Project: NOAA NDBC and NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD
Name: NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD
Email: erd.data@noaa.gov
Institution: NOAA NDBC, NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD
InfoURL: https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
Source URL: https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
20240218
NDBC Standard Meteorological Buoy Data, 1970-present
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tabular digital data
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
ERDDAP, version 2.23, at NOAA NMFS SWFSC Environmental Research Division
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.graph
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.subset
NOAA NDBC and NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD
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
2022-10-01T00:00:00Z) and near real time data (less quality controlled,
which may change at any time, from 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z on).
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https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
19700226
20240328
ground condition
As needed
-177.75
179.001
71.758
-55.0
GCMD Science Keywords
air
air_pressure_at_sea_level
air_temperature
atmosphere
atmospheric
average
boundary
buoy
coastwatch
data
dew point
dew_point_temperature
direction
dominant
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Air Quality > Visibility
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Altitude > Planetary Boundary Layer Height
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Pressure > Atmospheric Pressure Measurements
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Pressure > Pressure Tendency
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Pressure > Sea Level Pressure
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Pressure > Static Pressure
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Air Temperature
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Dew Point Temperature
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor > Dew Point Temperature
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Surface Winds
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Waves > Significant Wave Height
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Waves > Swells
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Waves > Wave Period
eastward
eastward_wind
from
gust
height
identifier
layer
level
measurements
meridional
meteorological
meteorology
name
ndbc
noaa
northward
northward_wind
ocean
oceans
period
planetary
pressure
quality
sea
sea level
sea_surface_swell_wave_period
sea_surface_swell_wave_significant_height
sea_surface_swell_wave_to_direction
sea_surface_temperature
seawater
significant
speed
sst
standard
static
station
surface
surface waves
surface_altitude
swell
swells
temperature
tendency
tendency_of_air_pressure
time
vapor
visibility
visibility_in_air
water
wave
waves
wcn
wind
wind_from_direction
wind_speed
wind_speed_of_gust
winds
zonal
CF Standard Name Table v70
longitude
latitude
time
wind_from_direction
wind_speed
wind_speed_of_gust
sea_surface_wave_significant_height
sea_surface_swell_wave_period
sea_surface_swell_wave_period
sea_surface_wave_to_direction
air_pressure_at_sea_level
air_temperature
sea_surface_temperature
dew_point_temperature
visibility_in_air
tendency_of_air_pressure
surface_altitude
eastward_wind
northward_wind
None.
The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended
for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data
Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any
of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or
implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy,
completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
NOAA NDBC, NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD
NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD
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Mailing and Physical Address
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erd.data@noaa.gov
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.graph
Web page to make a customized map or graph of the data
HTML
Contributor Name: NOAA NDBC
Contributor Role: Source of data.
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Around the 25th of each month, erd.data@noaa.gov downloads the latest yearly and monthly historical .txt.gz files from https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/historical/stdmet/ and generates one historical .nc file for each station. erd.data@noaa.gov also downloads all of the 45day near real time .txt files from https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/realtime2/ and generates one near real time .nc file for each station.
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Every 5 minutes, erd.data@noaa.gov downloads the list of latest data from all stations for the last 2 hours from https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/latest_obs/latest_obs.txt and updates the near real time .nc files.
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Point
Point
NOAA NMFS SWFSC Environmental Research Division
Roy Mendelssohn
ERDDAP administrator
Mailing and Physical Address
110 McAllister Road
Santa Cruz
CA
95060
USA
+1 831-420-3666
erd.data@noaa.gov
ERDDAP, version 2.23: get metadata; download data; make graphs and maps.
The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended
for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data
Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any
of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or
implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy,
completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
.asc
1
View OPeNDAP-style ISO-8859-1 comma-separated text. https://docs.opendap.org/index.php/UserGuideOPeNDAPMessages#ASCII_Service
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.csv
1
Download a ISO-8859-1 comma-separated text table (line 1: names; line 2: units; ISO 8601 times). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.csvp
1
Download a ISO-8859-1 .csv file with line 1: name (units). Times are ISO 8601 strings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.csv0
1
Download a ISO-8859-1 .csv file without column names or units. Times are ISO 8601 strings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.dataTable
1
A JSON file formatted for use with the Google Visualization client library (Google Charts). https://developers.google.com/chart/interactive/docs/reference#dataparam
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.das
1
View the dataset's metadata via an ISO-8859-1 OPeNDAP Dataset Attribute Structure (DAS). https://docs.opendap.org/index.php/UserGuideOPeNDAPMessages#Dataset_Attribute_Structure
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.dds
1
View the dataset's structure via an ISO-8859-1 OPeNDAP Dataset Descriptor Structure (DDS). https://docs.opendap.org/index.php/UserGuideOPeNDAPMessages#Dataset_Descriptor_Structure
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.dods
1
OPeNDAP clients use this to download the data in the DODS binary format. https://docs.opendap.org/index.php/UserGuideOPeNDAPMessages#Data_Transmission
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.esriCsv
1
Download a ISO_8859_1 .csv file for ESRI's ArcGIS 9.x and below (separate date and time columns). https://support.esri.com/technical-article/000012745
