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Title: SALINITY - SURFACE WATER, air temperature, barometric pressure and other data from drifting buoys in the Coral Sea, Great Australian Bight and others from 1986-12-01 to 1986-12-31 (NCEI Accession 8700083)
Abstract: This dataset contains drifting buoy data collected from 1986-12-01 to 1986-12-31 from buoys deployed by National Data Buoy Center, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi. SALINITY - SURFACE WATER, air temperature, barometric pressure, sea state, sea surface temperature, water depth and wind speed data were collected in the Coral Sea, Great Australian Bight, Gulf of Mexico, Indian Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean, South China Sea (Nan Hai), South Pacific Ocean, Southern Oceans (> 60 degrees South) and Tasman Sea as part of Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (TOGA) project. The data were processed by NODC and are currently available in NODC F156 Drifting Buoy Data file format.
Date received: 19870227
Start date: 19861201
End date: 19861231
Seanames: Coral Sea, Great Australian Bight, Gulf of Mexico, Indian Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean, South China Sea (Nan Hai), Southern Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, Tasman Sea
West boundary: -60.63333
East boundary: -90.56639
North boundary: 52.06639
South boundary: -85.73333
Observation types: meteorological, physical, surface measurements, time series
Instrument types: buoy - drifting buoy
Datatypes: AIR TEMPERATURE, BAROMETRIC PRESSURE, SALINITY - SURFACE WATER, SEA STATE, SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE, water depth, WIND SPEED
Submitter:
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; NWS; National Data Buoy Center
Collecting institutions: US DOC; NOAA; NWS; National Data Buoy Center, US DOI; Minerals Management Service - Anchorage
Contributing projects: GULF OF MEXICO NOAA/NDBO COOP. DRIFTING BUOY, TOGA
Platforms: drifting buoy (99DB), DRIFTING BUOYS OF NEW ZEALAND (61DB), DRIFTING BUOYS OF SOUTH AFRICA (91DB), DRIFTING BUOYS OF UNITED KINGDOM (74DZ)
Number of observations:
Supplementary information: These data files are in NODC F156 format. Documentation of this format and the codes used in this format are available in the about/ directory of this accession.

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Contact info:
Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER
PI: N/A
Address:
address: BLDG. 1100
city: STENNIS SPACE CENTER
state: MS
postal: 39529-6000
country: UNITED STATES

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Availability date: 19870227
Metadata version: 8
Keydate: 2002-11-19 19:40:22+00
Editdate: 2022-11-03 15:54:25+00