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OAS accession Detail for 9400003, meta_version: 4. Current meta_version is: 8
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| Title: | CURRENT DIRECTION, ICE - MOVEMENT - DIRECTION and other data from DRIFTING PLATFORM in the TOGA Area - Pacific from 1993-12-01 to 1993-12-31 (NODC Accession 9400003) |
| Abstract: | The drifting buoy data in this accession was collected over a one month period from bouys deployed by National Data Buoy Center, Stennis Space Center, MS in TOGA Area - Pacific (30 N to 30 S). The data was collected as part of Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere project in December 1993. This data type contains time series ocean circulation data determined by tracking the movement of drifting buoys, drogues or other instrumented devices. Movement is reported as point-to-point geographic locations determined by shore-based, surface ship, aircraft or satellite observations. Data from both ocean currents and sea ice movement can be reported in this format over time periods ranging from minutes to months. Directions and speeds between individual observations may be computed from these data and presented in graphic or summary listing form to provide information on circulation patterns and mass transport in offshore and nearshore regions. Platform name (for platform acquiring data or deploying device), drogue characteristics, start and end positions and times, and observation frequency (if constant time interval) are reported for each series of observations. The data record comprises position, date and time for each observation. Other surface meteorological or oceanographic parameters (e.g., water temperature and salinity, air temperature and pressure, wind, waves) and subsurface data (depth, pressure, temperature) may also be reported. Text records may be used to report general comments or to describe individual drogue observations. The water depth and other drifting bouy data submitted by Mr. Michael K. Burdette has been processed by NODC and is currently available in F156 Drifting Buoy file format. |
| Date received: | 19940118 |
| Start date: | 19931201 |
| End date: | 19931231 |
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| West boundary: | -162.4 |
| East boundary: | 120 |
| North boundary: | 37 |
| South boundary: | -52 |
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| Submitter: | Burdette, Mr. Michael K. |
| Submitting institution: | US DOC; NOAA; NWS; National Data Buoy Center |
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| Supplementary information: | These data files are in NODC F156 format. This format is described at http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/f156.html and the codes used in this format are listed at http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/f156.txt. Note: Metadata for this accession were extracted from a legacy database maintained by the U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). The design of the database did not exactly reflect the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM). Principal Investigator (PI) and organization contact information accurately represents all available information from the legacy database at the time that this description was created. However, proper attribution of a PI to a specific institution or the role (submitting or collecting) taken by an institution may not be correct due to inexact mapping between fields in the legacy database and the CSDGM. Due to this uncertainty, the contact information was initially recorded in the Supplemental Information element of the CSDGM description. To develop more accurate metadata, the NODC reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis. Points of contact for this data set include: Contact info: Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER PI: Burdette, Mr. Michael Address: address: BLDG. 1100 city: STENNIS SPACE CENTER state: MS postal: 39529-6000 country: UNITED STATES 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: | 19940118 |
| Metadata version: | 4 |
| Keydate: | 2002-11-19 19:40:22+00 |
| Editdate: | 2016-11-05 23:24:26+00 |