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Title: NOAA Global Drifter Program quality-controlled 6-hour interpolated data from ocean drifters initially deployed during 1998, containing observations from 1998-01-01 to 2002-10-15 (NCEI Accession 0200700)
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.
Date received: 20210223
Start date: 19980101
End date: 20021015
Seanames: Andaman Sea or Burma Sea, Arabian Sea, Barents Sea, Bay of Bengal, Bering Sea, Bismarck Sea, Caribbean Sea, Celebes Sea (Sulawesi Sea and Mindanao Sea), Coastal Waters of Florida, Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, Coral Sea, Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Davis Strait, East China Sea (Tung Hai), Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of California, Gulf of Guinea, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, Indian Ocean, Japan Sea, Labrador Sea, Laccadive Sea, Molucca Sea, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Mozambique Channel, National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Norwegian Sea, Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Philippine Sea, Rose Atoll Marine National Monument, Sawu Sea, South Atlantic Ocean, South China Sea (Nan Hai), Southern Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Tasman Sea, Yellow Sea (Hwang Hai)
West boundary: 26.92
East boundary: 26.82
North boundary: 75.74
South boundary: -64.95
Observation types: current measurements, current measurements - surface currents, in situ, physical, surface measurements, time series
Instrument types: buoy - drifting buoy, thermistor, thermometer
Datatypes: CURRENT DIRECTION, CURRENT SPEED, CURRENT SPEED - EAST/WEST COMPONENT (U), CURRENT SPEED - NORTH/SOUTH COMPONENT (V), SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE, WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter: O'Brien, Kevin M.
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Collecting institutions: US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Contributing projects:
Platforms: DRIFTING BUOYS OF AUSTRALIA (09DB)
Number of observations:
Supplementary information: In this accession, NCEI has archived multiple versions of these data. The latest (and best) version of these data has the largest version number.
Availability date:
Metadata version: 4
Keydate: 2019-08-24 15:50:30+00
Editdate: 2021-04-06 16:06:43+00