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Meteorological and oceanographic data collected from the National Data Buoy Center Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) and moored (weather) buoys during 2005-04 (NODC Accession 0002176)

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Type of release
ongoing release of a series of related datasets

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Release Date
26 September 2015
Modified Date
7 October 2015
Update Frequency
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Publishers
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Identifier
meteorological-and-oceanographic-data-collected-from-the-national-data-buoy-center-coastal-mari1ea0c
Landing Page
http://catalog.data.gov/dataset/meteorological-and-oceanographic-data-collected-from-the-national-data-buoy-center-coastal-mari1ea0c
Temporal Coverage
1 April 2005 — 30 April 2005
Language
eng

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Description

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 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 Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) are archiving these data from C-MAN and moored buoys.

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