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RAINEX: University of Southern Mississippi (USM) Buoy Data

Summary

This data set contains 30 minute resolution surface meteorological and oceanographic data in a single file. Data are from the University of Southern Mississippi Department of Marine Science buoy located in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Mississippi. These data were retrieved from the National Data Buoy Center (NDBC). There is 1 station in this data set. This data set covers the period from 1 June to 29 August 2005. The data are in space delimited ASCII format. NCAR/EOL has conducted no additional quality control on these data.

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Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/8RTK-HPGW-CY13
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2007-11-05)
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Related projects	RAINEX: Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	30 minute
Language	English
Categories	Land Based Oceanography
Platforms	Buoys Weather Stations
Instruments	Anemometers Automated Weather System Barometers
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 WAVE SPEED/DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION WIND SPEED Show 9 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	buoy_usm.txt [4 KiB]
Related links	info: RAINEX Missions homepage: RAINEX Project Page

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2005-06-01 00:00:00
End datetime	2005-08-29 23:59:00

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 30.05, Minimum (South) Latitude: 30.03
Minimum (West) Longitude: -88.66, Maximum (East) Longitude: -88.64

Primary point of contact information

University of Southern Mississippi

Additional contact information

author: University of Southern Mississippi

Citation

University of Southern Mississippi. 2007. RAINEX: University of Southern Mississippi (USM) Buoy Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/8RTK-HPGW-CY13. Accessed 13 Dec 2024.

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