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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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...