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Title: NOAA Global Drifter Program quality-controlled 6-hour interpolated data from ocean drifters initially deployed during 2023, containing observations from 2023-01-05 to 2024-01-18 (NCEI Accession 0292241)
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: 20230105
End date: 20240118
Seanames: Andaman Sea or Burma Sea, Arabian Sea, Arctic Ocean, Balearic (or Iberian) Sea, Baltic Sea, Barents Sea, Bay of Bengal, Bay of Biscay, Bering Sea, Caribbean Sea, Coastal Waters of Florida, Coastal Waters of Louisiana, Coastal Waters of Texas, Coral Sea, Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Davis Strait, Great Australian Bight, Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, Greenland Sea (including Iceland Sea and North Greenland Sea), Gulf of Guinea, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Indian Ocean, Ionian Sea, Labrador Sea, Laccadive Sea, Ligurian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin, Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin, 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, Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, Philippine Sea, Rose Atoll Marine National Monument, Sea of Okhotsk, South Atlantic Ocean, South China Sea (Nan Hai), Southern Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, St. Lawrence River, Tasman Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea
West boundary: -180
East boundary: 180
North boundary: 82.94
South boundary: -61.52
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: 2
Keydate: 2024-05-02 20:41:37+00
Editdate: 2024-05-09 16:17:31+00