TAO/TRITON, RAMA, and PIRATA Buoys, Daily, 1977-present, Wind

This dataset has daily Wind data from the
TAO/TRITON (Pacific Ocean, https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/ ),
RAMA (Indian Ocean, https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/pmel-theme/indian-ocean-rama ), and
PIRATA (Atlantic Ocean, https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/pirata/ )
arrays of moored buoys which transmit oceanographic and meteorological data to shore in real-time via the Argos satellite system.  These buoys are major components of the CLIVAR climate analysis project and the GOOS, GCOS, and GEOSS observing systems.  Daily averages are computed starting at 00:00Z and are assigned an observation 'time' of 12:00Z.  For more information, see
https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/mission .

cdm_data_type = TimeSeries
VARIABLES:
array
station
wmo_platform_code
longitude (Nominal Longitude, degrees_east)
latitude (Nominal Latitude, degrees_north)
time (Centered Time, seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
depth (m)
WU_422 (Zonal Wind, m s-1)
WV_423 (Meridional Wind, m s-1)
WS_401 (Wind Speed, m s-1)
QWS_5401 (Wind Speed Quality)
SWS_6401 (Wind Speed Source)
WD_410 (Wind Direction, degrees_true)
QWD_5410 (Wind Direction Quality)
SWD_6410 (Wind Direction Source)


NDBC Standard Meteorological Buoy Data, 1970-present

The National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) distributes meteorological data from
moored buoys maintained by NDBC and others. Moored buoys are the weather
sentinels of the sea. They are deployed in the coastal and offshore waters
from the western Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean around Hawaii, and from the
Bering Sea to the South Pacific. NDBC's moored buoys measure and transmit
barometric pressure; wind direction, speed, and gust; air and sea
temperature; and wave energy spectra from which significant wave height,
dominant wave period, and average wave period are derived. Even the
direction of wave propagation is measured on many moored buoys. See
https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/measdes.shtml for a description of the measurements.

The source data from NOAA NDBC has different column names, different units,
and different missing values in different files, and other problems
(notably, lots of rows with duplicate or different values for the same time
point). This dataset is a standardized, reformatted, and lightly edited
version of that source data, created by NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD (email:
erd.data at noaa.gov). Before 2020-01-29, this dataset only had the data
that was closest to a given hour, rounded to the nearest hour. Now, this
dataset has all of the data available from NDBC with the original time
values. If there are multiple source rows for a given buoy for a given
time, only the row with the most non-NaN data values is kept. If there is
a gap in the data, a row of missing values is inserted (which causes a nice
gap when the data is graphed). Also, some impossible data values are
removed, but this data is not perfectly clean. This dataset is now updated
every 5 minutes.

This dataset has both historical data (quality controlled, before
2023-12-01T00:00:00Z) and near real time data (less quality controlled,
which may change at any time, from 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z on).

cdm_data_type = TimeSeries
VARIABLES:
station (Station Identifier)
... (19 more variables)


TAO/TRITON, RAMA, and PIRATA Buoys, Daily, 1989-present, Wind Stress

This dataset has daily Wind Stress data from the
TAO/TRITON (Pacific Ocean, https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/ ),
RAMA (Indian Ocean, https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/pmel-theme/indian-ocean-rama ), and
PIRATA (Atlantic Ocean, https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/pirata/ )
arrays of moored buoys which transmit oceanographic and meteorological data to shore in real-time via the Argos satellite system.  These buoys are major components of the CLIVAR climate analysis project and the GOOS, GCOS, and GEOSS observing systems.  Daily averages are computed starting at 00:00Z and are assigned an observation 'time' of 12:00Z.  For more information, see
https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/mission .

cdm_data_type = TimeSeries
VARIABLES:
array
station
wmo_platform_code
longitude (Nominal Longitude, degrees_east)
latitude (Nominal Latitude, degrees_north)
time (Centered Time, seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
depth (m)
TX_442 (Zonal Wind Stress, N/m2)
TY_443 (Meridional Wind Stress, N/m2)
TAU_440 (Wind Stress, N/m2)
TD_445 (Wind Stress Direction, degrees_true)
QTAU_5440 (Wind Stress Quality)


TAO/TRITON, RAMA, and PIRATA Buoys, Daily, 2000-present, Buoyancy Flux

This dataset has daily Buoyancy Flux data from the
TAO/TRITON (Pacific Ocean, https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/ ),
RAMA (Indian Ocean, https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/pmel-theme/indian-ocean-rama ), and
PIRATA (Atlantic Ocean, https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/pirata/ )
arrays of moored buoys which transmit oceanographic and meteorological data to shore in real-time via the Argos satellite system.  These buoys are major components of the CLIVAR climate analysis project and the GOOS, GCOS, and GEOSS observing systems.  Daily averages are computed starting at 00:00Z and are assigned an observation 'time' of 12:00Z.  For more information, see
https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/mission .

cdm_data_type = TimeSeries
VARIABLES:
array
station
wmo_platform_code
longitude (Nominal Longitude, degrees_east)
latitude (Nominal Latitude, degrees_north)
time (Centered Time, seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
depth (m)
BF_191 (Buoyancy Flux, 10**6 kg m-2 s-1)
QBF_5191 (Buoyancy Flux Quality)


