. The communication may use Inmarsat, Iridium, Vsat, VHF |
| 9 | Email (ship). The observation is sent to a NMS through an email. The WMO message is attached to this email. The satellite communication provider may be Inmarsat, Iridium, Vsat |
| 10 | Web (ship). The observation is sent through the Web (example: TurboWeb). The satellite communication provider may be Inmarsat, Iridium, Vsat |
| 11 | Inmarsat-C (FM13, SAC41). Standard procedure used to report observations (FM13 messages) from conventional VOS for many years. Collect call system: the NMS which receives the observations pays the communication costs |
| 12 | Inmarsat-C (FM13, other SAC). FM13 messages are sent to a dedicated SAC (other than SAC41) established at one, or more LES. In general, communications are paid by the country who recruited the ship |
| 13 | Inmarsat-C (EUHC). Text messages containing compressed data (E-SURFMAR format) are sent ashore through Inmarsat-C to a dedicated SAC and LES. Communications are paid by the country who recruited the ship |
| 14 | Inmarsat-C (SEAS). SEAS binary messages sent through Inmarsat-C Data Mode to a dedicated SAC and LES. Communications are paid by NOAA/NWS |
| 15 | Automated Identification System (direct or through satellite) |
| 16 | Argos system |
| 17 | Cellular (Dial-up). Dial-up communication using terrestrial wireless networks (GSM, GPRS) |
| 18 | Cellular (SMS). SMS sent through terrestrial wireless networks (GSM, GPRS) |
| 19 | Globalstar communication system |
| 20 | GMS (DCP). Data Collecting Platform of Geostationary Meteorological Satellites |
| 21 | Iridium (SBD). Short Burst Data service of Iridium communication system |
| 22 | Iridium (Email). Email sent through Iridium (e.g. Easymail) |
| 23 | Iridium (Dial-up). Dial-up communication using Iridium |
| 24 | Inmarsat-C (Data Mode). Data Mode service of Inmarsat-C used by S-AWS. See above for SEAS which also uses this service for conventional VOS |
| 25 | Inmarsat-C (Email). Email sent through Inmarsat-C |
| 26 | Orbcomm communication system |
| 27 | Vsat (Email). Email sent through Vsat |
| 28 | Vsat (Dial-up). Dial-up communication using Vsat |
| 29 | Delayed Mode only |
| 30 | Other (specify in footnote). |