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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 March 2020 (NCEI Accession 0209664)
2020-04-15
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This dataset includes data collected during March 2020 from Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) buoys and moored (a.k.a., weather) buoys. The data are in netCDF (version 4) format.
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 Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) are archiving these data from C-MAN and moored buoys. This dataset is part of the collaboration.
The purpose of collecting this data set is to respond to the need for recorded continuous meteorological and oceanographic observations in the US coastal areas.
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AIR TEMPERATURE
BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
CURRENT DIRECTION
CURRENT SPEED
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DIRECTIONAL WAVE SPECTRA
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
WAVE DATA
WAVE DIRECTION
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WAVE PERIOD - AVERAGE
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WIND SPEED
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US DOC; NOAA; NWS; National Data Buoy Center
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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.
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary
Great Lakes
Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
Gulf of Alaska
Gulf of Mexico
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
North American Coastline-North
North American Coastline-South
North Atlantic Ocean
North Pacific Ocean
Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
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oceanography
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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 > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY
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 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
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air_pressure_at_sea_level
air_temperature
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
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NetCDF Climate and Forecast (CF) Metadata Convention Standard Name Table
ADCP > Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
ANEMOMETERS > ANEMOMETERS
BAROMETERS > BAROMETERS
CURRENT METERS
GPS RECEIVERS > GPS RECEIVERS
INCLINOMETERS > INCLINOMETERS
PYRANOMETERS > PYRANOMETERS
THERMISTORS > THERMISTORS
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NDBC C-MAN Station/Buoy Identifiers
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
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Cite as: NOAA National Data Buoy Center (2020). Meteorological and oceanographic data collected from the National Data Buoy Center Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) and moored (weather) buoys during March 2020 (NCEI Accession 0209664). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0209664. Accessed [date].
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.
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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
1971-12-31
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2020-03-01
2020-03-31
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Documents about NDBC's processing of C-MAN and moored buoy data and other related information are in NCEI accession 0070493.
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ADCP
ADCP
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
The Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measures currents beneath a ship while underway. Sound signals sent from the moving ship bounce back to receivers aboard the ship. This provides a profile of water movement relative to the ship-precise modern navigation, allowing the ship's motion to be subtracted from the data. These devices are also used on moorings and profilers and, along with acoustic backscattering, measure animal biomass. Particles in the path of the sound waves, mostly plankton, reflect a small part of the sound energy back toward receivers, allowing researchers to make remote estimates of the sizes and numbers of animals present in the water column. Before the 1970's, the most technologically advanced instrument used to measure water velocity was known as a Doppler speed log. This evolved into the first commercial ADCP, produced in the mid-1970's, which used averaging. Later in the 1970's, the first vessel-mounted ADCP was developed to measure water velocity more accurately and to allow measurement in range cells over a depth profile.
As instruments evolved, so did new techniques in Doppler signal processing. Initially, Doppler speed logs used simple analog signal processing methods, which are still used in some commercial speed logs today. However, the first ADCPs incorporated analog-to-digital signal conversion over a narrow communication bandwidth. Around 1990, this technique was developed into broadband signal processing. Since then, broadband ADCPs have been able to generate very accurate, real-time velocity measurements.
anemometer
anemometer
measures wind speed
An anemometer is an instrument that measures wind speed. Note that an aerovane (insttypes_id 175) is an anemometer which has a tail and a propeller to measure the speed and direction of the wind.
barometer
barometer
Barometers are instruments for measuring atmospheric pressure;
two types include mercury barometers and aneroid barometers.
buoy - moored buoy
buoy - moored buoy
buoy - moored buoy
current meter
current meter
current meter
GPS
GPS
Global Positioning System receiver
satellite-based instrument used for geo-location, positioning and navigation
inclinometer
inclinometer
used on moored buoys to derive wave steepness or height
instrument used on moored buoys to measure 'vertical displacement of the buoy hull' to determine wave height, period, etc.
May be used in conjunction with the use of a Datawell Hippy sensor to measure vertical heave acceleration along with pitch and roll. Also may be used with a second sensor, a triaxial magnetometer, is used to measure hull azimuth.
meteorological sensor
meteorological sensor
Any meteorological sensor, but also see specific instruments such as aerovane, anemometer, etc.
pyranometer
pyranometer
Instrument that measure solar radiation.
thermistor
thermistor
electronic temperature sensor
thermally sensitive resistor
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