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NDBC Southern Hemisphere Drifting Buoys (DSI-1168)
tabular digital data
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DSI-1168 Documentation
NCDC Dataset Documentation for DSI-1168
information
NDBC Southern Hemisphere Drifting Buoys is historical digital
data set DSI-1168, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC).
This is meteorological and oceanographic data. The National Data Buoy
Center (NDBC) was funded by the NOAA Office of Global Programs to
deploy about 20 to 30 new drifting buoys into southern hemisphere
waters each year between 1988 and 1998. All buoys were released south
of 20S. Most were released south of 40S, 50S and 60S. Many circled the
globe in the Southern Ocean. The drifting buoy data system consisted of
three basic components. They were the buoy platforms with their sensors
and electronics, the TIROS-N/ARGOS (satellite) Data Collection Platform
Location System (DCPLS) and the data processing center. As a
NOAA/TIROS-N polar orbiting satellite passed within line of site of a
buoy, the DCPLS received telemetry from the buoy. This telemetry
contained an identification number, the sensor data (atmospheric
pressure, air and sea surface temperatures, subsurface temperatures),
and information necessary for deriving buoy position. The nominal time
interval between readouts was 101 minutes for each satellite at the
Command and Data Acquisition (CDA) Station at Wallops Island, Virginia;
Gilmore Creek, Alaska; and Lanion, France. The data received by the
CDAs was relayed to NESDIS at Suitland, Maryland where the ARGOS data
was separated from other components of the telemetry and relayed to the
ARGOS Data Processing Center (CNES) in Toulouse, France. Processing was
performed at CNES to compute platform position using differential
Doppler techniques and to recover sensor data. Upon receipt of this
information by ground processing systems, the data were processed and
then transmitted on the Global Telecommunications System (GTS) for
operational analysis and incorporated into the Tropical Oceans Global
Atmospheric (TOGA) program research data sets. Data was sent monthly to
the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) for archival as digital data
set DSI-1168, and also to the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC).
The parameters represented in these data are air and sea temperature,
pressure, winds, waves, subsurface temperatures, sea state, salinity,
and bottom depth.
To make a wide range of climatic data available to researchers
and the public.
data set
C00275
ANEMOMETERS
BAROMETERS
BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS
DRIFTING BUOYS
PRESSURE SENSORS
SALINOMETERS
STD > Salinity, Temperature, Depth
TEMPERATURE SENSORS
THERMOMETERS
WAVE HEIGHT GAUGES
WIND VANES
BUOYS
DCP > Data Collection Platform
TOGA > Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere
National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
19840101
19981031
Ground Condition
As Needed
-180.0
180.0
-20.0
-70.0
ISO 19115 Topic Category
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
004
elevation
006
oceans
014
DIF Discipline Keyword Thesaurus
Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Meteorology
Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Climatology
Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Weather
Earth Sciences > Ocean > Oceanography
GCMD Sciences Keyword Valids
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > BATHYMETRY
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SEA STATE
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE PERIOD
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS
GCMD Location Valids
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
SOUTHERN OCEAN
SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN
INDIAN OCEAN
GCMD Location Valids
TROPOSPHERE
SEA SURFACE
SEA FLOOR
TOGA > Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere
BUOYS
ANEMOMETERS
TOGA > Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere
BUOYS
BAROMETERS
TOGA > Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere
BUOYS
BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS
TOGA > Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere
BUOYS
SALINOMETERS
TOGA > Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere
Data Collection Platform
DCP
DRIFTING BUOYS
TOGA > Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere
BUOYS
THERMOMETERS
TOGA > Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere
BUOYS
TEMPERATURE SENSORS
TOGA > Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere
BUOYS
PRESSURE SENSORS
TOGA > Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere
BUOYS
WIND VANES
TOGA > Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere
BUOYS
WAVE HEIGHT GAUGES
TOGA > Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere
BUOYS
Salinity, Temperature, Depth
STD
5
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None
Not provided
Unknown
Completeness information not available.
