PIRATA Buoy Data
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/94.042

Summary
This dataset provides a link to the PMEL PIRATA (Prediction and Research
Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic) website.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 94.042

Citation
 UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 1970. PIRATA Buoy Data. Version 1.0.
 UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/94.042 Accessed 18 Apr 2024.

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 datahelp@eol.ucar.edu
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Acknowledgement
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please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as:

  Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of
  the National Science Foundation.
  https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

Related projects
 * AMMA: African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/AMMA

Additional information
 * Progress: completed
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Oceanography

Platforms
 * Buoys

Instruments
 * Automated Weather System
 * Current Meters
 * Pressure Transducers
 * Pyranometers
 * Pyrgeometers
 * Rain Gauges
 * Sonic Anemometer
 * Thermistors

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > SHORTWAVE RADIATION
 * EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED
 * EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > U/V WIND COMPONENTS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > LONGWAVE RADIATION
 * EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > POTENTIAL DENSITY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION

Related links
 * homepage: AMMA Project Homepage
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/amma
 * download: NOAA/PMEL PIRATA Data Access
   https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/drupal/pirata-display/

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2002-01-01 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2010-12-31 23:59:00 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 20.00
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: -40.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -20.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: 0.00

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/94.042?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/94.042?format=isotc211