National Data Buoy Center Buoy Locations
The Buoy table consists of location information, ownership, and general geographic
descriptions of buoys and weather stations. In addition to buoys operated by the National
Data Buoy Center (including C-MAN stations and DART buoys), this data set includes
those maintained by Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of South Florida,
Center for Coastal and Land-Margin Research at Oregon Health & Science University,
Environment Canada, Caro-COOPS: Carolinas Coastal Ocean Observing and Prediction System,
Essi Corporation, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Gulf of Maine Ocean
Observing System, Coastal Studies Institute at Louisiana State University, Louisiana
Universities Marine Consortium, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, University
of Connecticut, Department of Marine Sciences, NC-COOS: North Carolina Coastal Ocean
Observing System, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography,
Stevens Institute of Technology, Texas A & M University, and Texas Coastal Ocean Observing
Network
Cite this dataset when used as a source.
- Downloadable Data
gov.noaa.ncei:buoylocations
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Distribution Formats | Format not available
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Distributor | DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA,
U.S. Department of Commerce 866-732-2382 ncei.info@noaa.gov |
Time Period | Unknown to Unknown |
Spatial Reference System | urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4267urn:ogc:def:ellipsoid:EPSG::7008 |
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates |
West:-179.903
East:5.6843
South:5.6843
North:75.778
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Data Presentation Form | mapDigital |
Dataset Progress Status | Complete - production of the data has been completed |
Data Update Frequency | As needed |
Purpose | The purpose of the Buoy table is to show the locations of weather stations and buoys in waters belonging to the United States and those adjacent to these waters. |
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Theme keywords | None
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Fees | Fee information not available. |
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Processing Environment | Native Dataset Environment: Native format for the original data was ArcGIS 9.x shapefiles that were loaded into ArcSDE for use within NCEI's spatial data model. Technical Prerequisites: Customer needs to have software that can read ESRI shapefiles, such as ArcGIS or ArcExplorer. |
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Last Modified: 2023-10-17T19:54:23
For questions about the information on this page, please email:ncei.info@noaa.gov