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TAO/TRITON, RAMA, and PIRATA Buoys, 5-Day, 1980-present, Position

Metadata Updated: June 10, 2023

This dataset has 5-day Position data from the TAO/TRITON (Pacific Ocean, https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/ ), RAMA (Indian Ocean, https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/pmel-theme/indian-ocean-rama ), and PIRATA (Atlantic Ocean, https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/pirata/ ) arrays of moored buoys which transmit oceanographic and meteorological data to shore in real-time via the Argos satellite system. These buoys are major components of the CLIVAR climate analysis project and the GOOS, GCOS, and GEOSS observing systems. 5-day data is an average of daily values collected during consecutive five day intervals. A minimum of 2 daily values are required to compute a 5-day average. This dataset contains realtime and delayed mode data (see the 'source' variable). For more information, see https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/gtmba/mission .

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Dates

Metadata Date September 3, 2022
Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date June 10, 2023
Reference Date(s) September 3, 2022 (creation)
Frequency Of Update

Metadata Source

Harvested from Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Date September 3, 2022
Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date June 10, 2023
Reference Date(s) September 3, 2022 (creation)
Responsible Party GTMBA Project Office/NOAA/PMEL (Point of Contact)
Contact Email
Guid pmelTao5dayPos
Access Constraints
Bbox East Long 180.0
Bbox North Lat 21.0
Bbox South Lat -25.0
Bbox West Long -180.0
Coupled Resource [{"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}, {"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}, {"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}]
Frequency Of Update
Harvest Object Id fef49efb-190b-4ab0-969a-3b0fd71b143d
Harvest Source Id 817069b7-5f4e-4664-9e6b-615af3dfcf2d
Harvest Source Title Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory
Licence
Lineage This dataset has data from the TAO/TRITON, RAMA, and PIRATA projects. This dataset is a product of the TAO Project Office at NOAA/PMEL. 2022-09-02 Bob Simons at NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC/ERD (bob.simons@noaa.gov) fully refreshed ERD's copy of this dataset by downloading all of the .cdf files from the PMEL TAO FTP site. Since then, the dataset has been partially refreshed everyday by downloading and merging the latest version of the last 25 days worth of data.
Metadata Language eng
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-180.0, -25.0], [180.0, -25.0], [180.0, 21.0], [-180.0, 21.0], [-180.0, -25.0]]]}
Progress
Spatial Data Service Type ERDDAP tabledap
Spatial Reference System
Spatial Harvester True
Temporal Extent Begin 1980-03-08T12:00:00Z
Temporal Extent End 2022-08-31T12:00:00Z

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