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Wave spectra, meteorological, and other data from FIXED PLATFORMS in support of the Santa Barbara Channel project from 1984-03-13 (NCEI Accession 8500085)

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Wave spectra, meteorological, and other data were collected from FIXED PLATFORMS from 13 March 1984. Data were collected by the Science Applications, Inc. - Raleigh NC (SAI) in support of the Santa Barbara Channel project. Data were processed by NODC to the standard NODC F191-Meteorology and Wave Spectra format. Data in this accession do not completely conform to the F191 format. The F191 format is used to report meteorological data and ocean wave spectra data from NDBO. The format contains seven data record types to: 1) identify the buoy for position, duration, rate of sampling and heading, 2) identify the meteorological parameters, (temperature, pressure, weather, solar radiation, and surface waves), and 3) report time times series frequency, density and resolution of waves. Each record is 120 character in length, sorted by station and record type.

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8500085 AIR TEMPERATURE BAROMETRIC PRESSURE CONDUCTIVITY CURRENT METER - EAST-WEST COMPONENT (U) CURRENT METER - NORTH-SOUTH COMPONENT (V) CURRENT SPEED - UP/DOWN COMPONENT (W) dew point PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVE RADIATION (PAR) PRECIPITATION SALINITY SOLAR RADIATION - ATMOSPHERIC VISIBILITY water depth WATER LEVEL WATER TEMPERATURE WAVE DATA - CO-SPECTRA WAVE DATA - POLAR COORDINATE RADIUS WAVE DATA - QUAD-SPECTRA WAVE DIRECTION - AVERAGE WAVE HEIGHT - MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT - SIGNIFICANT WAVE PERIOD - AVERAGE WAVE PERIOD - DOMINANT WAVE SPECTRA - NON-DIRECTIONAL WAVE STEEPNESS - MAXIMUM WEATHER WIND DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION - AVERAGE WIND DIRECTION - CONTINUOUS WIND GUST WIND SPEED WIND SPEED - AVERAGE WIND SPEED - CONTINUOUS accelerometer buoy - moored buoy inclinometer meteorological sensor meteorological physical time series FIXED PLATFORM OF UNITED STATES Science Applications International Corporation - Bellevue, WA Science Applications International Corporation - Bellevue, WA Santa Barbara Channel Circulation Model and Field Study (SBCCMFS) North Pacific Ocean oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce SAIC > Science Applications International Corporation SBCS > Santa Barbara Channel Study EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE PERIOD EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE SPECTRA EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE SPEED/DIRECTION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY ACCELEROMETERS INCLINOMETERS > INCLINOMETERS FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS > FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN

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