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NAME: NODC Buoy Data

Summary

This dataset contains data from the NOAA Marine Environmental Buoy Database (NODC File 291). It contains wind, wave, and other marine data collected by the NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC). The data are collected frrom NDBC moored buoys and from C-MAN (Coastal-Marine Automated Network) stations.

For more information see the NODC buoy page at http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/BUOY/buoy.html.

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download: NODC Buoy Data

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/Q1V2-W7GA-5C11
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2006-07-18)
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Related projects	NAME: North American Monsoon Experiment
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	hourly
Language	English
Categories	Oceanography
Platforms	Buoys Coastal Marine Network (C-MAN) Weather Stations
Instruments	Automated Weather System
GCMD Science Keywords	AIR TEMPERATURE DEW POINT TEMPERATURE DEW POINT TEMPERATURE PRECIPITATION AMOUNT PRESENT WEATHER SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT SOLAR RADIATION SURFACE PRESSURE VISIBILITY WAVE PERIOD WAVE SPEED/DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION WIND SPEED Show 10 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	buoytab.dat [917 KiB] buoy_name.txt [13 KiB] Read_me.txt [1 KiB]
Related links	info: NAME Missions download: NODC Buoy Data

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2004-06-01 00:00:00
End datetime	2004-09-30 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 65.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 20.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -180.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -60.00

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EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>

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author: National Oceanographic Data Center

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National Oceanographic Data Center. 2006. NAME: NODC Buoy Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/Q1V2-W7GA-5C11. Accessed 24 Sep 2023.

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