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.fgdc
1
View the dataset's UTF-8 FGDC .xml metadata. https://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/FGDC-standards-projects/metadata/base-metadata/index_html
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.geoJson
1
Download longitude,latitude,otherColumns data as a UTF-8 GeoJSON .json file. http://wiki.geojson.org/Main_Page
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.graph
1
View a Make A Graph web page. https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/documentation.html#GraphicsCommands
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.help
1
View a web page with a description of tabledap. https://www.opendap.org/pdf/ESE-RFC-004v1.2.pdf
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.html
1
View an OPeNDAP-style HTML Data Access Form. https://docs.opendap.org/index.php/UserGuideOPeNDAPMessages#WWW_Interface_Service
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.htmlTable
1
View a UTF-8 .html web page with the data in a table. Times are ISO 8601 strings. https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_tables.asp
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.iso19115
1
View the dataset's ISO 19115-2/19139 UTF-8 .xml metadata. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geospatial_metadata
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.itx
1
Download an ISO-8859-1 Igor Text File. Each response column becomes a wave. https://www.wavemetrics.net/doc/igorman/II-09%20Data%20Import%20Export.pdf
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.json
1
View a table-like UTF-8 JSON file (missing value = 'null'; times are ISO 8601 strings). https://www.json.org/
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.jsonlCSV1
1
View a UTF-8 JSON Lines CSV file with column names on line 1 (mv = 'null'; times are ISO 8601 strings). https://jsonlines.org/
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.jsonlCSV
1
View a UTF-8 JSON Lines CSV file without column names (mv = 'null'; times are ISO 8601 strings). https://jsonlines.org/
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.jsonlKVP
1
View a UTF-8 JSON Lines file with Key:Value pairs (missing value = 'null'; times are ISO 8601 strings). https://jsonlines.org/
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.mat
1
Download a MATLAB binary file. https://www.mathworks.com/
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.nc
1
Download a flat, table-like, NetCDF-3 binary file with COARDS/CF/ACDD metadata. https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.ncHeader
1
View the UTF-8 header (the metadata) for the NetCDF-3 .nc file. https://linux.die.net/man/1/ncdump
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.ncCF
1
Download a NetCDF-3 CF Discrete Sampling Geometries file (Contiguous Ragged Array). https://cfconventions.org/Data/cf-conventions/cf-conventions-1.8/cf-conventions.html#discrete-sampling-geometries
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.ncCFHeader
1
View the UTF-8 header (the metadata) for the .ncCF file. https://linux.die.net/man/1/ncdump
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.ncCFMA
1
Download a NetCDF-3 CF Discrete Sampling Geometries file (Multidimensional Array). https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/netcdf-templates
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.ncCFMAHeader
1
View the UTF-8 header (the metadata) for the .ncCFMA file. https://linux.die.net/man/1/ncdump
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.nccsv
1
Download a NetCDF-3-like 7-bit ASCII NCCSV .csv file with COARDS/CF/ACDD metadata. https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/download/NCCSV.html
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.nccsvMetadata
1
View the dataset's metadata as the top half of a 7-bit ASCII NCCSV .csv file. https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/download/NCCSV.html
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.ncoJson
1
Download a UTF-8 NCO lvl=2 JSON file with COARDS/CF/ACDD metadata. https://nco.sourceforge.net/nco.html#json
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.odvTxt
1
Download longitude,latitude,time,otherColumns as an ISO-8859-1 ODV Generic Spreadsheet File (.txt). https://odv.awi.de/en/documentation/
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.subset
1
View an HTML form which uses faceted search to simplify picking subsets of the data. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faceted_search
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.tsv
1
Download a ISO-8859-1 tab-separated text table (line 1: names; line 2: units; ISO 8601 times). https://jkorpela.fi/TSV.html
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.tsvp
1
Download a ISO-8859-1 .tsv file with line 1: name (units). Times are ISO 8601 strings. https://jkorpela.fi/TSV.html
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.tsv0
1
Download a ISO-8859-1 .tsv file without column names or units. Times are ISO 8601 strings. https://jkorpela.fi/TSV.html
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.wav
1
Download a .wav audio file. All columns must be numeric and of the same type. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAV
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.xhtml
1
View a UTF-8 XHTML (XML) file with the data in a table. Times are ISO 8601 strings. https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_tables.asp
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.html
.kml
1
View a .kml file, suitable for Google Earth. https://developers.google.com/kml/
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.graph
.smallPdf
1
View a small .pdf image file with a graph or map. https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/about-adobe-pdf.html
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.graph
.pdf
1
View a standard, medium-sized .pdf image file with a graph or map. https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/about-adobe-pdf.html
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.graph
.largePdf
1
View a large .pdf image file with a graph or map. https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/about-adobe-pdf.html
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.graph
.smallPng
1
View a small .png image file with a graph or map. http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.graph
.png
1
View a standard, medium-sized .png image file with a graph or map. http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.graph
.largePng
1
View a large .png image file with a graph or map. http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.graph
.transparentPng
1
View a .png image file (just the data, without axes, landmask, or legend). http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.graph
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20240328
NOAA NMFS SWFSC Environmental Research Division
Roy Mendelssohn
ERDDAP administrator
Mailing and Physical Address
110 McAllister Road
Santa Cruz
CA
95060
USA
+1 831-420-3666
erd.data@noaa.gov
Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-012-2002
universal time
None.
The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended
for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data
Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any
of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or
implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy,
completeness, or usefulness, of this information.