Meteorological and oceanographic data collected from the National Data Buoy Center Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) and moored (weather) buoys

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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 also 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) -- formerly the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) -- are archiving these data from C-MAN and moored buoys. This collection is part of the collaboration and it contains both NODC F291 and netCDF (version 4) files with data collected from February 1970 through the present day.

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FTP Unknown These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP).
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Granule Search Unknown Search for data granules belonging to this collection (a granule is the smallest aggregation of data that can be independently described and retrieved). Open resource
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https://doi.org/10.1029/jc095ic03p03373 Unknown journal article Open resource
https://doi.org/10.1029/JC095iC03p03373 Unknown journal article Open resource
https://doi.org/10.1109/joe.1985.1145116 Unknown journal article Open resource
https://doi.org/10.1109/JOE.1985.1145116 Unknown journal article Open resource
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(1987)004<0094:afeonm>2.0.co;2 Unknown journal article Open resource
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(1987)004%3C0094:AFEONM%3E2.0.CO;2 Unknown journal article Open resource
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(1993)010<0097:dwfeot>2.0.co;2 Unknown journal article Open resource
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426%281993%29010%3C0097%3ADWFEOT%3E2.0.CO%3B2 Unknown journal article Open resource
https://doi.org/10.25923/xe7t-ay83 Unknown NOAA Central Library: Technical Report Open resource
https://doi.org/10.25923/xe7t-ay83 Unknown NOAA Central Library: Technical Report Open resource
GCMD Keyword Forum Page Unknown Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords Open resource
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NOAA Central Library website Unknown Institution web page Open resource
NOAA Marine Environmental Buoy Database Unknown Search for data by user-specified criteria and optionally download data. Open resource
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0070493 Unknown related documentation Open resource
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0070493 Unknown related documentation Open resource
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0070493/data/0-data/2ndWaves.pdf PDF journal article Open resource
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0070493/data/0-data/2ndWaves.pdf PDF journal article Open resource
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0070493/data/0-data/F291_format.html HTML File format description Open resource
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0070493/data/0-data/F291_format.html HTML File format description Open resource
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0070493/data/0-data/Gilhousen_1986_MDS.pdf PDF official statement Open resource
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0070493/data/0-data/Gilhousen_1986_MDS.pdf PDF official statement Open resource
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0070493/data/0-data/hervey_index/index.html HTML technical document Open resource
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0070493/data/0-data/hervey_index/index.html HTML technical document Open resource
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0070493/data/0-data/NDBCHandbookofAutomatedDataQualityControl2009.pdf PDF quality control documentation Open resource
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0070493/data/0-data/NDBCHandbookofAutomatedDataQualityControl2009.pdf PDF quality control documentation Open resource
NCEI Dataset Landing Page Unknown Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. Open resource
NCEI Dataset Landing Page Unknown Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. Open resource
NCEI Contact Information Unknown Information for contacts at NCEI. Open resource
NCEI Contact Information Unknown Information for contacts at NCEI. Open resource
NCEI Contact Information Unknown Information for contacts at NCEI. Open resource
NCEI Contact Information Unknown Information for contacts at NCEI. Open resource
HTTPS Unknown Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. Open resource
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THREDDS HTML These data are available through a variety of services via a THREDDS (Thematic Real-time Environmental Distributed Data Services) Data Server (TDS). Depending on the dataset, the TDS can provide WMS, WCS, DAP, HTTP, and other data access and metadata services as well. For more information on the TDS, see http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/thredds/current/tds/. Open resource
THREDDS HTML These data are available through a variety of services via a THREDDS (Thematic Real-time Environmental Distributed Data Services) Data Server (TDS). Depending on the dataset, the TDS can provide WMS, WCS, DAP, HTTP, and other data access and metadata services as well. For more information on the TDS, see http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/thredds/current/tds/. Open resource
NOAA National Data Buoy Center website Unknown Institution web page Open resource
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