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Drifting buoy data from world-wide seas from 1986-01-01 to 1988-06-30 (NCEI Accession 8800250)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: August 03, 2026 at 07:44 AM | Dataset Last Updated: February 23, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The accession contains drifting buoy data archived by Marine Environmental Data Service (MEDS), Canada. The data were collected between January 1986 and June 1988. The data are in DRIBU code and GF-3 format. Only positions and time are reported.

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8800250 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE SALINITY WATER TEMPERATURE WIND SPEED buoy - drifting buoy current measurements - surface currents physical

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issued 1988-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
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  "WATER TEMPERATURE",
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  "Arabian Sea",
  "Arctic Ocean",
  "Baffin Bay",
  "Barents Sea",
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  "Bay of Biscay (Golfe de Gascogne)",
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  "Bismarck Sea",
  "Caribbean Sea",
  "Celebes Sea (Sulawesi Sea and Mindanao Sea)",
  "Chukchi Sea",
  "Coastal Waters of Gulf of America",
  "Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia",
  "Columbia River estuary - Washington/Oregon",
  "Coral Sea",
  "Davis Strait",
  "East China Sea (Tung Hai)",
  "East Siberian Sea",
  "English Channel (La Manche)",
  "Great Australian Bight",
  "Greenland Sea (including Iceland Sea and North Greenland Sea)",
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  "Gulf of America",
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  "Ionian Sea",
  "Japan Sea",
  "Jawa (Java) Sea",
  "Kara Sea",
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  "Norwegian Sea",
  "Philippine Sea",
  "Red Sea",
  "Sawu Sea",
  "Seto Naikai (Inland Sea)",
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  "South China Sea (Nan Hai)",
  "South Pacific Ocean",
  "Southern Ocean",
  "Tasman Sea",
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temporal 1986-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/1988-06-30T00:00:00+00:00
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title Drifting buoy data from world-wide seas from 1986-01-01 to 1988-06-30 (NCEI Accession 8800250)

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