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RAINEX: Texas Automated Buoy System (TABS) Data

Summary

This data set contains 30-minute resolution surface meteorological and oceanographic data from the Texas Automated Buoy System (TABS) network which is operated by the Geochemical and Environmental Research Group in the Texas A&M University College of Geosciences and the Texas General Land Office Oil Spill Prevention and Response group. There are 6 stations within the network that provide meteorological observations. The stations are located along the Texas Gulf coast. This data set covers the period from 1 June to 31 October 2005. The data are in space delimited ASCII format. NCAR/EOL has conducted no additional quality control on these data.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/5ZW9-Q6E5-SG0N
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2007-11-28)
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Related projects	RAINEX: Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment
Spatial Type	grid
Frequency	30 minute
Language	English
Categories	Land Based
Platforms	Buoys Weather Stations
Instruments	Automated Weather System
GCMD Science Keywords	AIR TEMPERATURE OCEAN CURRENTS PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION RELATIVE HUMIDITY SURFACE PRESSURE U/V WIND COMPONENTS Expand keywords
Documentation	buoy_tabs.txt [2 KiB]
Related links	info: RAINEX Missions homepage: RAINEX Project Page info: TABS

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: 29.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 26.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -97.10, Maximum (East) Longitude: -93.50

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

author: Texas A&M University

Citation

Texas A&M University. 2007. RAINEX: Texas Automated Buoy System (TABS) Data. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.26023/5ZW9-Q6E5-SG0N. Accessed 17 Jan 2026.

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