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Physical and meteorological delayed-mode full-resolution data from the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) array in the Equatorial Pacific

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The Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) array of moored buoys spans the tropical Pacific. Moorings within the array measure surface meteorological and upper-ocean parameters. This collection contains full-resolution, delayed-mode data, which the National Buoy Data Center processed and submitted to NODC in netCDF-formatted files.

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issued 2012-04-12T00:00:00.000+00:00
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modified 2026-03-09T00:00:00.000+00:00
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  "name": "NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information",
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                                            [
  "https://tao.ndbc.noaa.gov/",
  "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0088104/data/1-data/",
  "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0088104/data/0-data/oceansites_user_manual_version1.2.pdf",
  "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/NDBC-TAOBuoy",
  "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/NDBC-TAOCTD"
]
rights otherRestrictions
spatial -95.0,-8.0,165.0,9.0
temporal 1996-05-13T00:00:00+00:00/1996-05-13T00:00:00+00:00
title Physical and meteorological delayed-mode full-resolution data from the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) array in the Equatorial Pacific

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