Physical and meteorological data collected from non-federal stations assembled by the Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (MARACOOS)

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This dataset contains oceanographic and surface meteorological data collected from non-Federal stations throughout the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The data is predominantly long time series at fixed moorings and buoys with a variety of instruments including CTDs, fluorometers, oxygen sensors, optical turbidity sensors, pH sensors, meteorological sensors, and water quality sensors. The data files are in netCDF format, following the Climate and Forecast metadata convention (CF) and the Attribute Convention for Data Discovery (ACDD). Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (MARACOOS), which assembles data from sub-regional coastal and ocean observing systems, submitted the data to NCEI as part of the Integrated Ocean Observing System Data Assembly Centers (IOOS DACs) Data Stewardship Program.

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issued	2017-06-13T00:00:00.000+00:00
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modified	2021-02-17T00:00:00.000+00:00
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rights	otherRestrictions
spatial	-73.7581,40.71324,-75.02847,43.01975
temporal	2008-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/2008-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
title	Physical and meteorological data collected from non-federal stations assembled by the Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (MARACOOS)

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