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

    Metadata Updated: December 1, 2023

    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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    Metadata Date 2023-06-07T16:52:27Z
    Metadata Created Date May 21, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date December 1, 2023
    Reference Date(s) May 16, 2013 (publication), May 1, 2022 (revision)
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded

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    Harvested from NOAA/NESDIS/ncei/accessions

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    Resource Type Series
    Metadata Date 2023-06-07T16:52:27Z
    Metadata Created Date May 21, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date December 1, 2023
    Reference Date(s) May 16, 2013 (publication), May 1, 2022 (revision)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact)
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    Guid gov.noaa.nodc:NDBC-TAOFullRes
    Access Constraints Cite as: Crout, Richard; Petraitis, Dawn; NOAA National Data Buoy Center (2013). Physical and meteorological delayed-mode full-resolution data from the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) array in the Equatorial Pacific. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/NDBC-TAOFullRes. Accessed [date]., Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
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    Bbox North Lat 9
    Bbox South Lat -8
    Bbox West Long 165
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded
    Graphic Preview Description Preview graphic
    Graphic Preview File https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:NDBC-TAOFullRes
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    Harvest Object Id e46a0ead-dd37-4073-bbea-980ff15ad67c
    Harvest Source Id c084a438-6f6b-470d-93e0-16aeddb9f513
    Harvest Source Title NOAA/NESDIS/ncei/accessions
    Licence accessLevel: Public
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    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[165.0, -8.0], [-95.0, -8.0], [-95.0, 9.0], [165.0, 9.0], [165.0, -8.0]]]}
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    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1996-05-13

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