gov.noaa.nodc:IOOS-AOOS eng utf8 series 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 2026-03-19T14:36:05Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Physical and meteorological data collected from non-federal stations assembled by the Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS) 2017-06-27 publication 2021-08-17 revision 2017-06-27 creation International DOI Foundation (IDF) 10.25921/qm3x-rn54 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:IOOS-AOOS 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 Kyle Wilcox Axiom Data Science kyle@axiomdatascience.com https://www.axiomdatascience.com/ HTTPS Axiom Data Science website Institution web page information resourceProvider Axiom Data Science https://www.axiomdatascience.com/ HTTPS Axiom Data Science website Institution web page information resourceProvider Alaska Ocean Observing System http://www.aoos.org HTTP Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS) website Institution web page information author Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS) http://www.aoos.org HTTP Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS) website Institution web page information contributor tableDigital This dataset contains oceanographic and surface meteorological data collected from non-Federal stations throughout the Alaskan region of the United States. The data is predominantly long time series at fixed moorings and buoys with a variety of instruments including CTDs, fluorometers, oxygen sensors, optical turbidity sensors, pH sensors, meteorological sensors, and water quality sensors. The data files are in netCDF format, following the Climate and Forecast metadata convention (CF) and the Attribute Convention for Data Discovery (ACDD). Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS), which assembles data from sub-regional coastal and ocean observing systems, submitted the data to NCEI as part of the Integrated Ocean Observing System Data Assembly Centers (IOOS DACs) Data Stewardship Program. This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis. onGoing 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:IOOS-AOOS Preview graphic PNG 0163742 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2021-08-15 publication AIR TEMPERATURE DEPTH - OBSERVATION LATITUDE LONGITUDE WATER TEMPERATURE WAVE DIRECTION WAVE HEIGHT - MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT - SIGNIFICANT WAVE SPECTRA theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS GPS meteorological sensor thermometer wave sensor instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS meteorological physical time series theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS FIXED PLATFORM OF UNITED STATES platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS Alaska Ocean Observing System dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Axiom Data Science dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Integrated Ocean Observing System Data Assembly Centers Data Stewardship Program project NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Bering Sea place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication Axiom Data Science UAK-F/SFOS/AOOS > Alaska Ocean Observing System, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska - Fairbanks dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2026 revision 24 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. