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File Identifier: gov.noaa.nodc.cor:NDBC-HFRadarRTVector
Metadata Date Stamp: 2018-09
Organization: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Organization Role: custodian
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Title: Near-real-time surface ocean velocities derived from HF radar stations located along coastal waters of North Slope Alaska, Puerto Rico/Virgin Islands, eastern US/Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii and western US
Abstract: This archival package contains near-real-time ocean surface velocities, also known as total vector velocities, derived from HF radar stations. The velocities are arranged in a horizontal latitude/longitude grid. Measured velocities are indicative of the upper 0.3 - 2.5 meters of the ocean depending on the operating frequency and the vertical velocity profile of the water column. Data are in netCDF and velocities are reported in the Climate and Forecast (CF) compliant variables, surface_eastward_sea_water_velocity and surface_northward_sea_water_velocity. NDBC, which with SIO assembles data from the IOOS HF Radar Network, submits these data monthly to NCEI as part of NCEI's Integrated Ocean Observing System Data Assembly Centers (IOOS DACs) Data Stewardship Program. Remote sensing of ocean surface velocity from shore-based HF radar sites bridges the operational observational gap between point samples obtained from in-situ sampling and synoptic scale relatively low resolution data obtained from satellites by providing continuous mesoscale coverage at relatively high resolution near the coast.
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Browse Graphic URL: https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:NDBC-HFRadarRTVector
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Theme Topics: Environment and Conservation, Oceans and Estuaries
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West Bounding Longitude: -163.014867
South Bounding Latitude: 17.933367
East Bounding Longitude: -62.8876
North Bounding Latitude: 71.3789
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Organization: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Address: Federal Building 151 Patton Avenue
City: Asheville
State: NC
Postal Code: 28801-5001
Country: USA
Email: NCEI.Info@noaa.gov
Contact Website: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/
Telephone: 301-713-3277
Fax: 301-713-3300
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