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  <idinfo>
    <datsetid>
      gov.noaa.ncdc:C00173
    </datsetid>
    <citation>
      <citeinfo>
        <origin>
          National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
        </origin>
        <pubdate>
          Unknown
        </pubdate>
        <title>
          Buoy Observations
        </title>
        <geoform>
          tabular digital data
        </geoform>
        <onlink>
          http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov
        </onlink>
      </citeinfo>
    </citation>
    <descript>
      <abstract>
        Buoy Observations is historical buoy data archived at the
National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). These surface marine observations 
from automatic buoy stations are archived on microfiche at the NCDC. 
C-MAN (Coastal Marine Automated Network) station data typically include 
barometric pressure, wind direction, speed and gust, and air temperature; 
however, some C-MAN stations are designed to also measure sea water 
temperature, water level, waves, relative humidity, precipitation, and 
visibility.
      </abstract>
      <purpose>
        To make a wide range of climatic data available to researchers
and the public.
      </purpose>
      <supplinf>
        manuscript
      </supplinf>
      <noaainfo>
        <entry>
          C00173
        </entry>
        <sensor>
          ANEMOMETERS
        </sensor>
        <sensor>
          BAROMETERS
        </sensor>
        <sensor>
          HUMIDITY SENSORS
        </sensor>
        <sensor>
          RAIN GAUGES
        </sensor>
        <sensor>
          TEMPERATURE SENSORS
        </sensor>
        <sensor>
          THERMOMETERS
        </sensor>
        <sensor>
          WAVE HEIGHT GAUGES
        </sensor>
        <sensor>
          WIND VANES
        </sensor>
        <source>
          C-MAN &gt; Coastal Marine Network
        </source>
        <center>
          National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
        </center>
      </noaainfo>
    </descript>
    <timeperd>
      <timeinfo>
        <rngdates>
          <begdate>
            19770101
          </begdate>
          <enddate>
            19821231
          </enddate>
        </rngdates>
      </timeinfo>
      <current>
        Ground Condition
      </current>
    </timeperd>
    <status>
      <progress>
        Complete
      </progress>
      <update>
        As Needed
      </update>
    </status>
    <spdom>
      <bounding>
        <westbc>
          -153.0
        </westbc>
        <eastbc>
          -68.0
        </eastbc>
        <northbc>
          61.1
        </northbc>
        <southbc>
          24.4
        </southbc>
      </bounding>
    </spdom>
    <keywords>
      <theme>
        <themekt>
          ISO 19115 Topic Category
        </themekt>
        <themekey>
          climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          004
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          elevation
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          006
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          oceans
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          014
        </themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>
          DIF Discipline Keyword Thesaurus
        </themekt>
        <themekey>
          Earth Sciences &gt; Atmosphere &gt; Meteorology
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          Earth Sciences &gt; Atmosphere &gt; Climatology
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          Earth Sciences &gt; Atmosphere &gt; Weather
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          Earth Sciences &gt; Ocean &gt; Oceanography
        </themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>
          GCMD Sciences Keyword Valids
        </themekt>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; ATMOSPHERE &gt; AIR QUALITY &gt; VISIBILITY
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; ATMOSPHERE &gt; ALTITUDE &gt; STATION HEIGHT
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; ATMOSPHERE &gt; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE &gt; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; ATMOSPHERE &gt; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE &gt; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; ATMOSPHERE &gt; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE &gt; AIR TEMPERATURE
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; ATMOSPHERE &gt; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE &gt; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; ATMOSPHERE &gt; ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR &gt; HUMIDITY
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; ATMOSPHERE &gt; ATMOSPHERIC WINDS &gt; SURFACE WINDS
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; ATMOSPHERE &gt; PRECIPITATION
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; OCEANS &gt; OCEAN PRESSURE &gt; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; OCEANS &gt; OCEAN TEMPERATURE &gt; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; OCEANS &gt; OCEAN WAVES
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; OCEANS &gt; OCEAN WAVES &gt; WAVE HEIGHT
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; OCEANS &gt; SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY &gt; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; OCEANS &gt; OCEAN WINDS &gt; SURFACE WINDS
        </themekey>
      </theme>
      <place>
        <placekt>
          GCMD Location Valids
        </placekt>
        <placekey>
          UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
        </placekey>
        <placekey>
          NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN
        </placekey>
        <placekey>
          NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
        </placekey>
        <placekey>
          GULF OF MEXICO
        </placekey>
        <placekey>
          GREAT LAKES
        </placekey>
      </place>
      <stratum>
        <stratkt>
          GCMD Location Valids
        </stratkt>
        <stratkey>
          SEA SURFACE
        </stratkey>
      </stratum>
    </keywords>
    <plainsid>
      <platflnm>
        Coastal Marine Network
      </platflnm>
      <platfsnm>
        C-MAN
      </platfsnm>
      <instflnm>
        ANEMOMETERS
