TITLE: Texas Automated Buoy System (TABS) Data
     
CONTACTS:

http://tabs.gerg.tamu.edu/Tglo/


1.0  DATA SET OVERVIEW
     

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.


2.0  INSTRUMENT DESCRIPTION


Information in this readme is from the NDBC.

2.1  Instrumentation and Station Locations

TABS Buoy B
28 58.9080'N   94 55.1160'W
AA3900 DCS - sensor depth 2m
Anemometer height: 4m
Water Depth: 63 feet (19 meters)

TABS Buoy H 
27° 52.0458'N   96° 32.6010'W
AA3900 DCS - sensor depth 2m
Anemometer height: 4m
Water Depth: 110 feet (33 meters)

TABS Buoy J
26 11.4840'N   97 03.0420'W
AA3900 DCS - sensor depth 2m
Water Depth: 68 feet (20 meters)

TABS Buoy K
26 13.0080'N   96 29.9880'W
AA3900 DCS - sensor depth 2m
Anemometer height: 4m
Water Depth: 204 feet (62 meters)

TABS Buoy N
27 53.4180'N   94 02.2020'W
AA3900 DCS - sensor depth 2m
Anemometer height: 4m
Water Depth: 345 feet (105 meters)

TABS Buoy V
27 53.7960'N   93 35.8380'W
AA3900 DCS - sensor depth 2m
Anemometer height: 4m
Water Depth: 295 feet (89 meters)

NCAR/EOL conducted no processing or quality control on these data.


4.0  DATA FORMAT AND FILE NAMING


4.1  Data Format
 
These data are in space delimited ASCII format. 

The data columns are as follows:

Date (UTC)
Time (UTC)
East (m/s)
North (m/s)
Air Temperature (Deg C)
Atmospheric Pressure (mb)
Wind Gust (m/s)
Comp (Deg M)
Tx
Ty
PAR
Relative Humidity (%)

StationName_yyyymmdd_yyyymmdd.txt
where the first yyyymmdd is the start date and the second is the end date of
the data in that file.
e.g.
B_Met_20050801_20050831.txt


5.0  DATA REMARKS


None.


6.0  REFERNCES


None.