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Drifting buoy data observed during 2010 and assembled by the Responsible National Oceanographic Data Center (RNODC) for Drifting Buoy Data (NCEI Accession 0070785)

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As the Responsible National Oceanographic Data Center (RNODC) for Drifting Buoy Data, this is the ISDM annual submission of such data to the U.S. NODC.

Dataset Citation

Cite as: Bujold, Luc; Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Data Section (2011). Drifting buoy data observed during 2010 and assembled by the Responsible National Oceanographic Data Center (RNODC) for Drifting Buoy Data (NCEI Accession 0070785). https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0070785. In Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Data Section. Drifting and moored buoy data observed since 1985 and assembled by the Global Data Assembly Center for Drifting Buoy Data, Canada. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/GDAC-Drifting-Buoy-MEDS. Accessed [date].

Dataset Identifiers

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gov.noaa.nodc:0070785

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Distribution Formats	Originator data format
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Distributor	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information +1-301-713-3277 ncei.info@noaa.gov
Dataset Point of Contact	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov

Time Period	2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates	West: -180 East: 180 South: -79 North: 90
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Associated Resources	Drifting and moored buoy data observed since 1985 and assembled by the Global Data Assembly Center for Drifting Buoy Data, Canada https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/GDAC-Drifting-Buoy-MEDS NCEI Collection Parent ID (indicates this dataset is related to other data): gov.noaa.nodc:GDAC-Drifting-Buoy-MEDS

Publication Dates	publication: 2011-02-16
Data Presentation Form	Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status	Complete - production of the data has been completed Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency	As needed
Purpose	This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis.
Use Limitations	accessLevel: Public Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives.

Dataset Citation	Cite as: Bujold, Luc; Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Data Section (2011). Drifting buoy data observed during 2010 and assembled by the Responsible National Oceanographic Data Center (RNODC) for Drifting Buoy Data (NCEI Accession 0070785). https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0070785. In Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Data Section. Drifting and moored buoy data observed since 1985 and assembled by the Global Data Assembly Center for Drifting Buoy Data, Canada. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/GDAC-Drifting-Buoy-MEDS. Accessed [date].
Cited Authors	Bujold, Luc Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Marine Environmental Data Section (MEDS) Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Data Section
Resource Providers	Luc Bujold Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Marine Environmental Data Section (MEDS) Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Marine Environmental Data Section (MEDS)
Publishers	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information

Theme keywords	NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS AIR TEMPERATURE - DRY BULB BAROMETRIC PRESSURE CURRENT DIRECTION CURRENT METER - SPEED DEWPOINT RELATIVE HUMIDITY SALINITY SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE SWELL HEIGHT SWELL PERIOD WATER TEMPERATURE WIND DIRECTION WIND SPEED NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS meteorological physical surface measurements time series WMO_CategoryCode oceanography Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SWELLS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY
Data Center keywords	NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Marine Environmental Data Section Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords CA/DFO > Fisheries and Oceans, Canada DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Instrument keywords	NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS buoy - drifting buoy Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords DRIFTING BUOYS > DRIFTING BUOYS
Place keywords	NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Andaman Sea or Burma Sea Arabian Sea Arafura Sea Arctic Ocean Baffin Bay Balearic (Iberian) Sea Bali Sea Baltic Sea Banda Sea Barents Sea Bass Strait Bay of Bengal Bay of Biscay (Golfe de Gascogne) Bay of Fundy Beaufort Sea Bering Sea Bismarck Sea Black Sea Caribbean Sea Celebes Sea (Sulawesi Sea and Mindanao Sea) Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Chukchi Sea Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia Coral Sea Davis Strait East China Sea (Tung Hai) East Siberian Sea English Channel (La Manche) Flores Sea Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Great Australian Bight Greenland Sea (including Iceland Sea and North Greenland Sea) Gulf of Alaska Gulf of Guinea Gulf of Mexico Gulf of Oman Gulf of St. Lawrence Gulf of Thailand Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Indian Ocean Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Japan Sea Jawa (Java) Sea Kara Sea Labrador Sea Laccadive Sea Laptev (or Nordenskjöld) Sea Ligurian Sea Lincoln Sea Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Mozambique Channel North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean North Sea Northwestern Passages Norwegian Sea Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Persian Gulf (Gulf of Iran), Strait of Hormuz Philippine Sea Red Sea Rio de la Plata Rose Atoll Marine National Monument Sea of Okhotsk Selat Makasar (Makasar Strait) Solomon Sea South Atlantic Ocean South China Sea (Nan Hai) South Pacific Ocean Strait of Gibraltar Sulu Sea Tasman Sea Tyrrhenian Sea World-Wide Distribution Yellow Sea (Hwang Hai) Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords CONTINENT > ASIA > WESTERN ASIA > BLACK SEA CONTINENT > EUROPE > EASTERN EUROPE > BLACK SEA 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 > BAY OF FUNDY OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > DAVIS STRAIT OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF ST LAWRENCE OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > MEDITERRANEAN 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 > ARABIAN SEA > PERSIAN GULF OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > BAY OF BENGAL OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > RED SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN > HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 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 > 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 > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > YELLOW SEA
Keywords	NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 0070785

Use Constraints	Cite as: Bujold, Luc; Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Data Section (2011). Drifting buoy data observed during 2010 and assembled by the Responsible National Oceanographic Data Center (RNODC) for Drifting Buoy Data (NCEI Accession 0070785). https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0070785. In Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Data Section. Drifting and moored buoy data observed since 1985 and assembled by the Global Data Assembly Center for Drifting Buoy Data, Canada. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/GDAC-Drifting-Buoy-MEDS. Accessed [date].
Access Constraints	Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
Fees	In most cases, electronic downloads of the data are free. However, fees may apply for custom orders, data certifications, copies of analog materials, and data distribution on physical media.

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Processing Steps	2011-02-16T19:48:40Z - NCEI Accession 0070785 v1.1 was published.
Output Datasets	NCEI Accession 0070785 v1.1 NCEI Accession 0070785 v1.1 (download) published 2011-02-16T19:48:40Z

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Processing Steps	2015-04-22T00:00:00 - NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.

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Processing Steps

2015-04-22T00:00:00 - NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.

Acquisition Information (collection)
Instrument	buoy - drifting buoy

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Drifting buoy data observed during 2010 and assembled by the Responsible National Oceanographic Data Center (RNODC) for Drifting Buoy Data (NCEI Accession 0070785)

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