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OAS accession Detail for 9600114
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| Title: | Air temperature, barometric pressure, sea surface temperature and other data from drifting buoys in the Gulf of Alaska, Indian Ocean and others from 1996-06-01 to 1996-06-30 (NCEI Accession 9600114) |
| Abstract: | The drifting buoy data in this accession was collected over a one month period from buoys deployed by National Data Buoy Center, Stennis Space Center, MS in TOGA Area - Pacific (30 N to 30 S). The data was collected as part of Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere project in June 1996. This data type contains time series ocean circulation data determined by tracking the movement of drifting buoys, drogues or other instrumented devices. Movement is reported as point-to-point geographic locations determined by shore-based, surface ship, aircraft or satellite observations. Data from both ocean currents and sea ice movement can be reported in this format over time periods ranging from minutes to months. Directions and speeds between individual observations may be computed from these data and presented in graphic or summary listing form to provide information on circulation patterns and mass transport in offshore and nearshore regions. Platform name (for platform acquiring data or deploying device), drogue characteristics, start and end positions and times, and observation frequency (if constant time interval) are reported for each series of observations. The data record comprises position, date and time for each observation. Other surface meteorological or oceanographic parameters (e.g., water temperature and salinity, air temperature and pressure, wind, waves) and subsurface data (depth, pressure, temperature) may also be reported. Text records may be used to report general comments or to describe individual drogue observations. The water depth and other data from drifting buoys was submitted by Mr. Michael K. Burdette. (TOGA - June 1996) One file of drifting buoy data for June 1996 via FTP |
| Date received: | 19960718 |
| Start date: | 19960601 |
| End date: | 19960630 |
| Seanames: | Gulf of Alaska, Indian Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Savu Sea, South Atlantic Ocean, South Pacific Ocean |
| West boundary: | 177.34111 |
| East boundary: | 120.78694 |
| North boundary: | 60.03389 |
| South boundary: | -38.64 |
| Observation types: | meteorological, physical, surface measurements, time series |
| Instrument types: | buoy - drifting buoy |
| Datatypes: | AIR TEMPERATURE, BAROMETRIC PRESSURE, SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE, water depth, WIND DIRECTION, WIND SPEED |
| Submitter: | Burdette, Mr. Michael K. |
| Submitting institution: | US DOC; NOAA; NWS; National Data Buoy Center |
| Collecting institutions: | US DOC; NOAA; National Weather Service, US DOC; NOAA; NWS; National Data Buoy Center, US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory |
| Contributing projects: | TOGA |
| Platforms: | drifting buoy (99DB) |
| Number of observations: | |
| Supplementary information: | These data files are in NODC F156 format. Documentation of this format and the codes used in this format are available in the about/ directory of this accession. Note: Metadata for this accession were extracted from a legacy database maintained by the U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). The design of the database did not exactly reflect the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM). Principal Investigator (PI) and organization contact information accurately represents all available information from the legacy database at the time that this description was created. However, proper attribution of a PI to a specific institution or the role (submitting or collecting) taken by an institution may not be correct due to inexact mapping between fields in the legacy database and the CSDGM. Due to this uncertainty, the contact information was initially recorded in the Supplemental Information element of the CSDGM description. To develop more accurate metadata, NCEI reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis. Points of contact for this dataset include: Contact info: Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER PI: Burdette, Mr. Michael Address: address: BLDG. 1100 city: STENNIS SPACE CENTER state: MS postal: 39529-6000 country: UNITED STATES |
| Availability date: | 19960718 |
| Metadata version: | 10 |
| Keydate: | 2002-11-19 19:40:22+00 |
| Editdate: | 2022-11-03 18:14:10+00 |