Stokes drift, wind stress, wind and directional wave spectra from twelve buoy stations in the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific from 1973-06-22 to 2016-07-06 (NCEI Accession 0175004)

Description

This dataset contains years of simultaneous hourly buoy wind and directional wave spectra data in the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific from 1973-06-22 to 2016-07-06. Also included in this accession are the Stokes drift and u* ew where u* = (magnitude of the local windstress/water density)^1/2 and ew is a unit vector in the direction of the local wind, which are all estimated from the wind and directional wave spectra data. The wind observations were obtained from the National Data Buoy Center and the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory. Observed directional wave spectra were obtained from the National Data Buoy Center and the Coastal Data Information Program. There are three netCDF files for each of the 12 stations in the study. The first two files contain the observed wind and directional wave spectra data. The third file contains processed wave spectra data, wind data and estimated Stokes drift and wind stress. The data are dense enough to be useful for the 20 year time period extending from 1996 through 2015.

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0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/175004
0 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). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0123/0175004/
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0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0175004
0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/175004
0 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). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0123/0175004/
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0 related journal article https://doi.org/10.1029/2018jc014102
21 related winds and waves data https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/historical_data.shtml
0 related winds data https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/ocs/data/disdel/
0 related waves data http://cdip.ucsd.edu/
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/175004
0 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 https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/175004
0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/175004
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0 Institution web page https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
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0 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 https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
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0 related journal article https://doi.org/10.1029/2018jc014102
21 related winds and waves data https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/historical_data.shtml
0 related winds data https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/ocs/data/disdel/
0 related waves data http://cdip.ucsd.edu/
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0175004
0 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). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0123/0175004/
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0175004
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/175004
0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/175004
0 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). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0123/0175004/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
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21 related winds and waves data https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/historical_data.shtml
0 related winds data https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/ocs/data/disdel/
0 related waves data http://cdip.ucsd.edu/
0 related journal article https://doi.org/10.1029/2018jc014102
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0175004
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/175004
0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/175004
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Institution web page https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
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0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 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 https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 related journal article https://doi.org/10.1029/2018jc014102
21 related winds and waves data https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/historical_data.shtml
0 related winds data https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/ocs/data/disdel/
0 related waves data http://cdip.ucsd.edu/
0 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 https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 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). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0123/0175004/
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0175004
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/175004
0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/175004
0 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). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0123/0175004/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Institution web page https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
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0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 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 https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
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0 related journal article https://doi.org/10.1029/2018jc014102
21 related winds and waves data https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/historical_data.shtml
0 related winds data https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/ocs/data/disdel/
0 related waves data http://cdip.ucsd.edu/
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0175004
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/175004
0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/175004
0 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). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0123/0175004/
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0 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 https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
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0 related journal article https://doi.org/10.1029/2018jc014102
21 related winds and waves data https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/historical_data.shtml
0 related winds data https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/ocs/data/disdel/
0 related waves data http://cdip.ucsd.edu/

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  • wcx8f2
  • stokes drift
  • oceanography

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