This CD-ROM set contains the historic archive of meteorological and oceanographic data collected by moored buoys and C-MAN stations operated by the NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC). The files are sent to the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) for permanent archiving and distribution in NODC's F291 format.
To reduce costs, the buoy data files on the CD-ROMs have been compressed. This set consists of 7 discs containing 16.5 gigabytes of data from the early 1970's through December 1997, with online Internet links to updated data, information, and time series plots available on the NODC website. The data files and inventories on the discs can be viewed with an Internet browser.
Principal measured parameters reported by both moored buoys and C-MAN stations include air temperature and pressure, wind speed and direction, wind gust, and sea surface temperature. The buoys (and a few C-MAN stations located on offshore platforms) also report wave data, which usually includes wave height, wave period, and wave spectra. Since the late 1980s, some buoys have reported directional wave spectra. The data and information files are recorded in ASCII format.
Disc 1 - Upper North Atlantic Buoys
Disc 2 - Mid and Lower North Atlantic Buoys
Disc 3 - Gulf of Mexico Buoys
Disc 4 - Great Lakes Buoys
Disc 5 - Lower Eastern US Coast Pacific Buoys
Disc 6 - Upper Eastern US Coast Pacific Buoys
Disc 7 - Alaska, Hawaii, and other Pacific Buoys
About this Dataset
| Title | NODC Standard Product: NOAA Marine Environmental Buoy Database through December 1997 (7 disc set) (NCEI Accession 0090141) |
|---|---|
| Description | This CD-ROM set contains the historic archive of meteorological and oceanographic data collected by moored buoys and C-MAN stations operated by the NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC). The files are sent to the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) for permanent archiving and distribution in NODC's F291 format. To reduce costs, the buoy data files on the CD-ROMs have been compressed. This set consists of 7 discs containing 16.5 gigabytes of data from the early 1970's through December 1997, with online Internet links to updated data, information, and time series plots available on the NODC website. The data files and inventories on the discs can be viewed with an Internet browser. Principal measured parameters reported by both moored buoys and C-MAN stations include air temperature and pressure, wind speed and direction, wind gust, and sea surface temperature. The buoys (and a few C-MAN stations located on offshore platforms) also report wave data, which usually includes wave height, wave period, and wave spectra. Since the late 1980s, some buoys have reported directional wave spectra. The data and information files are recorded in ASCII format. Disc 1 - Upper North Atlantic Buoys Disc 2 - Mid and Lower North Atlantic Buoys Disc 3 - Gulf of Mexico Buoys Disc 4 - Great Lakes Buoys Disc 5 - Lower Eastern US Coast Pacific Buoys Disc 6 - Upper Eastern US Coast Pacific Buoys Disc 7 - Alaska, Hawaii, and other Pacific Buoys |
| Modified | 2025-11-19T15:31:53.017Z |
| Publisher Name | N/A |
| Contact | N/A |
| Keywords | 0090141 , AIR TEMPERATURE , BAROMETRIC PRESSURE , SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE , WATER TEMPERATURE , WAVE DATA , WAVE DIRECTION , WAVE HEIGHT , WAVE PERIOD , WAVE SPECTRA , WIND DIRECTION , WIND GUST , WIND SPEED , anemometer , barometer , buoy , buoy - moored buoy , CTD , thermometer , meteorological , physical , time series , NOAA National Data Buoy Center , US National Oceanographic Data Center , Chukchi Sea , Great Lakes , Gulf of Maine , Gulf of Mexico , Long Island Sound , Massachusetts Bay , North American Coastline-North , North American Coastline-South , Northeast Pacific Ocean (limit-180) , Northwest Atlantic Ocean (limit-40 W) , Northwest Pacific Ocean (limit-180) , Southeast Pacific Ocean (limit-140 W) , Southwest Pacific Ocean (limit-147 E to 140 W) , oceanography , DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , DOC/NOAA/NWS/NDBC > National Data Buoy Center, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE , EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE , EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS , EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION , EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED , 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 , ANEMOMETERS > ANEMOMETERS , BAROMETERS > BAROMETERS , CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth , THERMOMETERS > THERMOMETERS , CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA > GREAT LAKES, CANADA , CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > GREAT LAKES , OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > CHUKCHI SEA , OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN , OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA , OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MAINE , OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO , OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > LONG ISLAND SOUND , OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN , OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN , environment , oceans , climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere |
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