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RAINEX: National Water Level Observation Network (NWLON) Meteorological Data

Summary

This data set contains hourly resolution surface meteorological and oceanographic data from the National Water Level Observation Network(NWLON) which is operated by the National Ocean Service Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS). These data were retrieved from the National Data Buoy Center (NDBC). This data set includes data from the 29 stations located along the coast of theGulf of Mexico and the southern US Atlantic coast. 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/WVWA-W1QS-8F01
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2006-06-02)
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Related projects	RAINEX: Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment
Spatial Type	multiple
Frequency	hourly
Language	English
Categories	Land Based Oceanography Surface
Platforms	Mesoscale Meteorological Network - Mesonet Weather Stations
Instruments	Automated Weather System
GCMD Science Keywords	AIR TEMPERATURE SEA LEVEL PRESSURE WATER TEMPERATURE WIND DIRECTION WIND SPEED Expand keywords
Documentation	ocean_NWLON.txt [5 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: 30.70, Minimum (South) Latitude: 17.70
Minimum (West) Longitude: -97.30, Maximum (East) Longitude: -64.90

Primary point of contact information

Stephen Lyles

Additional contact information

author: NOAA National Data Buoy Center

Citation

NOAA National Data Buoy Center. 2006. RAINEX: National Water Level Observation Network (NWLON) Meteorological Data. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.26023/WVWA-W1QS-8F01. Accessed 07 Mar 2026.

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