Meteorological and oceanographic data collected from the National Data Buoy Center Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) and moored (weather) buoys during August 2016 (NCEI Accession 0156603)

• Main Authors: Anctil, F., M.A. Donelan, G.Z. Forristal, K.E. Steele, and Y. Ouellet, Gilhousen, D. B., Hervey, R, Steele, K.E., J.C. Lau and Y.H.L. Hsu, Wilkerson, J.C., and 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; 0156603; AIR TEMPERATURE; BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; CURRENT DIRECTION; CURRENT SPEED; DEPTH - OBSERVATION; DEWPOINT; DIRECTIONAL WAVE SPECTRA; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WAVE DATA; WAVE DIRECTION; WAVE HEIGHT - SIGNIFICANT; WAVE PERIOD - AVERAGE; WAVE PERIOD - DOMINANT; WAVE SPECTRA; WIND DIRECTION; WIND GUST; WIND SPEED; ADCP; anemometer; barometers; buoy - moored buoy; current meter; GPS; inclinometer; meteorological sensors; pyranometer; thermistor; current measurements; meteorological; physical; time series; FIXED PLATFORM; US DOC; NOAA; NWS; National Data Buoy Center; Bering Sea; Caribbean Sea; Coastal waters of Alabama; Coastal Waters of Florida; Coastal Waters of Louisiana; Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia; Coastal Waters of Texas; Coastal Waters of Western U.S.; 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; North American Coastline-North; North American Coastline-South; North Atlantic Ocean; North Pacific Ocean; Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary; oceanography; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES-U.S. FEDERAL AGENCIES > DOC > NOAA > DOC/NOAA/NWS/NDBC > National Data Buoy Center, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce > http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; 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 > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE 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; air_pressure; air_pressure_at_sea_level; air_temperature; depth; dew_point_temperature; direction_of_sea_water_velocity; first_normalized_polar_coordinate_of_the_Fourier_coefficients; latitude; longitude; 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_speed; time; wind_from_direction; wind_speed; wind_speed_of_gust; Earth Remote Sensing Instruments > Passive Remote Sensing > Positioning/Navigation > GPS; Earth Remote Sensing Instruments > Passive Remote Sensing > Thermal/Radiation Detectors > PYRANOMETERS; In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Current/Wind Meters > ANEMOMETERS; In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Current/Wind Meters > CURRENT METERS; In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Magnetic/Motion Sensors > Gravimeters > INCLINOMETERS; In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Pressure/Height Meters > BAROMETERS; In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Profilers/Sounders > Acoustic Sounders > ADCP > Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler; In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Temperature/Humidity Sensors > Thermistors > THERMISTORS; 41002; 41004; 41008; 41009; 41010; 41013; 41025; 41040; 41041; 41043; 41044; 41046; 41047; 41048; 41049; 42001; 42002; 42003; 42012; 42019; 42020; 42035; 42036; 42039; 42040; 42055; 42056; 42058; 42059; 44005; 44007; 44008; 44011; 44013; 44014; 44017; 44018; 44020; 44025; 44027; 44065; 44066; 45001; 45002; 45003; 45004; 45005; 45006; 45007; 45008; 45012; 46001; 46002; 46005; 46006; 46011; 46012; 46013; 46014; 46015; 46022; 46025; 46026; 46027; 46028; 46029; 46035; 46041; 46042; 46047; 46050; 46053; 46054; 46059; 46060; 46061; 46066; 46069; 46070; 46071; 46072; 46076; 46078; 46080; 46081; 46083; 46084; 46085; 46086; 46087; 46088; 46089; 51000; 51002; 51003; 51004; 51101; AMAA2; AUGA2; BLIA2; BURL1; BUZM3; CDRF1; CLKN7; DBLN6; DESW1; DISW3; DPIA1; DRFA2; FBIS1; FFIA2; FILA2; FWYF1; IOSN3; KTNF1; LONF1; MDRM1; MISM1; MLRF1; MRKA2; NWPO3; PILA2; PILM4; PLSF1; POTA2; PTAT2; PTGC1; ROAM4; SANF1; SAUF1; SBIO1; SGNW3; SGOF1; SISW1; SPGF1; SRST2; STDM4; TPLM2; TTIW1; VENF1; WPOW1; CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA > GREAT LAKES, CANADA; CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > GREAT LAKES; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA; 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; 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...