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Ambient Noise Measurements Amphipod Sample Collection Benthic Bivalve Data Benthic Caloric Content Data Benthic Chlorophyll Core Measurements Benthic Epifaunal Species Benthic Epifaunal Specimens Benthic Haps Core Data Benthic Infauna Benthic Invertebrate Tissue Stable Isotope Analysis Benthic Meiofauna Data Benthic Meiofauna Isotope Benthic Particulate Organic Matter Stable Isotope Analysis Benthic Reduction-Oxidation Potential Benthic Sediment Chemistry Chemical Characterization of Metals in Sediments Chemical Characterization of Organic Material Chlorophyll and Nutrient FISH_SPECIMEN Fish Catch Data Fish Catch Per Unit Effort Fish Haul Data Fixed Stations Grain Size Analysis High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Length-Frequency Fish Measurements Marine Mammal Occurrence Microplankton Abundance Microplankton Biomass Non-Amphipod Sample Collection Ocean Acidification Passive Acoustic Ambient Noise Metrics Passive Acoustic Data Acquisition Passive Acoustic Marine Mammal Call Count Passive Acoustic Marine Mammal Call Occurrence Passive Acoustic Seismic Vessel Detections Random Stations Seabird Observation Vessel Transects Seabird Observations Sediment Core Sample Locations Sound Clips Study Area Study Area Division Surface Sediment Sample Locations Transect Lines Vessel Based Marine Mammal Effort Vessel Based Marine Mammal Observations and Effort Zooplankton theme CSESP Analyses and Observations ABUNDANCE_1000M2 ABUNDANCE_M3 ACAR_BCAR_NG_L ACOUST_RELEASE_CODE AGE AGE_CLASS ALX_NG_L AMBIENT_cSEL AMMONIUM_UMOL ANALYTICAL_INSTR ANALYTICAL_METH AREASWEPT_HA A_P Acid_CalcArag Acid_HPLC Area_NM BEAUFORT BEHAVIOR BEHAVIOR_1 BEHAVIOR_2 BIOMASS_G_1000M2 BIOMASS_MG_M3 BIT_DEPTH BIVALVE_TYPE BTLNBR BUT19_NG_L Benthic Benthic_Camera Benthic_VanVeen CALL_COUNT CALL_PCT CAL_G CASTNO CATCH_VOL_GAL CENTRIC_CELL_ML CENTRIC_UG_C_L CHELA_HEIGHT_MM CHLA CHLA_MG_CM3 CHLA_MG_M2 CHLA_NG_L CHLA_UG_L CHLB_NG_L CHLC2_NG_L CHLC3_NG_L CILIATE_CELL_ML CILIATE_UG_C_L CLASS CLAY_PCT CLIENT_OPERATOR COCCO_CELL_ML COCCO_UG_C_L CODE CONC_C_PCT CONC_N_PCT CONTRACTOR COUNT_ COUNT_CORRECTED COUNT_PER_M2 COUNT_RAW COUNT_SAMPLED COUNT_TOTAL CPUE_FACTOR CRUISE CRUISE_EFFORT_ID CRYPTO_CELL_ML CRYPTO_UG_C_L CTD CYLINDRO_CELL_ML CYLINDRO_UG_C_L C_UG DATA_QUALITY DATE_ANALYZED DATE_COLLECTED DATE_EXTRACTED DATE_FIRST_LOC DATE_LAST_LOC DATE_LOC DATE_TIME_AUTORELEASE_LOC DATE_TIME_DEPLOY_LOC DATE_TIME_END_LOC DATE_TIME_LOC DATE_TIME_RECOVER_LOC DATE_TIME_REC_LOC DATE_TIME_REC_STOP_LOC DATE_TIME_REC_STRT_LOC DATE_TIME_RETRIEVED_LOC DATE_TIME_START_LOC DDX_NG_L DEL13C DEL15N DEPLOYMENT DEPTH_AVG DEPTH_CHLR_CM DEPTH_HAPS_CM DEPTH_M DEPTH_M_GEAR_MAX DEPTH_RANGE_M DEPTH_REDOX_CM DEPTH_SAMPLE_FLAG DEPTH_SAMPLE_M DESCRIPTION DETECTION_GRAPH DETECT_LIMIT DETECT_LIMIT_CODE DIC DIC_FLAG_W DIET DIN_UMOL DIRECTION DISTANCE_CATEGORY DTX_NG_L DURATION DUTY_CYCLE_ON DUTY_CYCLE_PCT DYR_LOWER_LIM DYR_UPPER_LIM D_WEIGHT_G EFFORT_ID EGG_CLUTCH_FULLNESS EGG_COLOR EGG_CONDITION END_DATE_TIME_LOC END_LATITUDE END_LONGITUDE FAMILY FAMILY_COM FAMILY_SCI FILTER_FRACTION FRAGMENT FUX19_NG_L Fisheries GEAR GEARCODE GEARSIZE_M2 GEAR_SWATH_M GEAR_TYPE GLARE_AMT GLARE_FROM GLARE_TO GRAVEL_PCT HABITAT HAUL HAUL_NOTE HDINO_CELL_ML HDINO_UG_C_L HEX_NG_L ICE_COVER_PCT ID_KEY ID_LOC ID_LOCAL ID_RELIABILITY ID_SERVER INDIVIDUALS INSTR_CHL INTERVAL_CM INVESTIGATOR Interval_ JUVENILES LAB_DUPLICATE LAB_ID LAB_SAMPLE_TYPE LATITUDE LATITUDE_ANCHOR LATITUDE_END LATITUDE_MIDTOW LATITUDE_START LAT_END LAT_START LENGTH_KM LENGTH_MM LENGTH_TYPE LIFE_STAGE LINE_ID LINE_REP LINE_TYPE LIPID_EXTRACT LIPID_PCT LOCATION LOC_ORIGIN LONGITUDE LONGITUDE_ANCHOR LONGITUDE_END LONGITUDE_MIDTOW LONGITUDE_START LON_END LON_START LUT_NG_L MAM_LATITUDE MAM_LONGITUDE MASS_C_UG MASS_N_UG MATRIX MISC_DINO_CELL_ML MISC_DINO_UG_C_L MOISTURE_PCT MOVEMENT MUD_PCT Microplankton NAME NAME_COM NAME_COMMON NAME_SCI NAME_SCIENTIFIC NITRATE_UMOL NITRITE_UMOL NOTES NUMBER_CPUE Nutrients OBJECTID OBSERVATION_ID OBSERVER OBSERVER_CENTER OBSERVER_CONDITIONS OBSERVER_LOC OBSERVER_NO