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The NOAA NCEI Global Marine Microplastics Data Collection (1972-present)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Microplastics (i.e., plastics measuring less than 5mm) pollution is a growing problem affecting coastal communities, marine ecosystems, aquatic life, and human... -
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Tropic of Cancer
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Tropic of Cancer lies at 23d 26' 22" (23.4394 degrees) north of the Equator and marks the most northerly latitude at which the sun can appear directly overhead at... -
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World Ocean Atlas 2023
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
World Ocean Atlas 2023 (WOA23) is a set of objectively analyzed (one degree grid and quarter degree grid) climatological fields of in situ temperature, salinity,... -
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CHIRPS Version 2.0, Precipitation, Global, 0.05°, Monthly, 1981-present
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This dataset has monthly averages of the Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Station data (CHIRPS), which is quasi-global rainfall data set. Spanning... -
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Oil and Gas Pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico from BOEM
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
A line file representing locations of the pipeline infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico associated with the oil and gas industry is presented. These layers were... -
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Meteorological and oceanographic data collected from the National Data Buoy Center Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) and moored (weather) buoys
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) established the Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) for the National Weather Service in the early 1980's. NDBC has installed... -
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Satellite Ocean Heat Content Suite
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This collection contains an operational Satellite Ocean Heat Content Suite (SOHCS) product generated by NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information... -
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Sea level measured by tide gauges from global oceans as part of the Joint Archive for Sea Level (JASL) since 1846
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This collection contains the complete holdings of the Joint Archive for Sea Level (JASL) for hourly and daily data that have been quality controlled, assessed, and... -
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Social Vulnerability Index (SoVI) for the U.S. Coastal States based on the 2010 Census Tracts
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Social Vulnerability Index (SoVI) 2006-10 measures the social vulnerability of U.S. counties to environmental hazards. The index is a comparative metric that... -
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Tropic of Capricorn
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Tropic of Capricorn lies at 23d 26' 22" (23.4394 degrees) south of the Equator and marks the most southerly latitude at which the sun can appear directly overhead... -
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NOAA Coral Reef Watch Operational Daily Near-Real-Time Global 5-km Satellite Coral Bleaching Monitoring Products
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Contains a suite of NOAA Coral Reef Watch (CRW) version 3.1 operational global satellite coral bleaching heat stress monitoring products at 5-km resolution produced... -
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NECOFS GOM3 (FVCOM) - Northeast US - Latest Forecast
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Latest forecast from the FVCOM Northeast Coastal Ocean Forecast System using an newer, higher-resolution GOM3 mesh (GOM2 was the preceding mesh) -
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Coastal Ocean Reanalysis (CORA)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
NOAA's Coastal Ocean Reanalysis (CORA) couples long-term water level observations with hydrodynamic modeling to create historical information between tide stations to... -
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May 1960 Puerto Montt, Valdivia, Chile Images
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
On May 22, 1960, a Mw 9.5 earthquake, the largest earthquake ever instrumentally recorded, occurred in southern Chile. The series of earthquakes that followed ravaged... -
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NUCAPS: NOAA Unique Combined Atmospheric Processing System Outgoing Longwave Radiation (OLR)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This data set consists of Outgoing Longwave Radiation (OLR) from the NOAA Unique Combined Atmospheric Processing System (NUCAPS). NUCAPS was developed by the... -
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Sargassum density and coverage using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite data from 2001-01-01 to 2018-12-31 (NCEI Accession 0190272)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This dataset includes the monthly mean Sargassum density/coverage derived from MODIS measurements. The data are stored in netcdf, GeoTIFF, or ascii format. The... -
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Benthic Habitat Database
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center has, through the years, accumulated an extensive data base of qualitative and quantitative (wet weight and number per... -
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Offshore Oil and Gas Platforms
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
These data show the location for oil and gas platforms located in the state and federal waters of the United States. Generally, this data set does not show platforms... -
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October 1980 El Asnam, Algeria Images
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This 7.3 magnitude earthquake killed 5,000 people and caused severe damage. Location: Northern Algeria. Damage: $3,000 million. About 9,000 were injured. Extensive...
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