Physical and meteorological data collected from current meters and other instruments from Swedish Lightships from 1860 to 1989 (NCEI Accession 0113242)
Lightships were placed along the Swedish coast to lead the Mariners from 1844 to 1972. From 1860 routine measurements of meteorological and oceanographic (hydrographic) parameters began on board several of the lightships.

The history of the lightships is described in the book Fyrskepp i Sverige (Werner, 1999). The …