National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) submitted temperature, wind direction, and salinity data collected via moored current meter casts in the Gulf of Mexico on December 1, 1980. The data has been processed by NODC into the standard F005 Current Meter Data and F191 Wind Wave Spectra formats. These formats likely contain time-series measurements of ocean currents, water temperature, salinity, wind direction and speed, and wave parameters.
Use Cases
- Analyze ocean current patterns based on Eulerian current measurements.
- Model coastal water properties based on reported temperature and salinity data.
- Study wind-wave interactions based on meteorological and wave spectra data.
- Validate hydrodynamic models based on fixed mooring point observations.
Strengths
- Data processed to standardized NODC formats (F005 and F191) ensuring interoperability.
- Includes multiple environmental parameters: currents, temperature, salinity, wind, and waves.
- Data collected via fixed moorings, providing Eulerian method measurements.
Limitations
- Data collection period is limited to a single day (December 1, 1980).
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- National Data Buoy Center (NDBC), processed by NODC.
- Collection Method
- Collected using moored current meter casts.
- Time Range
- December 1, 1980.
- Freshness
- Last updated 1980-12-01 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Gulf of Mexico.