TAO/TRITON, RAMA, and PIRATA Buoys, Daily, 1989-present, Evaporation

This dataset has daily Evaporation data from the
TAO/TRITON (Pacific Ocean, https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/ ),
RAMA (Indian Ocean, https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/pmel-theme/indian-ocean-rama ), and
PIRATA (Atlantic Ocean, https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/pirata/ )
arrays of moored buoys which transmit oceanographic and meteorological data to shore in real-time via the Argos satellite system.  These buoys are major components of the CLIVAR climate analysis project and the GOOS, GCOS, and GEOSS observing systems.  Daily averages are computed starting at 00:00Z and are assigned an observation 'time' of 12:00Z.  For more information, see
https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/mission .

cdm_data_type = TimeSeries
VARIABLES:
array
station
wmo_platform_code
longitude (Nominal Longitude, degrees_east)
latitude (Nominal Latitude, degrees_north)
time (Centered Time, seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
depth (m)
E_250 (Evaporation, MM/HR)
QE_5250 (Evaporation Quality)


TAO/TRITON, RAMA, and PIRATA Buoys, Daily, 1989-present, Latent Heat Flux

This dataset has daily Latent Heat Flux data from the
TAO/TRITON (Pacific Ocean, https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/ ),
RAMA (Indian Ocean, https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/pmel-theme/indian-ocean-rama ), and
PIRATA (Atlantic Ocean, https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/pirata/ )
arrays of moored buoys which transmit oceanographic and meteorological data to shore in real-time via the Argos satellite system.  These buoys are major components of the CLIVAR climate analysis project and the GOOS, GCOS, and GEOSS observing systems.  Daily averages are computed starting at 00:00Z and are assigned an observation 'time' of 12:00Z.  For more information, see
https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/mission .

cdm_data_type = TimeSeries
VARIABLES:
array
station
wmo_platform_code
longitude (Nominal Longitude, degrees_east)
latitude (Nominal Latitude, degrees_north)
time (Centered Time, seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
depth (m)
QL_137 (Latent Heat Flux, W m-2)
QQL_5137 (Latent Heat Flux Quality)


TAO/TRITON, RAMA, and PIRATA Buoys, Daily, 2000-present, Total Heat Flux

This dataset has daily Total Heat Flux data from the
TAO/TRITON (Pacific Ocean, https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/ ),
RAMA (Indian Ocean, https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/pmel-theme/indian-ocean-rama ), and
PIRATA (Atlantic Ocean, https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/pirata/ )
arrays of moored buoys which transmit oceanographic and meteorological data to shore in real-time via the Argos satellite system.  These buoys are major components of the CLIVAR climate analysis project and the GOOS, GCOS, and GEOSS observing systems.  Daily averages are computed starting at 00:00Z and are assigned an observation 'time' of 12:00Z.  For more information, see
https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/mission .

cdm_data_type = TimeSeries
VARIABLES:
array
station
wmo_platform_code
longitude (Nominal Longitude, degrees_east)
latitude (Nominal Latitude, degrees_north)
time (Centered Time, seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
depth (m)
QT_210 (Total Heat Flux, W/M**2)
QQ0_5210 (Total Heat Flux Quality)


TAO/TRITON, RAMA, and PIRATA Buoys, Daily, 1989-present, Sensible Heat Flux

This dataset has daily Sensible Heat Flux data from the
TAO/TRITON (Pacific Ocean, https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/ ),
RAMA (Indian Ocean, https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/pmel-theme/indian-ocean-rama ), and
PIRATA (Atlantic Ocean, https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/pirata/ )
arrays of moored buoys which transmit oceanographic and meteorological data to shore in real-time via the Argos satellite system.  These buoys are major components of the CLIVAR climate analysis project and the GOOS, GCOS, and GEOSS observing systems.  Daily averages are computed starting at 00:00Z and are assigned an observation 'time' of 12:00Z.  For more information, see
https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/mission .

cdm_data_type = TimeSeries
VARIABLES:
array
station
wmo_platform_code
longitude (Nominal Longitude, degrees_east)
latitude (Nominal Latitude, degrees_north)
time (Centered Time, seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
depth (m)
QS_138 (Sensible Heat Flux, W m-2)
QQS_5138 (Sensible Heat Flux Quality)


TAO/TRITON, RAMA, and PIRATA Buoys, Daily, 1997-present, Evaporation Minus Precipitation

This dataset has daily Evaporation Minus Precipitation data from the
TAO/TRITON (Pacific Ocean, https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/ ),
RAMA (Indian Ocean, https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/pmel-theme/indian-ocean-rama ), and
PIRATA (Atlantic Ocean, https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/pirata/ )
arrays of moored buoys which transmit oceanographic and meteorological data to shore in real-time via the Argos satellite system.  These buoys are major components of the CLIVAR climate analysis project and the GOOS, GCOS, and GEOSS observing systems.  Daily averages are computed starting at 00:00Z and are assigned an observation 'time' of 12:00Z.  For more information, see
https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/mission .

cdm_data_type = TimeSeries
VARIABLES:
array
station
wmo_platform_code
longitude (Nominal Longitude, degrees_east)
latitude (Nominal Latitude, degrees_north)
time (Centered Time, seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
depth (m)
EMP_251 (Evaporation Minus Precipitation, mm/hr)
QEMP_5251 (Evaporation Minus Precipitation Quality)