      </instflnm>
    </plainsid>
    <plainsid>
      <platflnm>
        Coastal Marine Network
      </platflnm>
      <platfsnm>
        C-MAN
      </platfsnm>
      <instflnm>
        BAROMETERS
      </instflnm>
    </plainsid>
    <plainsid>
      <platflnm>
        Coastal Marine Network
      </platflnm>
      <platfsnm>
        C-MAN
      </platfsnm>
      <instflnm>
        TEMPERATURE SENSORS
      </instflnm>
    </plainsid>
    <plainsid>
      <platflnm>
        Coastal Marine Network
      </platflnm>
      <platfsnm>
        C-MAN
      </platfsnm>
      <instflnm>
        THERMOMETERS
      </instflnm>
    </plainsid>
    <plainsid>
      <platflnm>
        Coastal Marine Network
      </platflnm>
      <platfsnm>
        C-MAN
      </platfsnm>
      <instflnm>
        HUMIDITY SENSORS
      </instflnm>
    </plainsid>
    <plainsid>
      <platflnm>
        Coastal Marine Network
      </platflnm>
      <platfsnm>
        C-MAN
      </platfsnm>
      <instflnm>
        RAIN GAUGES
      </instflnm>
    </plainsid>
    <plainsid>
      <platflnm>
        Coastal Marine Network
      </platflnm>
      <platfsnm>
        C-MAN
      </platfsnm>
      <instflnm>
        WIND VANES
      </instflnm>
    </plainsid>
    <plainsid>
      <platflnm>
        Coastal Marine Network
      </platflnm>
      <platfsnm>
        C-MAN
      </platfsnm>
      <instflnm>
        WAVE HEIGHT GAUGES
      </instflnm>
    </plainsid>
    <bandidnt>
      <numbands>
        1
      </numbands>
    </bandidnt>
    <accconst>
      None
    </accconst>
    <useconst>
      None
    </useconst>
  </idinfo>
  <dataqual>
    <attracc>
      <attraccr>
        Not provided
      </attraccr>
    </attracc>
    <logic>
      Unknown
    </logic>
    <complete>
      Completeness information not available.
    </complete>
    <lineage>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>
          Unknown
        </procdesc>
        <procdate>
          Unknown
        </procdate>
      </procstep>
    </lineage>
  </dataqual>
  <eainfo>
    <overview>
      <eaover>
        Buoy Observations are in the form of microfiche.
      </eaover>
      <eadetcit>
        None
      </eadetcit>
    </overview>
  </eainfo>
  <distinfo>
    <distrib>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg>
            National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
          </cntorg>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntpos>
          Customer Services Branch
        </cntpos>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>
            Mailing and physical
          </addrtype>
          <address>
            151 Patton Avenue
          </address>
          <address>
            Room 468
          </address>
          <city>
            Asheville
          </city>
          <state>
            North Carolina
          </state>
          <postal>
            28801-5001
          </postal>
          <country>
            USA
          </country>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>
          828-271-4800
        </cntvoice>
        <cnttdd>
          828-271-4010
        </cnttdd>
        <cntfax>
          828-271-4876
        </cntfax>
        <cntemail>
          ncdc.orders@noaa.gov
        </cntemail>
        <hours>
          8:00 - 6:00 Eastern
        </hours>
        <cntinst>
          http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/about/ncdcordering.html
        </cntinst>
      </cntinfo>
    </distrib>
    <distliab>
      Every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and 
reliable within the limits of current NOAA quality control procedures. NOAA can 
only certify that the data provided to its customers is an authentic copy of the 
records which were accepted for inclusion in NOAA archives. NOAA cannot assume 
liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as 
a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA 
makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution 
constitute such a warranty.
    </distliab>
  </distinfo>
  <metainfo>
    <metd>
      20060627
    </metd>
    <metrd>
      20060627
    </metrd>
    <metc>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg>
            National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
          </cntorg>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntpos>
          Customer Services Branch
        </cntpos>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>
            Mailing and physical
          </addrtype>
          <address>
            151 Patton Avenue
          </address>
          <address>
            Room 468
          </address>
          <city>
            Asheville
          </city>
          <state>
            North Carolina
          </state>
          <postal>
            28801-5001
          </postal>
          <country>
            USA
          </country>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>
          828-271-4800
        </cntvoice>
        <cnttdd>
          828-271-4010
        </cnttdd>
        <cntfax>
          828-271-4876
        </cntfax>
        <cntemail>
          ncdc.metadata@noaa.gov
        </cntemail>
        <hours>
          8:00 - 6:00 Eastern
        </hours>
      </cntinfo>
    </metc>
    <metstdn>
      Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata
    </metstdn>
    <metstdv>
      FGDC-STD-012-2002
    </metstdv>
    <metextns>
      <onlink>
        http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/metadata/extensions/local_extensions.html
      </onlink>
      <metprof>
        NGDC Extensions to FGDC Metadata
      </metprof>
    </metextns>
    <metextns>
      <onlink>
        http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/FGDC-standards-projects/csdgm_rs_ex/MetadataRemoteSensingExtens.pdf
      </onlink>
      <onlink>
        http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/FGDC-standards-projects/csdgm_rs_ex/remote-sensing-metadata
      </onlink>
      <metprof>
        Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata, FGDC-STD-012-2002
      </metprof>
    </metextns>
    <metextns>
      <onlink>
        http://www.eis.noaa.gov/fgdc/fgdcleg.html
      </onlink>
      <metprof>
        NOAA Supplemental Information in Description (NOAA legacy extension to FGDC)
      </metprof>
    </metextns>
  </metainfo>
  
  
  
  
  
  
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