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OAS accession Detail for 0161873
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Title: Meteorological and oceanographic data collected from the National Data Buoy Center Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) stations and moored (weather) buoys during April 1975 (NCEI Accession 0161873)
Abstract: This dataset contains oceanographic and meteorological data collected from National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) stations. Data are in both NODC F291 and netCDF formats. C-MAN station 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.

NDBC established the 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. (This accession contains data from NDBC C-MAN stations that were operational prior to the inception of the C-MAN network.)
Date received: 20161004
Start date: 19750401
End date: 19750430
Seanames: North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean
West boundary: -148
East boundary: -75.255
North boundary: 56
South boundary: 32.305
Observation types: meteorological, physical
Instrument types: barometer, CTD, meteorological sensor, pyranometer, thermistor
Datatypes: AIR TEMPERATURE, BAROMETRIC PRESSURE, CONDUCTIVITY, DEPTH - OBSERVATION, DEWPOINT, INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION, WATER TEMPERATURE, WIND DIRECTION, WIND SPEED
Submitter:
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; NWS; National Data Buoy Center
Collecting institutions: US DOC; NOAA; NWS; National Data Buoy Center
Contributing projects:
Platforms: FIXED PLATFORM OF UNITED STATES (317F)
Number of observations: 270
Supplementary information: Documents about NDBC's processing of C-MAN and moored buoy data and other related information are in NCEI accession 0070493.
Availability date:
Metadata version: 3
Keydate: 2017-03-15 19:22:26+00
Editdate: 2022-01-08 22:12:14+00