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Title: NOAA Global Drifter Program quality-controlled 6-hour interpolated data from ocean drifters initially deployed during 2014, containing observations from 2014-01-01 to 2022-04-04 (NCEI Accession 0202020)
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: 20240505
Start date: 20140101
End date: 20220404
Seanames: Adriatic Sea, Alboran Sea, Andaman Sea or Burma Sea, Arabian Sea, Arafura Sea, Arctic Ocean, Baffin Bay, Balearic (or Iberian) Sea, Bali Sea, Barents Sea, Bass Strait, Bay of Bengal, Bay of Biscay, Bering Sea, Bismarck Sea, Bristol Channel, Caribbean Sea, Celebes Sea (Sulawesi Sea and Mindanao Sea), Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, Chukchi Sea, Coastal Waters of Florida, Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, Coral Sea, Davis Strait, East China Sea (Tung Hai), English Channel, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Great Australian Bight, Greenland Sea (including Iceland Sea and North Greenland Sea), Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of Guinea, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Thailand, Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, Hudson Strait, Indian Ocean, Inner Sea - West Coast Scotland, Ionian Sea, Irish Sea and St. George's Channel, Java Sea, Labrador Sea, Laccadive Sea, Ligurian Sea, Makassar Strait, Malacca Straits, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin, Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin, Molucca Sea, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Mozambique Channel, National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa, New York Bight, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Philippine Sea, Rose Atoll Marine National Monument, Ross Sea, Sea of Okhotsk, Skagerrak, Solomon Sea, South Atlantic Ocean, South China Sea (Nan Hai), Southern Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, Sulu Sea, Tasman Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea
West boundary: -180
East boundary: 180
North boundary: 79.88
South boundary: -77.65
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: Dolk, Shaun
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Collecting institutions: US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Contributing projects:
Platforms: drifting buoy (99DB)
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: 8
Keydate: 2019-09-09 15:51:18+00
Editdate: 2024-05-26 12:06:33+00