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Title: NCEI Standard Product: Global Ocean Currents Database (GOCD) (NCEI Accession 0171666)
Abstract: This National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) archival information package (AIP) contains a product generated by NCEI-- the Global Ocean Currents Database (GOCD). It is derived from NCEI AIPs that hold in situ ocean current data from a diverse range of instruments, collection protocols, processing methods, and data storage formats. For acceptance into the GOCD, the data must have sufficient quality control and thorough documentation. The GODC merges the variety of original formats into the NCEI standard network common data form (NetCDF) format. From the shipboard acoustic Doppler current profiler sets, the GOCD creates files that hold single vertical ocean currents profiles. The GOCD spans 1962 to 2013.
Date received: 20180329
Start date: 19620930
End date: 20131223
Seanames: Arabian Sea, Barents Sea, Beaufort Sea, Bering Sea, Caribbean Sea, Coastal Waters of Florida, Coastal Waters of Louisiana, Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, East China Sea (Tung Hai), Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Great Australian Bight, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, Indian Ocean, Labrador Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, North Greenland Sea, North Pacific Ocean, Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Philippine Sea, Red Sea, San Diego Bay, Solomon Sea, South Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, Strait of Gibraltar, Tasman Sea, Yaquina Bay, Yellow Sea (Hwang Hai)
West boundary: -179.9986
East boundary: 179.9947
North boundary: 73.8287
South boundary: -78.6762
Observation types: derived products, physical
Instrument types: ADCP, buoy - drifting buoy, current meter, current meter - PCM, DO NOT USE, radar - high frequency oceanographic
Datatypes: CURRENT DIRECTION, CURRENT METER - EAST-WEST COMPONENT (U), CURRENT SPEED, CURRENT SPEED - NORTH/SOUTH COMPONENT (V)
Submitter: Sun, Dr. Charles
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; National Centers for Environmental Information
Collecting institutions:
Contributing projects:
Platforms:
Number of observations: 870517
Supplementary information:
Availability date:
Metadata version: 3
Keydate: 2018-03-29 15:42:23+00
Editdate: 2018-04-25 17:06:31+00