Drifting buoy data observed during 1985 through 1989 and assembled by the Responsible National Oceanographic Data Center (RNODC) for Drifting Buoy Data (NODC Accession 9100057)

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• 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; 9100057; AIR TEMPERATURE - DRY BULB; BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER TEMPERATURE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND SPEED; buoy - drifting buoy; meteorological sensors; current measurements; surface measurements; DRIFTING BUOY; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Oceanography and Scientific Data; Adriatic Sea; Aegean Sea; Alboran Sea; Andaman Sea or Burma Sea; Arabian Sea; Arafura Sea; Arctic Ocean; Baffin Bay; Balearic (or Iberian) Sea; Bali Sea; Baltic Sea; Banda Sea; Barents Sea; Bass Strait; Bay of Bengal; Bay of Biscay; Beaufort Sea; Bering Sea; Bismarck Sea; Bristol Channel; Caribbean Sea; Celebes Sea (Sulawesi Sea and Mindanao Sea); Chukchi Sea; Coastal Waters of Florida; Coastal Waters of Louisiana; Coastal Waters of Mississippi; Coastal Waters of SE Alaska; Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia; Coastal Waters of Texas; Coral Sea; Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary; Davis Strait; East China Sea (Tung Hai); East Sea or Sea of Japan; East Siberian Sea; English Channel; Flores Sea; Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary; Great Australian Bight; Greenland Sea (including Iceland Sea and North Greenland Sea); Gulf of Alaska; Gulf of Bothnia; Gulf of California; Gulf of Mexico; Gulf of Suez; Gulf of Thailand; Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary; Halmahra Sea; Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary; Hudson Bay; Indian Ocean; Inland Sea (Seto Naikai); Ionian Sea; Irish Sea and St. George's Channel; Java Sea; Kattegat, The Sound, Great Belt, Little Belt; Labrador Sea; Laccadive Sea; Laptev (or Nordenskjold) Sea; Ligurian Sea; Makassar Strait; Malacca Straits; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin; Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin; Molucca Sea; Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary; Mozambique Channel; North Atlantic Ocean; North Greenland Sea; North Pacific Ocean; North Sea; Northwest Passage; Norwegian Sea; Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument; Persian Gulf (Gulf of Iran); Philippine Sea; Red Sea; Rio de la Plata; Rose Atoll Marine National Monument; San Diego Bay; Savu Sea; Sea of Okhotsk; Singapore Straits; Skagerrak; Solomon Sea; South Atlantic Ocean; South China Sea (Nan Hai); South Pacific Ocean; Southern Oceans (> 60 degrees South); Strait of Gibraltar; Sulu Sea; Tasman Sea; Timor Sea; Tyrrhenian Sea; World-Wide Distribution; oceanography; CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA > HUDSON BAY; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL OCEAN; OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN; OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > BARENTS SEA; OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > BEAUFORT SEA; OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > CHUKCHI SEA; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > BALTIC SEA; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > DAVIS STRAIT; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > IRISH SEA; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > MEDITERRANEAN SEA > ADRIATIC SEA; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH SEA; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORWEGIAN SEA; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN; OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > ARABIAN SEA; OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > BAY OF BENGAL; OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > RED SEA; 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 > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > SEA OF JAPAN; OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > SEA OF OKHOTSK; OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN; OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN; OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > EAST CHINA SEA; OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA AND EASTERN ARCHIPELAGIC SEAS; OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA SEA; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; Arctic; Southern Ocean; Okhotsk; Canada; Greenland; Pacific; Indian; Hudson; Western Basin; British Columbia; Coastal Waters Of Southeast Alaska; Kattegat; Bismarck; Bali; Chukchi; Greenland Sea; Humpback Whale; Iceland; laptev; North Atlantic; North Greenland; Northwest passage; Alaska
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Physical and meteorological data were collected from drifting buoys from a World-Wide distribution from 2 January 1985 to 31 December 1989. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard F156 Drifting Buoy Data format. Full format description is available from NODC at www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/f156.html. The F156 format is used for time series data on ocean circulation determined by the tracking of drifting buoys, drogues, or other instrumented devices as they are carried with the flow. 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 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 near- shore 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 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.