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Title: NOAA marine environmental buoy data from the National Data Buoy Center for 2001-08 (NODC Accession 0000588)
Abstract: Wind wave spectra and meteorological data were collected from the US East/West coasts, South Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, Great Lakes and other locations. Data were collected from 125 buoys with surface and subsurface sensors from 01 August 2001 to 31 August 2001. Data were supplied by the National Data Buoy Center (NODC).

Station identifier, position, date, time, sampling duration and sampling rate are reported for each series of measurements. Reported meteorological parameters may include air temperature and pressure, dew point, wind speed and direction, wind gust, visibility, precipitation and solar radiation. Ocean surface data may include water temperature and salinity (or conductivity), significant wave height and steepness. Subsurface temperature, salinity, conductivity, pressure, and east and north current components may also be reported. Wave data may be reported as spectral density values or (for directional spectra) as co- and quad-spectra or angular Fourier coefficients.
Date received: 20010919
Start date: 20010801
End date: 20010831
Seanames: Beaufort Sea, Coastal Waters of Hawaii, Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, Coastal Waters of Western U.S., Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary, Great Lakes, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, North American Coastline-North, North American Coastline-South, North Atlantic Ocean, Northeast Pacific Ocean (limit-180), North Pacific Ocean, Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
West boundary: -164.185
East boundary: -66.5917
North boundary: 67.5817
South boundary: 0.000278
Observation types: meteorological, physical, time series
Instrument types: accelerometer, buoy - moored buoy, meteorological sensor, thermistor
Datatypes: AIR TEMPERATURE, BAROMETRIC PRESSURE, DIRECTIONAL WAVE SPECTRA, SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE, WAVE DIRECTION, WAVE HEIGHT, WIND DIRECTION, WIND GUST, WIND SPEED
Submitter: Redmon, B. G.
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; NWS; National Data Buoy Center
Collecting institutions: US DOC; NOAA; NWS; National Data Buoy Center
Contributing projects:
Platforms: FIXED PLATFORM OF UNITED STATES (317F)
Number of observations: 125
Supplementary information: These data files are in NODC F291 format. This format is described at
http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/f291.html
and the codes used in this format are listed at
http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/f291.txt.

The US National Oceanographic Data Center maintains a website that allows NDBC buoy data to be searched and downloaded by area, date, and buoy. The website is available at
http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/BUOY/.
Availability date: 20010928
Metadata version: 6
Keydate: 2001-09-28 11:41:45+00
Editdate: 2016-07-27 12:50:17+00