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NOAA Marine Environmental Buoy Database
The NOAA Marine Environmental Buoy Database (NODC File 291) is one of
the largest and most frequently used data archives maintained by the NODC.
This database holds wind, wave, and other marine data collected by the
NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC).
The data are collected from NDBC moored buoys and from C-MAN (Coastal-Marine
Automated Network) stations located on piers, offshore towers, lighthouses,
and beaches. Parameters reported by both buoys and C-MAN stations include
air temperature and pressure, wind speed and direction, wind gust, and
sea surface temperature. The buoys (and a few C-MAN stations located on
offshore towers) also report wave data, usually including wave height,
wave period, and wave spectra. Since the late 1980s some buoys have reported
directional wave spectra. NODC receives the data from NDBC on a monthly
basis, generally 2-3 weeks after the last observation from the given month,
and makes them available online.
The above interactive map and related files provide
users with detailed information about the positions, period of record
and other characteristics of the data in this NODC database. The NOAA
Marine Environmental Buoy Database (only through December 1997) is available
on CD-ROM from the online
store or via User Services.
However, all F291 Buoy Data in the NODC archive may be downloaded through
this system. Note: file sizes range from 50 Kbytes to 1.4 Mbytes compressed
(300 Kbytes to 5.5 Mbytes uncompressed).
Latest data in the F291 Buoy Data Archive is September 2004.
Number of "Buoy Months" in the Archive is 29,060.
(Last updated October 13, 2004)
Note - two buoys 46023 and 46062 have associated id's, 46b23
and 46b62. The b data files contain observations taken by acoustic Doppler
current profilers (ADCPs). Data records A (Descriptive Header Record)
and E (Subsurface Current Data Record) are used in the files. The "new"
buoy id's are treated like all other buoys in that they have their own
inventory pages.
Buoy Data General Information
Page - provides links to:
- F291 format descriptions
- Links to documentation and information at National Data Buoy Center
- Links to real time buoy observations
- Information about errors, and announcements that are of interest to
F291 Buoy data users.
If you are interested in being notified whenever this page is updated, send
a brief note to Darrel Knoll (Darrel.Knoll@noaa.gov)
and ask to be added to the Buoy F291 Mailing List.
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