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RAINEX: Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network (TCOON)

Summary

This data set contains six-minute resolution surface meteorological and oceanographic data from the Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network (TCOON). TCOON is operated by the Conrad Blucher Institute for Surveying and Science (CBI) at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. There are 23 stations within the network that provide meteorological observations. The stations are located along the gulf coast of Texas. This data set covers the period from 1 June to 31 October 2005. The data are in space delimited ASCII format. NCAR/EOL conducted no processing or quality control on these data.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/SJMX-CB07-BQ0X
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2007-11-26)
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Related projects	RAINEX: Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	6 minute
Language	English
Categories	Land Based Surface
Platforms	OCEAN PLATFORM/OCEAN STATIONS Weather Stations
Instruments	Automated Weather System
GCMD Science Keywords	AIR TEMPERATURE PRECIPITATION AMOUNT SURFACE PRESSURE WATER TEMPERATURE WIND DIRECTION WIND SPEED Expand keywords
Documentation	buoy_tcoon.txt [3 KiB]
Related links	info: RAINEX Missions homepage: RAINEX Project Page

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2005-06-01 00:00:00
End datetime	2005-10-31 23:59:00

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 30.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 26.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -97.50, Maximum (East) Longitude: -93.70

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

author: Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

Citation

Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. 2007. RAINEX: Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.26023/SJMX-CB07-BQ0X. Accessed 17 Jan 2026.

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