Meteorological and oceanographic data collected from the National Data Buoy Center Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) and moored (weather) buoys

• Main Authors: Anctil, F., M.A. Donelan, G.Z. Forristal, K.E. Steele, Y. Ouellet, Gilhousen, D. B., Hervey, R, Steele, K.E., J.C. Lau, Y.H.L. Hsu, Wilkerson, J.C., M.D. Earle
• 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; DOC/NOAA/NWS/NDBC > National Data Buoy Center, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; 0000106; 0000120; 0000128; 0000137; 0000140; 0000150; 0000156; 0000169; 0000217; 0000249; 0000282; 0000304; 0000348; 0000351; 0000380; 0000400; 0000408; 0000437; 0000477; 0000530; 0000587; 0000588; 0000595; 0000634; 0000683; 0000685; 0000686; 0000716; 0000726; 0000752; 0000771; 0000773; 0000785; 0000799; 0000835; 0000886; 0000951; 0000952; 0000984; 0001028; 0001069; 0001094; 0001133; 0001177; 0001418; 0001460; 0001618; 0001637; 0001684; 0001712; 0001744; 0001890; 0001929; 0001983; 0002019; 0002058; 0002111; 0002176; 0002226; 0002309; 0002372; 0002380; 0002415; 0002436; 0002469; 0002506; 0002574; 0002597; 0002635; 0002684; 0002707; 0002758; 0002801; 0009533; 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0145373; 0146738; 0150816; 0153542; 0155886; 0156326; 0156603; 0156604; 8600079; 9200231; 9800011; 9800034; 9800035; 9800043; 9800058; 9800083; 9800114; 9800157; 9800191; 9800203; 9800204; 9900011; 9900024; 9900047; 9900062; 9900081; 9900104; 9900139; AIR TEMPERATURE; BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; CONDUCTIVITY; CURRENT DIRECTION; CURRENT METER - EAST-WEST COMPONENT (U); CURRENT METER - NORTH-SOUTH COMPONENT (V); CURRENT SPEED; CURRENT SPEED - EAST/WEST COMPONENT (U); CURRENT SPEED - NORTH/SOUTH COMPONENT (V); CURRENT SPEED - UP/DOWN COMPONENT (W); DEPTH - OBSERVATION; DEPTH - SENSOR; DEWPOINT; DIRECTIONAL WAVE SPECTRA; INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVE RADIATION (PAR); PRECIPITATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION - ATMOSPHERIC; VISIBILITY; water depth; WATER LEVEL; WATER TEMPERATURE; WAVE DATA; WAVE DATA - CO-SPECTRA; WAVE DATA - POLAR COORDINATE RADIUS; WAVE DATA - QUAD-SPECTRA; WAVE DIRECTION; WAVE DIRECTION - AVERAGE; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE HEIGHT - MAXIMUM; WAVE HEIGHT - SIGNIFICANT; WAVE PERIOD - AVERAGE; WAVE PERIOD - DOMINANT; WAVE SPECTRA; WAVE SPECTRA - DIRECTIONAL; 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; ADCP; anemometer; barometers; buoy - moored buoy; current meter; GPS; inclinometer; meteorological sensors; meteorological sensors - coastal meteorological stations; pyranometer; thermistor; current measurements; meteorological; physical; time series; FIXED PLATFORM; US DOC; NOAA; NWS; National Data Buoy Center; UNKNOWN; Beaufort Sea; Bering Sea; Caribbean Sea; Coastal waters of Alabama; Coastal Waters of California; Coastal Waters of Florida; Coastal Waters of Hawaii; Coastal Waters of Louisiana; Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia; Coastal Waters of Texas; Coastal Waters of Washington/Oregon; Coastal Waters of Western U.S.; Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary; East Coast - US/Canada; 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; Monitor National Marine Sanctuary; Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary; NE Pacific (limit-180); North American Coastline-North; North American Coastline-South; North Atlantic Ocean; North Pacific Ocean; NW Atlantic (limit-40 W); Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary; Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument; South Atlantic Ocean; South Pacific Ocean; oceanography; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > HUMIDITY; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED/WIND DIRECTION; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE PERIOD; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE SPECTRA; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE SPEED/DIRECTION; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY; adcp_quality_flags; air_pressure; air_pressure_at_sea_level; air_temperature; depth; dew_point_temperature; direction_of_sea_water_velocity; downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air; downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air; eastward_sea_water_velocity; first_normalized_polar_coordinate_of_the_Fourier_coefficients; latitude; longitude; northward_sea_water_velocity; principal_wave_direction_at_specified_frequency; relative_humidity; sea_surface_temperature; sea_surface_wave_frequency; sea_surface_wave_from_direction; sea_surface_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_second_frequency_moment; sea_surface_wave_period_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum; sea_surface_wave_significant_height; sea_surface_wave_variance_spectral_density; sea_water_electrical_conductivity; sea_water_salinity; sea_water_speed; sea_water_temperature; time; upward_sea_water_velocity; wind_from_direction; wind_speed; wind_speed_of_gust; ACCELEROMETERS; ADCP > Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler; ANEMOMETERS; BAROMETERS; CURRENT METERS; GPS > Global Positioning System; INCLINOMETERS; PYRANOMETERS; THERMISTORS; 32301; 32302; 41001; 41002; 41003; 41004; 41005; 41006; 41007; 41008; 41009; 41010; 41011; 41012; 41013; 41015; 41016; 41017; 41018; 41021; 41022; 41023; 41025; 41035; 41036; 41040; 41041; 41043; 41044; 41046; 41047; 41048; 41049; 41A40; 41A41; 41A43; 41A44; 41A47; 41A48; 41I35; 42001; 42002; 42003; 42004; 42005; 42006; 42007; 42008; 42009; 42010; 42011; 42012; 42014; 42015; 42016; 42017; 42018; 42019; 42020; 42025; 42035; 42036; 42037; 42038; 42039; 42040; 42041; 42053; 42054; 42055; 42056; 42057; 42058; 42059; 42060; 42065; 42080; 42107; 42A01; 42A02; 42A57; 44001; 44002; 44003; 44004; 44005; 44006; 44007; 44008; 44009; 44010; 44011; 44012; 44013; 44014; 44015; 44017; 44018; 44019; 44020; 44023; 44025; 44026; 44027; 44028; 44065; 44066; 44070; 45001; 45002; 45003; 45004; 45005; 45006; 45007; 45008; 45009; 45010; 45011; 45012; 46001; 46002; 46003; 46004; 46005; 46006; 46007; 46008; 46009; 46010; 46011; 46012; 46013; 46014; 46015; 46016; 46017; 46018; 46019; 46020; 46021; 46022; 46023; 46024; 46025; 46026; 46027; 46028; 46029; 46030; 46031; 46032; 46033; 46034; 46035; 46036; 46037; 46038; 46039; 46040; 46041; 46042; 46043; 46045; 46047; 46048; 46050; 46051; 46053; 46054; 46059; 46060; 46061; 46062; 46063; 46066; 46069; 46070; 46071; 46072; 46073; 46075; 46076; 46077; 46078; 46079; 46080; 46081; 46082; 46083; 46084; 46085; 46086; 46087; 46088; 46089; 46105; 46106; 46107; 46114; 46125; 46A35; 46A47; 46A73; 46A77; 46B23; 46B54; 46B62; 48011; 51000; 51001; 51002; 51003; 51004; 51005; 51026; 51027; 51028; 51100; 51101; 52009; 91204; 91222; 91251; 91328; 91338; 91343; 91352; 91353; 91355; 91365; 91374; 91377; 91411; 91442; ABAN6; ALRF1; ALSN6; AMAA2; AUGA2; BLIA2; BURL1; BUSL1; BUZM3; CARO3; CDRF1; CHLV2; CLKN7; CSBF1; DBLN6; DESW1; DISW3; DPIA1; DRFA2; DRYF1; DSLN7; DUCN7; EB01; EB02; EB03; EB04; EB05; EB07; EB10; EB12; EB13; EB15; EB16; EB17; EB19; EB20; EB21; EB31; EB32; EB33; EB34; EB35; EB36; EB39; EB41; EB43; EB44; EB45; EB52; EB53; EB61; EB62; EB63; EB70; EB71; EB72; ENIP2; FARP2; FBIS1; FFIA2; FILA2; FPSN7; FWYF1; GBCL1; GDIL1; GLLN6; IOSN3; KOSP2; KTNF1; LKWF1; LMBV4; LNEL1; LONF1; LPOI1; LSCM4; MDRM1; MISM1; MLIP2; MLRF1; MPCL1; MRKA2; NWPO3; ORKP2; PAGP2; PILA2; PILM4; PLSF1; POTA2; PTAC1; PTAT2; PTGC1; ROAM4; SACV4; SANF1; SAUF1; SBIO1; SGNW3; SGOF1; SISW1; SJLF1; SMKF1; SPGF1; SRST2; STDM4; SUPN6; SVLS1; THIN6; TPLM2; TTIW1; UJAP2; VENF1; VERV4; WPOW1; XERB1; CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA > GREAT LAKES, CANADA; CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > GREAT LAKES; OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > BEAUFORT SEA; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN > HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA; OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA; OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canada; Pacific; Alabama; British Columbia; Coastal Waters Of Southeast Alaska; North Atlantic; Alaska
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The National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) established the Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) for the National Weather Service in the early 1980's. NDBC has installed approximately 50 C-MAN stations on lighthouses, at capes and beaches, on near shore islands, and on offshore platforms. NDBC has also deployed over 100 moored (a.k.a., weather) buoys in coastal and offshore waters from the western Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean around Hawaii, and from the Bering Sea to the South Pacific. C-MAN and moored buoy data typically include barometric pressure, wind direction, speed and gust, and air temperature; however, some C-MAN stations are equipped to also measure seawater temperature, water level, waves, and relative humidity. Moored buoys measure wave energy spectra from which NDBC derives significant wave height, dominant wave period, and average wave period. In addition, many moored buoys measure the direction of wave propagation. In collaboration, NDBC and the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) -- formerly the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) -- are archiving these data from C-MAN and moored buoys. This collection is part of the collaboration and it contains both NODC F291 and netCDF (version 4) files with data collected from February 1970 through the present day.