Meteorological and oceanographic data collected from the National Data Buoy Center Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) and moored (weather) buoys during November 2022 (NCEI Accession 0276242) (2024)

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This dataset includes data collected during November 2022 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.

Dataset Citation

Cite as: NOAA National Data Buoy Center (2023). Meteorological and oceanographic data collected from the National Data Buoy Center Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) and moored (weather) buoys during November 2022 (NCEI Accession 0276242). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0276242. Accessed [date].

Dataset Identifiers

gov.noaa.nodc:0276242
0276242

ISO 19115-2 Metadata

gov.noaa.nodc:0276242

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Distribution Formats	netCDF (Version: netCDF-4) File Specification: CF-16.0, Unidata Dataset Discovery v1.0
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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

2022-11-01 to 2022-11-30

Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates

West: 179.784

East: -58.63

South: 15.3

North: 61.082

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General Documentation	NCEI Dataset Landing Page Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. Descriptive Information Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links.
Associated Resources	Meteorological and oceanographic data collected from the National Data Buoy Center Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) and moored (weather) buoys NCEI Collection Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. Parent ID (indicates this dataset is related to other data): gov.noaa.nodc:NDBC-CMANWx

Publication Dates	publication: 2023-01-06 revision: 2023-04-17
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
Supplemental Information	The NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information maintains the NOAA Marine Environmental Buoy Database, a website that allows NDBC buoy data to be searched and downloaded by area, date, and buoy. Documents about NDBC's processing of C-MAN and moored buoy data and other related information are in NCEI accession 0070493. In this accession, NCEI has archived multiple versions of these data. The latest (and best) version of these data has the largest version number.
Purpose	The purpose of collecting this dataset is to respond to the need for recorded continuous meteorological and oceanographic observations in the US coastal areas.
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: NOAA National Data Buoy Center (2023). Meteorological and oceanographic data collected from the National Data Buoy Center Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) and moored (weather) buoys during November 2022 (NCEI Accession 0276242). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0276242. Accessed [date].
Cited Authors	NOAA National Data Buoy Center
Contributors	US DOC; NOAA; NWS; National Data Buoy Center (NDBC)
Resource Providers	US DOC; NOAA; NWS; National Data Buoy Center (NDBC)
Publishers	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information

Theme keywords	NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS AIR TEMPERATURE BAROMETRIC PRESSURE CURRENT DIRECTION CURRENT SPEED DEWPOINT LATITUDE LONGITUDE RELATIVE HUMIDITY SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE WAVE DATA WAVE DIRECTION WAVE HEIGHT - SIGNIFICANT WAVE PERIOD - AVERAGE WAVE PERIOD - DOMINANT WAVE SPECTRA WIND DIRECTION WIND GUST WIND SPEED NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS current measurements meteorological physical time series WMO_CategoryCode oceanography weatherObservations Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 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 EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE SPEED/DIRECTION NetCDF Climate and Forecast (CF) Metadata Convention Standard Name Table air_pressure 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 mean_wave_direction_at_specified_frequency principal_wave_direction_at_specified_frequency relative_humidity sea_surface_temperature 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 sea_surface_wave_variance_spectral_density sea_water_speed second_normalized_polar_coordinate_of_the_Fourier_coefficients time wind_from_direction wind_speed wind_speed_of_gust
Data Center keywords	NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS US DOC; NOAA; NWS; National Data Buoy Center NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS US DOC; NOAA; NWS; National Data Buoy Center Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords DOC/NOAA/NWS/NDBC > National Data Buoy Center, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Platform keywords	NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS FIXED PLATFORM OF UNITED STATES Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS > FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS NDBC C-MAN Station/Buoy Identifiers 41001 41002 41004 41008 41009 41010 41013 41025 41043 41044 41046 41047 41048 41049 42001 42002 42012 42019 42020 42036 42039 42040 42055 42056 42059 42060 44005 44007 44008 44009 44011 44013 44017 44018 44020 44025 44027 44065 44066 45001 45002 45003 45005 45007 45008 45012 46002 46005 46006 46011 46012 46013 46014 46015 46022 46025 46026 46027 46028 46029 46035 46042 46047 46050 46053 46054 46059 46060 46061 46066 46069 46071 46072 46073 46075 46076 46077 46078 46080 46081 46082 46083 46084 46085 46086 46087 46088 46089 51000 51001 51002 51003 51004 51101 AUGA2 BLIA2 BURL1 BUZM3 CDRF1 CLKN7 DBLN6 DESW1 DISW3 FBIS1 FFIA2 FILA2 FWYF1 IOSN3 KTNF1 LONF1 MDRM1 MISM1 MRKA2 NWPO3 PILA2 PILM4 POTA2 PTAT2 PTGC1 ROAM4 SAUF1 SBIO1 SGNW3 SGOF1 SISW1 SMKF1 SPGF1 SRST2 STDM4 TPLM2 VENF1 WPOW1
Instrument keywords	NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS ADCP anemometer barometer buoy - moored buoy current meter GPS inclinometer meteorological sensor pyranometer thermistor Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords ADCP > Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler ANEMOMETERS > ANEMOMETERS BAROMETERS > BAROMETERS CURRENT METERS GPS RECEIVERS > GPS RECEIVERS INCLINOMETERS > INCLINOMETERS PYRANOMETERS > PYRANOMETERS THERMISTORS > THERMISTORS
Place keywords	NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Bering Sea Caribbean Sea Coastal Waters of Florida Coastal Waters of Louisiana Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia Coastal Waters of Texas 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 New York Bight North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 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
Keywords	NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 0276242

Use Constraints	Cite as: NOAA National Data Buoy Center (2023). Meteorological and oceanographic data collected from the National Data Buoy Center Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) and moored (weather) buoys during November 2022 (NCEI Accession 0276242). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0276242. 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.
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Processing Steps	2023-01-06T14:44:05Z - NCEI Accession 0276242 v1.1 was published. 2023-04-17T16:36:24Z - NCEI Accession 0276242 was revised and v2.2 was published. Rationale: Updates were received for this dataset. These updates were copied into the data/0-data/ directory of this accession. These updates may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. This version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession.
Output Datasets	NCEI Accession 0276242 v1.1 NCEI Accession 0276242 v1.1 (download) published 2023-01-06T14:44:05Z NCEI Accession 0276242 v2.2 NCEI Accession 0276242 v2.2 (download) published 2023-04-17T16:36:24Z

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Processing Steps

2023-01-06T14:44:05Z - NCEI Accession 0276242 v1.1 was published.
2023-04-17T16:36:24Z - NCEI Accession 0276242 was revised and v2.2 was published.
Rationale: Updates were received for this dataset. These updates were copied into the data/0-data/ directory of this accession. These updates may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. This version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession.

Output Datasets

NCEI Accession 0276242 v1.1
- NCEI Accession 0276242 v1.1 (download)
  published 2023-01-06T14:44:05Z

NCEI Accession 0276242 v2.2
- NCEI Accession 0276242 v2.2 (download)
  published 2023-04-17T16:36:24Z

Acquisition Information (collection)
Instrument	ADCP anemometer barometer buoy - moored buoy current meter GPS inclinometer meteorological sensor pyranometer thermistor
Platform	FIXED PLATFORM OF UNITED STATES

Last Modified: 2024-03-08T13:14:23Z
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