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Record 1 - Descriptive Header Record
ELEMENT: File Name
POSITION: 1-3
DESCRIPTION: "156" constant for Lagrangian current measurements
POSITION: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Blanks
ELEMENT: Record Identifier
POSITION: 10
DESCRIPTION: Always "A"
ELEMENT: Drogue Number
POSITION: 11-15
DESCRIPTION: Identification number of Drogue
ELEMENT: Drogue Type
POSITION: 16-20
DESCRIPTION: Type of Drogue (determined by Investigator)
ELEMENT: Principal Investigator
POSITION: 21-35
DESCRIPTION: Name of Principal Investigator
ELEMENT: Institution or Agency
POSITION: 36-50
DESCRIPTION: Name of Institution or Agency
ELEMENT: Platform Name
POSITION: 51-62
DESCRIPTION: Name of platform acquiring data or deploying buoys
ELEMENT: Buoy Number
POSITION: 63-67
DESCRIPTION: Identification number of buoy associated with drogue
POSITION: 68-80
DESCRIPTION: Blanks
Record 2 - Launch Summary Record
ELEMENT: File Name
POSITION: 1-3
DESCRIPTION: "156" constant for Lagrangian current measurements
POSITION: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Blanks
ELEMENT: Record-Identifier
POSITION: 10
DESCRIPTION: Always "B"
ELEMENT: Drogue Number
POSITION: 11-15
DESCRIPTION: Identification number of Drogue
Launch Position:
ELEMENT: Latitude
POSITION: 16-22
DESCRIPTION: DDMMSS plus Hemisphere "N" or "S"
ELEMENT: Longitude
POSITION: 23-30
DESCRIPTION: DDMMSS plus Hemisphere "E" or "W"
End Position:
Position at pickup or termination of observations
ELEMENT: Latitude
POSITION: 31-37
DESCRIPTION: DDMMSS plus Hemisphere "N" or "S"
ELEMENT: Longitude
POSITION: 38-45
DESCRIPTION: DDMMSS plus Hemisphere "E" or "W"
ELEMENT: Launch Date (GMT/UTC)
POSITION: 46-51
DESCRIPTION: YYMMDD
ELEMENT: Launch Time (GMT/UTC)
POSITION: 52-55
DESCRIPTION: xxxx-Hours and Minutes
ELEMENT: End Date (GMT/UTC)
POSITION: 56-61
DESCRIPTION: YYMMDD
ELEMENT: End Time (GMT/UTC)
POSITION: 62-65
DESCRIPTION: xxxx-Hours and Minutes
ELEMENT: Drogue Depth
POSITION: 66-69
DESCRIPTION: xxxx-Depth in meters
ELEMENT: Observation Frequency
POSITION: 70-73
DESCRIPTION: xxxx-Hours and minutes-used when buoy positions are reported at
specific time intervals
POSITION: 74-80
DESCRIPTION: Blanks
Record 3 - Data Record
ELEMENT: File Name
POSITION: 1-3
DESCRIPTION: "156" constant for Lagrangian current measurements
POSITION: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Blanks
ELEMENT: Record Identifier
POSITION: 10
DESCRIPTION: Always "C". Each record contains individual drogue position and
associated sea surface conditions
ELEMENT: Drogue Number
POSITION: 11-15
DESCRIPTION: Identification number of Drogue
Observed Position:
ELEMENT: Latitude
POSITION: 16-22
DESCRIPTION: DDMMSS plus Hemisphere "N" or "S"
ELEMENT: Longitude
POSITION: 23-30
DESCRIPTION: DDDMMSS plus Hemisphere "E" or "W"
ELEMENT: Observed Data (UTC)
POSITION: 31-36
DESCRIPTION: YYMMDD
ELEMENT: Observed Time (UTC)
POSITION: 37-40
DESCRIPTION: xxxx-Hours and Minutes
ELEMENT: Surface Temperature
POSITION: 41-43
DESCRIPTION: xxx-Degrees C (to tenths)
ELEMENT: Surface Salinity
POSITION: 44-47
DESCRIPTION: xxxx-Parts Per Thousand (to hundredths)
ELEMENT: Atmospheric Pressure
POSITION: 48-53
DESCRIPTION: xxxxxx-millibars (to hundredths)
ELEMENT: Wind Speed
POSITION: 54-55
DESCRIPTION: xx-meters per second
ELEMENT: Wind Direction
POSITION: 56-57