OBSERVER_PORT OBSERVER_STARBRD OBS_ANGLE_DEGREE OMEGA_AR OMEGA_AR_FLAG_W OMEGA_CA OMEGA_CA_FLAG_W ON_OFF_TRANSECT ORDER_ OceanAcidification PACE PACK_ICE_DIST_KM PARAMETER PARAM_CODE PCO2 PCO2_FLAG_W PDINO_CELL_ML PDINO_UG_C_L PEAK_SPL_DAY PER_NG_L PH PHAEO_MG_CM3 PHAEO_MG_M2 PHOSPHATE_UMOL PHYLUM PH_FLAG_W PN_CELL_ML PN_UG_C_L PRESSURE_BAR PRIMARY_SECONDARY PRIORITY_2008 PRIORITY_2009 PRIORITY_2010 PRIORITY_2011 PROGRAM_NAME PRX_NG_L Priority_2012 Priority_2013 QUAL REACTION RECORDED_BY RECORDER_ID RECORDER_MODEL RECORDER_SERIAL_NUM RECORDER_TYPE RECOVERY_PCT RECOVERY_PCT_QUAL REDOX_MV REPLICATE REPORT RETICLES RMS_SPL_KHZ RPD_PCT RPD_QUAL SALINITY_PSU SAMPLE_ID SAMPLE_RATE_Hz SAMPLE_SIZE SAMPLE_TYPE SAMPLE_WT_MG SAMPLING_METHOD SAMPNO SAND_PCT SCIENTIFIC_NAME SDG SECTION_CM SECT_ID SEISMIC_PULSE_DETECTION SEISMIC_cSEL SEX SHAPE SHELL_CONDITION SHIP SHIP_LATITUDE SHIP_LONGITUDE SIEVE_SIZE_MM SIGHTING_CUE SIGHTING_DISTANCE_M SIGHTING_ID SIGHTING_REC_NO SILICATE_UMOL SILICO_CELL_ML SILICO_UG_C_L SILT_PCT SIZE_UNIT_BASIS SI_13C SI_15N SOUND_CLIP SOUND_SOURCE SPECIES SPECIMEN_NUM SPECTRA_PLOT SPLIT_RATIO SPL_1000_HZ SPL_100_HZ SPL_10_HZ SPL_1250_HZ SPL_125_HZ SPL_13_HZ SPL_1600_HZ SPL_160_HZ SPL_16_HZ SPL_1_3_HZ SPL_1_6_HZ SPL_1_HZ SPL_2000_HZ SPL_200_HZ SPL_20_HZ SPL_2500_HZ SPL_250_HZ SPL_25_HZ SPL_2_5_HZ SPL_2_HZ SPL_3150_HZ SPL_315_HZ SPL_31_HZ SPL_3_1_HZ SPL_4000_HZ SPL_400_HZ SPL_40_HZ SPL_4_HZ SPL_5000_HZ SPL_500_HZ SPL_50_HZ SPL_5_HZ SPL_6300_HZ SPL_630_HZ SPL_63_HZ SPL_6_3_HZ SPL_8000_HZ SPL_800_HZ SPL_80_HZ SPL_8_HZ SPL_DEC_5000_HZ SPL_DEC_500_HZ SPL_DEC_50_HZ SST_C START_DATE_TIME_LOC START_LATITUDE START_LONGITUDE STATION STUDY_AREA STUDY_TYPE STUDY_YEAR SUBSAMPLED SUBSAMPLED_FACTOR SURF_CORE_FLAG SURVEY_AREA SURVEY_LINE Size TA TARGET TAXON TAXON_COUNT TAXON_TYPE TA_FLAG_W TCHL_NG_L TEMP_AIR_C TEMP_BOTTOM_C TEMP_SURFACE_C TOTAL_COUNT TOTAL_N_UMOL TOTAL_ORG_C_PCT TOTAL_PCT TOTAL_cSEL TOT_PENNATE_CELL_ML TOT_PENNATE_UG_C_L TOW_AREA_M2 TOW_DISTANCE_KM TOW_DIST_M TOW_DURATION_MIN TOW_DUR_MIN TOW_QUALITY TOW_SPEED_AVG_KTS TPHAEO_NG_L TRANSECT_END_LATITUDE TRANSECT_END_LONGITUDE TRANSECT_ID TRANSECT_START_LATITUDE TRANSECT_START_LONGITUDE TRANSWIDTH_M Type UNIDENT_SM_CELL_CELL_ML UNIDENT_SM_CELL_UG_C_L UNITS Used VALUE VESSEL_DETECTION VESSEL_cSEL VISIBILITY VISIBILITY_KM VIX_NG_L Vertex_Lat_WGS84 Vertex_Long_WGS84 WATCH WATER_ICE WATER_PCT WEIGHT_CORRECTED WEIGHT_CPUE WEIGHT_G WEIGHT_G_RAW WEIGHT_SAMPLED_KG WEIGHT_TOTAL_KG WHERE_AT WHERE_TO WIDTH_MM WIND_HDG WIND_SPEED_M_SEC W_WEIGHT_G ZEX_NG_L ZoopNutrients Zooplankton theme CSESP Variables EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT EARTH 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian accessLevel: public otherRestrictions Cite as: Alaska Ocean Observing System (2017). Physical and meteorological data collected from non-federal stations assembled by the Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/qm3x-rn54. 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. 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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian GPS GPS Global Positioning System receiver satellite-based instrument used for geo-location, positioning and navigation meteorological sensor meteorological sensor Any meteorological sensor, but also see specific instruments such as aerovane, anemometer, etc. thermometer thermometer generic thermometer or reversing thermometer use thermometer when temperature is a data type, but the exact instrument used to measure temperature is unknown wave sensor wave sensor used to measure directional wave spectra A wave sensor reports wave height, wave period, wave direction and possibly other parameters. FIXED PLATFORM OF UNITED STATES FIXED PLATFORM OF UNITED STATES