National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) (NDBC)

Country

Media sampled/studied/modelled

Regions studied

Keywords

Updated 2012-07-25

To provide real-time marine meteorological, oceanographic and geophysical observations in real-time to the World Meteorological Organization’s Global Telecommunications Service (GTS).

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov

Status: Ongoing
Project time span: 1975 -
Data collection: 1975 -
Data processing: 1975 -
Data reporting: 1975 -

Contact information

Contact person: - -
Address: Bill Burnett
Email: vog.aaon@ttenrub.llib

Parameters and Media

Parameter groups measured/observed/modelled

Media sampled/studied/modelled

Air/aerosol

Seawater/suspended particulate matter

Geography

Regions studied: North Pacific; North Pacific

Data availability

Samples/specimens archived in specimen banks?: No

Methods & Procedures

Procedures and methodology used for, e.g., sampling and sample storage, sample pretreatment, extraction and analysis, including which laboratories are involved, references to methods employed, etc.: Barometric pressure, wind speed, direction and gust, air temperature, ocean temperature, ocean current, wave height, period and direction, bottom pressure observations

Additional Information

Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?: No
Other institutes involved in the project: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Is this project reporting to other organizations/programmes?: U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) (IOOS), Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) (GOOS), Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO), World Meteorological Organization (WMO)