gov.noaa.nodc:0175004 eng utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NOAA Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information custodian 2026-04-02T17:02:46Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Stokes drift, wind stress, wind and directional wave spectra from twelve buoy stations in the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific from 1973-06-22 to 2016-07-06 (NCEI Accession 0175004) 2018-08-16 publication 2018-07-31 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0175004 NCEI Archive Management System 0175004 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information publisher Stephen Van Gorder Florida State University (FSU) svangorder@fsu.edu resourceProvider Florida State University (FSU) resourceProvider Stephen Van Gorder Florida State University (FSU) svangorder@fsu.edu pointOfContact Allan Clarke Florida State University (FSU) aclarke@fsu.edu principalInvestigator Clarke, Allan J author Van Gorder, Stephen author National Data Buoy Center https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) website Institution web page information author Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) website Institution web page information author Coastal Data Information Program author Florida State University (FSU) contributor tableDigital This dataset contains years of simultaneous hourly buoy wind and directional wave spectra data in the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific from 1973-06-22 to 2016-07-06. Also included in this accession are the Stokes drift and u* ew where u* = (magnitude of the local windstress/water density)^1/2 and ew is a unit vector in the direction of the local wind, which are all estimated from the wind and directional wave spectra data. The wind observations were obtained from the National Data Buoy Center and the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory. Observed directional wave spectra were obtained from the National Data Buoy Center and the Coastal Data Information Program. There are three netCDF files for each of the 12 stations in the study. The first two files contain the observed wind and directional wave spectra data. The third file contains processed wave spectra data, wind data and estimated Stokes drift and wind stress. The data are dense enough to be useful for the 20 year time period extending from 1996 through 2015. These data were collected and created to support the study of the relationship of near-surface flow, Stokes drift and wind stress by Clarke and Van Gorder (2018). Funding Agency: Gulf Research Program of the National Academy of Sciences Funding Agency: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Funding Agency: Deep-C Research Consortium completed historicalArchive NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact asNeeded https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0175004 Preview graphic PNG 0175004 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2018-08-06 publication DIRECTIONAL WAVE SPECTRA WAVE DATA WIND DIRECTION WIND SPEED wind stress theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS buoy - moored - waverider buoy - moored buoy meteorological sensor instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS derived products in situ meteorological moored buoy surface measurements theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS Florida State University dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Florida State University dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) project NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Equatorial Pacific Ocean Gulf of Mexico Northeast Pacific Ocean (limit-180) place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE SPEED/DIRECTION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > WIND STRESS theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 2026 revision 23 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Stokes drift theme Provider Keywords OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 2026 revision 23 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian WCX8F2 Send2NCEI Submission Package ID accessLevel: Public otherRestrictions Cite as: Clarke, Allan J; Van Gorder, Stephen; National Data Buoy Center; Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory; Coastal Data Information Program (2018). Stokes drift, wind stress, wind and directional wave spectra from twelve buoy stations in the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific from 1973-06-22 to 2016-07-06 (NCEI Accession 0175004). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0175004. Accessed [date]. Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives. otherRestrictions 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. Clarke, A. J., & Van Gorder, S. (2018). The Relationship of Near‐Surface Flow, Stokes Drift and the Wind Stress. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123(7), 4680–4692. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018jc014102 2018-07 publication International DOI Foundation (IDF) https://doi.org/10.1029/2018jc014102 https://doi.org/10.1029/2018jc014102 HTTPS https://doi.org/10.1029/2018jc014102 related journal article information Clarke, Allan J. Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science Florida State University Tallahassee FL USA author Van Gorder, Stephen Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science Florida State University Tallahassee FL USA author American Geophysical Union (AGU) publisher documentDigital JGR Oceans 123(7) ISSN 2169-9275, ISSN 2169-9291, pp. 4680-4692 crossReference sciencePaper National Data Buoy Center: Historical NDBC Data 1996 publication https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/historical_data.shtml HTTPS https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/historical_data.shtml related winds and waves data download National Data Buoy Center publisher documentDigital [accessed 2024-08-05] crossReference project NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory: Ocean Climate Stations: Mooring Data 2017 publication https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/ocs/data/disdel/ HTTPS https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/ocs/data/disdel/ related winds data download NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory publisher documentDigital [accessed 2024-08-05] crossReference project Coastal Data Information Program 2007 publication http://cdip.ucsd.edu/ HTTP http://cdip.ucsd.edu/ related waves data search University of California - San Diego publisher documentDigital [accessed 2024-08-05] crossReference project eng; USA utf8 environment oceans climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere -153.913 -84.516 0 50.1 1973-06-22 2016-07-06 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information +1-301-713-3277 ncei.info@noaa.gov pointOfContact In most cases, electronic downloads of the data are free. 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You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). download dataset NCEI Accession 0175004 v1.1 was published. 2018-08-16T13:29:57Z NCEI Accession 0175004 v1.1 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0175004/1.1 HTTPS NCEI Accession 0175004 v1.1 published 2018-08-16T13:29:57Z download dataset Parameter or Variable: Stokes drift (calculated); Units: m/s; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: buoy - moored buoy Parameter or Variable: wind stress (calculated); Units: Pa; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: buoy - moored buoy Parameter or Variable: DIRECTIONAL WAVE SPECTRA (measured); Units: m^2/Hz; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: buoy - moored buoy Parameter or Variable: Wind (measured); Units: m/s; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: buoy - moored buoy asNeeded Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian buoy - moored - waverider buoy - moored - waverider A moored waverider buoy which measures (at least) wave height The waverider measures wave height by measuring the vertical acceleration of the buoy. It may also measure wave direction and sea surface temperature. This buoy may be proprietary and THIS INSTRUMENT TYPE MAY ALSO BE USED FOR OTHER MOORED BUOYS WHICH MEASURE WAVE HEIGHT. buoy - moored buoy buoy - moored buoy a moored buoy does not measure anything. it is a platform for instruments, which do measure things. meteorological sensor meteorological sensor Any meteorological sensor, but also see specific instruments such as aerovane, anemometer, etc.