DESCRIPTION: xx-Tens of Degrees
ELEMENT: Wind Force
POSITION: 58
DESCRIPTION: One-character Code-Use Code 0052
ELEMENT: Wave Height
POSITION: 59
DESCRIPTION: One-character Code-Use Code 0104
ELEMENT: Wave Period
POSITION: 60
DESCRIPTION: One-character Code-Use Code 0378
ELEMENT: Sea State
POSITION: 61
DESCRIPTION: One-character Code-Use Code 0109
ELEMENT: Bottom Depth
POSITION: 62-65
DESCRIPTION: xxxx-Bottom Depth at reported buoy position (depth in meters)
ELEMENT: Air Temperature
POSITION: 66-69
DESCRIPTION: xxxx-Degrees C to tenths negative values preceded by minus sign
POSITION: 70-76
DESCRIPTION: Blanks
ELEMENT: Sequence Number
POSITION: 77-80
DESCRIPTION: xxxx-Use to sort records for each drogue/buoy-sequence numbers
should be in ascending order
Record 4 - Subsurface Record
ELEMENT: File Name
POSITION: 1-3
DESCRIPTION: "156" constant for Lagrangian current measurements
POSITION: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Blanks
ELEMENT: Record Identifier
POSITION: 10
DESCRIPTION: Always "D". Each record contains subsurface data associated
with the drogue
ELEMENT: Drogue Number
POSITION: 11-15
DESCRIPTION: Identification number of drogue
ELEMENT: Depth
POSITION: 16-20
DESCRIPTION: xxxxx-meters to hundredths
ELEMENT: Pressure
POSITION: 21-25
DESCRIPTION: xxxxx-Decibars to hundredths
ELEMENT: Temperature
POSITION: 26-28
DESCRIPTION: xxx-Degrees C to tenths negative values preceded by minus sign
ELEMENT: Depth
POSITION: 29-33
DESCRIPTION: xxxxx-meters to hundredths
ELEMENT: Pressure
POSITION: 34-38
DESCRIPTION: xxxxx-Decibars to hundredths
ELEMENT: Temperature
POSITION: 39-41
DESCRIPTION: xxx-Degrees C to tenths
ELEMENT: Depth
POSITION: 42-46
DESCRIPTION: xxxxx-meters to hundredths
ELEMENT: Pressure
POSITION: 47-51
DESCRIPTION: xxxxx-Decibars to hundredths
ELEMENT: Temperature
POSITION: 52-54
DESCRIPTION: xxx-Degrees C to tenths
ELEMENT: Depths
POSITION: 55-59
DESCRIPTION: xxxxx-meters to hundredths
ELEMENT: Pressure
POSITION: 60-64
DESCRIPTION: xxxxx-Decibars to hundredths
ELEMENT: Temperature
POSITION: 65-67
DESCRIPTION: xxx-Degrees C to tenths
POSITION: 68-76
DESCRIPTION: Blanks
ELEMENT: Sequence Number
POSITION: 77-80
DESCRIPTION: xxxx-Use to sort records for each drogue/buoy-should be in
ascending order
Record 5 - Text Record
ELEMENT: File Name
POSITION: 1-3
DESCRIPTION: "156" constant for Lagrangian Current measurements
POSITION: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Blanks
ELEMENT: Record Identifier
POSITION: 10
DESCRIPTION: Always "T"- for comments and other information
ELEMENT: Drogue Number
POSITION: 11-15
DESCRIPTION: Identification number of Drogue
ELEMENT: Text
POSITION: 16-76
DESCRIPTION: Character field for comments-multiple text records maybe used to
describe individual drogue observations or for general comments. Text records
may be inserted between or follow data records depending on the nature of the
comments.
ELEMENT: Sequence Number
POSITION: 77-80
DESCRIPTION: The order of sequence numbers should reflect the proper sorting
of combined data and track records for each drogue/buoy.
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DSI-1168
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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.
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USA
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