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RAINEX: National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) Moored Buoy and C-MAN Station Data

Summary

This data set contains hourly resolution surface meteorological and oceanographic data and 10 minute resolution wind data from the NOAA National Data Buoy Center moored buoy and Coastal Marine (C-MAN) networks along the Gulf of Mexico and Southeastern Atlantic coast. There are 21 moored buoys and 17 C-MAN stations included in this data set. This data set covers the period from 1 January to 31 December 2005. The data are in space delimited ASCII format. These data have not had additional quality control performed by NCAR/EOL.

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Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/V640-H29S-MR0S
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2008-10-07)
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Related projects	RAINEX: Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment
Spatial Type	multiple
Frequency	10 minute
Language	English
Categories	Land Based Oceanography Surface
Platforms	Buoys Coastal Marine Network (C-MAN) Weather Stations
Instruments	Automated Weather System
GCMD Science Keywords	AIR TEMPERATURE DEW POINT TEMPERATURE DEW POINT TEMPERATURE SEA LEVEL PRESSURE SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT TIDAL HEIGHT VISIBILITY WAVE PERIOD WIND DIRECTION WIND SPEED Show 8 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	buoy_ndbc.txt [25 KiB]
Related links	info: RAINEX Missions homepage: RAINEX Project Page

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2005-01-01 00:00:00
End datetime	2005-12-31 23:59:00

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 31.40, Minimum (South) Latitude: 14.50
Minimum (West) Longitude: -96.70, Maximum (East) Longitude: -45.59

Primary point of contact information

National Data Buoy Center (NDBC), NOAA

Additional contact information

originator: National Data Buoy Center (NDBC), NOAA
author: National Data Buoy Center (NDBC), NOAA

Citation

National Data Buoy Center (NDBC), NOAA, National Data Buoy Center (NDBC), NOAA. 2008. RAINEX: National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) Moored Buoy and C-MAN Station Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/V640-H29S-MR0S. Accessed 03 Oct 2024.

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