Real-time current, wave, temperature, salinity, optical, and meteorological data from Gulf

Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System (GoMOOS) buoy data provides real-time measurements of current, wave, temperature, salinity, optical, and meteorological variables. The dataset was published by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) under accession 0001195. It covers a one-week period from October 5 to October 11, 2003.

Use Cases

• Validating and calibrating regional oceanographic models (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Analyzing short-term correlations between meteorological forcing and oceanographic responses (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Assessing data quality and sensor performance for buoy-based observation networks (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Published on the authoritative NASA Earthdata platform.
• Sourced from NOAA NCEI, a trusted environmental data repository.
• Covers multiple physical oceanographic and meteorological variables.

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
• Last updated 2003-10-11 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Likely collected via instrumented buoys deployed by the Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System.

Time Range

10/5/2003 - 10/11/2003

Freshness

Last updated 2003-10-11 00:00:00

Geography

Gulf of Maine