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RAINEX: Shell Oil Platform Meteorological Data

Summary

This data set contains hourly resolution surface meteorological and oceanographic data from the Shell Oil (http://www.shell.com) Platform weather stations. These data were retrieved from the National Data Buoy Center (NDBC). This data set includes data from the 2 stations located off the Texas Gulf of Mexico near Texas. This data set covers the period from 1 January to 31 December 2005. The data are in space delimited ASCII format. NCAR/EOL 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/HAYM-ZPFV-K60H
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2007-02-09)
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Related projects	RAINEX: Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment
Spatial Type	multiple
Frequency	hourly
Language	English
Categories	Land Based
Platforms	Ocean Weather Stations 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	ocean_Shell_Oil.txt [4 KiB]
Related links	info: RAINEX Missions homepage: RAINEX Project Page info: www.shell.com

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: 27.60, Minimum (South) Latitude: 27.50
Minimum (West) Longitude: -92.50, Maximum (East) Longitude: -90.60

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

author: NOAA National Data Buoy Center

Citation

NOAA National Data Buoy Center. 2007. RAINEX: Shell Oil Platform Meteorological Data. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.26023/HAYM-ZPFV-K60H. Accessed 19 Nov 2025.

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