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RAINEX: Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS) Data

Summary

This data set contains variable resolution surface meteorological and oceanographic data from the Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS) operated by the National Ocean Service. This data set includes data from the 9 stations that are part of the Tampa Bay PORTS network. This data set covers the period from 1 August to 30 September 2005. The data are in space delimited ASCII format. NCAR/EOL conducted no additional quality control on these data. Data outside this period is included in the NOAA/ESRL/GSD MADIS dataset and can be downloaded by following the link under "Additional Information" below.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/DJ2H-5G58-JX0P
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2007-11-30)
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Related projects	RAINEX: Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	6 minute
Language	English
Categories	Land Based Oceanography Surface
Platforms	Weather Stations
Instruments	Automated Weather System
GCMD Science Keywords	AIR TEMPERATURE SEA LEVEL PRESSURE WATER TEMPERATURE WIND DIRECTION WIND SPEED Expand keywords
Documentation	ocean_ports.txt [3 KiB]
Related links	companion: 100.001: NOAA/ESRL MADIS Mesonet Data info: RAINEX Missions homepage: RAINEX Project Page

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2005-08-01 00:00:00
End datetime	2005-09-30 23:59:00

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 29.10, Minimum (South) Latitude: 26.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -83.10, Maximum (East) Longitude: -80.30

Primary point of contact information

Darren Wright

Additional contact information

originator: Darren Wright
author: NOAA National Ocean Service

Citation

NOAA National Ocean Service. 2007. RAINEX: Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS) Data. Version 1.0. NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/DJ2H-5G58-JX0P. Accessed 22 Apr 2026.

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