Meteorological, oceanographic, wave spectra, and other data from FIXED PLATFORMS from the North Atlantic Ocean and other locations in support of the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (TOGA) project from 01 May 1988 to 27 May 1988 (NODC Accession 8800185)

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: NOAA NCEI Environmental Data Archive 2016
• Subjects: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; 8800185; AIR TEMPERATURE; BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; CONDUCTIVITY; CURRENT METER - EAST-WEST COMPONENT (U); CURRENT METER - NORTH-SOUTH COMPONENT (V); CURRENT SPEED - UP/DOWN COMPONENT (W); DEWPOINT; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVE RADIATION (PAR); PRECIPITATION; SALINITY; SOLAR RADIATION - ATMOSPHERIC; VISIBILITY; water depth; WATER LEVEL; WATER TEMPERATURE; WAVE DATA - CO-SPECTRA; WAVE DATA - POLAR COORDINATE RADIUS; WAVE DATA - QUAD-SPECTRA; WAVE DIRECTION - AVERAGE; WAVE HEIGHT - MAXIMUM; WAVE HEIGHT - SIGNIFICANT; WAVE PERIOD - AVERAGE; WAVE PERIOD - DOMINANT; WAVE SPECTRA - NON-DIRECTIONAL; WAVE STEEPNESS - MAXIMUM; WEATHER; WIND DIRECTION; WIND DIRECTION - AVERAGE; WIND DIRECTION - CONTINUOUS; WIND GUST; WIND SPEED; WIND SPEED - AVERAGE; WIND SPEED - CONTINUOUS; accelerometer; buoy - moored buoy; inclinometer; meteorological sensors; meteorological sensors - coastal meteorological stations; meteorological; physical; time series; FIXED PLATFORM; US DOC; NOAA; NWS; National Data Buoy Center; TROPICAL OCEAN GLOBAL ATMOSPHERE (TOGA); Bering Sea; Coastal Waters of California; Coastal Waters of Gulf of Mexico; Coastal Waters of Washington/Oregon; Coastal Waters of Western U.S.; Great Lakes; Gulf of Alaska; Gulf of Mexico; NE Pacific (limit-180); North American Coastline-North; North American Coastline-South; NW Atlantic (limit-40 W); oceanography; CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA > GREAT LAKES, CANADA; CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > GREAT LAKES; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO; OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA; OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA; Canada; Pacific; North Atlantic; Alaska
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Meteorological, oceanographic, wave spectra, and other data were collected from FIXED PLATFORMS in the North Atlantic and other locations. Data were collected by the National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) in support of the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (TOGA) project from 01 May 1988 to 27 May 1988. Data were processed by NODC to the standard NODC F291-Meteorology, Oceanography, and Wave Spectra from Buoys format. Full format description is available from NODC at www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/f291.html. Links to digital data are not available at this time. An analog file is available from NODC user services. The F291 format is used to report meteorological, oceanographic, and wave spectra data from NDBC moored buoys and fixed land stations. The format contains thirteen data record types to: 1) Identify the buoy position and other descriptive information; 2) report the meteorological measurements; 3) report wave energy spectra and wave direction; 4) report subsurface physical, biological and chemical oceanographic measurements; and 5) report detailed information on continuously measured wind speed and direction. Each record is 120 characters in length, sorted by station and record type. Record type is omitted where data defined in that type and not measured. The first nine columns for all records are to be used for file type (columns 1-3) and file identifier (columns 4-9). The file identifier, assigned by the originator, is a unique originator id for each data submission. After submission, the NODC reassigns to this field a unique and NODC identifier for internal use.