CURRENT DIRECTION, ICE - MOVEMENT - DIRECTION and other data from DRIFTING PLATFORM in the NW Atlantic from 1992-05-01 to 1993-06-13 (NODC Accession 9300136)

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: NOAA NCEI Environmental Data Archive 2017
• 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; 9300136; AIR TEMPERATURE; BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; CURRENT DIRECTION; CURRENT SPEED; DEPTH - SENSOR; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; ICE - MOVEMENT - DIRECTION; ICE - MOVEMENT - SPEED; SALINITY - SURFACE WATER; SEA STATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; water depth; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE PERIOD; WIND DIRECTION; WIND SPEED; buoy - drifting buoy; current measurements - surface currents; physical; surface measurements; time series; DRIFTING PLATFORM; Science Applications International Corporation - Raleigh, NC; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY FIELD PROGRAM OFFSHORE NORTH CAROLINA; NW Atlantic (limit-40 W); oceanography; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED/WIND DIRECTION; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE PERIOD; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > SEA ICE MOTION; BUOYS; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; Raleigh; North Atlantic; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/{AECC5CDB-7F3A-458A-AF3E-A3B57496E9CE}

The drifting buoy data in this accession was collected over a one year period from bouys deployed by Science Applications, Inc., Raleigh NC in NW Atlantic (limit-40 W). The data was collected as part of Physical Oceanography Field Program Offshore North Carolina MMS contract # 14-35-0001-30599 from May 1, 1992 to June 13, 1993. This data type contains time series ocean circulation data determined by tracking the movement of drifting buoys, drogues or other instrumented devices. 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 sea 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 nearshore 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 observations. The data record comprises position, date and time for each 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. 25 files of water depth and other drifting bouy data submitted by Dr. Thomas Berger has been processed by NODC and is currently available in F156 Drifting Buoy file format.