GoMOOS Buoy Data: Real-Time Ocean and Weather Observations, September 2003

Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System (GoMOOS) buoy data provides real-time measurements of current, wave, temperature, salinity, optical, and meteorological variables. The dataset is published by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) under accession 0001192. It covers a one-week period from September 21 to September 27, 2003.

Use Cases

• Validating ocean circulation models with in-situ current and temperature data (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Analyzing correlations between meteorological conditions and sea surface parameters (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Studying short-term variability in water column properties like salinity and optical characteristics (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Published on the authoritative NASA Earthdata platform
• Sourced from NOAA NCEI under a specific accession number (0001192)
• Platform tags indicate it contains geospatial and time-series data

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download
• Last updated 2003-09-27 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 in-situ sensors on ocean buoys.

Time Range

9/21/2003 - 9/27/2003

Freshness

Last updated 2003-09-27 00:00:00

Geography

Gulf of Maine