Environmental monitoring buoy locations in the Gulf of Maine and southern New England waters as of June 21, 2006. The dataset lists stations operated by the Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System, National Buoy Data Center, National Ocean Service, and the University of Connecticut. Each point is linked to the National Buoy Center for accessing real-time and historical environmental data.
Use Cases
- Map buoy deployment density using geographic coordinates to analyze spatial coverage of the observing network.
- Link buoy location IDs to real-time data feeds from the National Data Buoy Center for environmental variable retrieval.
- Analyze the operational partnership network by referencing the owner/operator field for each station.
Strengths
- Provides a complete snapshot of all buoy stations in the specified region as of a specific date (June 21, 2006).
- Includes direct links (hotlinks) to source data pages for each buoy, facilitating data access.
Limitations
- Data is temporally static and over 15 years old, not reflecting current buoy deployments or decommissionings.
- The specific number of buoy records (rows) and available attributes (columns) are unknown, limiting assessment of scope.
Provenance
- Source
- National Data Buoy Center (NDBC), aggregated by SCIOPS.
- Collection Method
- Compilation of publicly listed buoy and station locations from the NDBC website.
- Time Range
- Snapshot as of June 21, 2006.
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Gulf of Maine and southern New England waters.