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Buoy Data - 46011
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Historical buoy data are provided by NODC from links in the table below. Older data are in the F291 format and newer data are in the netCDF format. The F291 data are available in compressed or uncompressed files stored in NODC's ftp site. The netCDF data are available through a THREDDS (Thematic Realtime Environmental Distributed Data Services) sever which provides data, metadata, and other viewing options through OPeNDAP (Open-source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol).

Go to the National Data Buoy Center for the latest conditions. (you will be leaving the NODC site)


Buoy Data (F291) - Location, year and month (to March 2011)

Latitude | Longitude Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
34 53 59N | 120 53 59W1980 nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd Z | U Z | U Z | U
1981Z | UZ | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U
1982 nd nd Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U
1983Z | UZ | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U nd
1984 nd Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U
1985Z | UZ | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U
1986Z | UZ | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U nd nd
1987 nd nd nd Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U
1988Z | UZ | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U
1989Z | UZ | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U nd nd
1990 nd Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U nd nd nd
34 52 51N | 120 52 08W1990 nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd Z | U Z | U Z | U
1991Z | UZ | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U nd nd
1992 nd nd Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U nd nd
34 52 47N | 120 52 22W1994 nd nd nd nd nd nd nd Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U
1995Z | UZ | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U nd
34 52 51N | 120 52 10W1996 nd nd nd nd Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U
1997Z | UZ | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U
1998Z | UZ | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U
1999Z | UZ | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U nd nd
2000 nd nd nd Z | U nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd
34 52 57N | 120 52 27W2000 nd nd nd nd Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U
2001Z | UZ | U Z | U nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd
34 52 57N | 120 52 26W2001 nd nd nd Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U
2002Z | UZ | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U
2003Z | U nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd
34 52 48N | 120 52 08W2003 nd nd Z | U nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd
34 52 47N | 120 52 08W2003 nd nd nd Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U
2004Z | UZ | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U
2005Z | UZ | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U
2006Z | UZ | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U
2007Z | UZ | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U
2008Z | UZ | U Z | U nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd
34 52 06N | 120 51 27W2008 nd nd nd Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U
2009Z | UZ | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U nd
2010 nd Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U Z | U
2011Z | UZ | U Z | U nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd

Z=compressed, U=uncompressed, nd=no data

F291 IE Users Note: If you get a "FTP Folder Error", it appears that you must turn off the "Enable Folder View for FTP Sites" option that is under Tools -> Internet Options... -> Advanced (under Browsing).


Buoy Data (netCDF) - Location, year and month (since January 2011)

Latitude | Longitude Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
34.868 | -120.8572011

D1

D1

D1

D1

D1

D1

nd nd nd nd nd nd
35.000 | -120.9922011 nd nd nd nd nd nd

D1

D2

D2

D2

D2

D2

D2

D<n>=netCDF data (<n>= Deployment number, eg, D1, D2, etc), D<n>_adcp=ADCP netCDF data (eg, D1_adcp), nd=no data

Users Note: Two or more links may be available for the same year/month - For buoys serviced during a month, the deployment number in the file name increments by one and there can be two or more D<n> links (eg, D1, D2..etc) for that buoy. For buoys with ADCP data, there is an additional ADCP link for separate ADCP data (eg, D1_adcp).


Please address any questions or comments to NODC.buoy@noaa.gov. Follow the links below for more information.

 


All Buoy data is available online, however to order Buoy (F291) Data on CD-ROM (through December 1997) use the NOAA National Data Centers' Online Store . Or, contact User Services to order recent data on CD-ROM or other media.

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