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NOAA Global Drifter Program quality-controlled 6-hour interpolated data from ocean drifters initially deployed during 1987, containing observations from 1987-01-27 to 1990-10-25 (NCEI Accession 0196820)


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            title:  NOAA Global Drifter Program quality-controlled 6-hour interpolated data from ocean drifters initially deployed during 1987, containing observations from 1987-01-27 to 1990-10-25 (NCEI Accession 0196820)
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                date:  2019-08-14
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        abstract:  This dataset includes sea surface temperature and current data collected by satellite-tracked surface drifting buoys ("drifters") for the NOAA Global Drifter Program. The Drifter Data Assembly Center (DAC) at Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) has applied quality control procedures to edit these data (position and temperature) and interpolated them to 6-hour intervals using an optimum interpolation procedure. The data include positions (latitude and longitude), sea surface temperatures, and velocities (eastward, northward) with accompanying error estimates. Metadata include identification numbers, experiment number, start location and time, end location and time, drogue loss date, death code, manufacturer, and drifter type.
        purpose:  The primary goal of the GDP is to establish a global array of drifters with drifters present in each 5 x 5 degree grid of open ocean and to provide these data in near-real time for weather prediction and ocean state estimation. The Global Drifter Program is also tasked with providing quality controlled data for scientific use.
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                description:  NCEI Accession 0196820 was revised and v4.4 was published.
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                  DateTime:  2021-03-14T15:55:22Z
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