gov.noaa.nodc:0186688 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 2025-10-01T13:07:18Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Surface meteorological data and turbulent fluxes collected by the NOAA as part of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) Hawaii Ocean Time-series Station (WHOTS) project in the North and Southeast Pacific Ocean from 2001-10-10 to 2018-04-12 (NCEI Accession 0186688) 2019-05-14 publication 2019-03-21 creation International DOI Foundation (IDF) 10.25921/2dck-3068 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0186688 NCEI Archive Management System 0186688 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 Ludovic Bariteau University of Colorado Boulder, Cooperative Institute for Research In Environmental Sciences (CIRES) ludovic.bariteau@noaa.gov https://cires.colorado.edu/ HTTPS University of Colorado Boulder, Cooperative Institute for Research In Environmental Sciences (CIRES) website Institution web page information resourceProvider University of Colorado Boulder, Cooperative Institute for Research In Environmental Sciences (CIRES) https://cires.colorado.edu/ HTTPS University of Colorado Boulder, Cooperative Institute for Research In Environmental Sciences (CIRES) website Institution web page information resourceProvider LUDOVIC BARITEAU University of Colorado Boulder, Cooperative Institute for Research In Environmental Sciences (CIRES) ludovic.bariteau@noaa.gov https://cires.colorado.edu/ HTTPS University of Colorado Boulder, Cooperative Institute for Research In Environmental Sciences (CIRES) website Institution web page information pointOfContact christopher fairall NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) chris.fairall@noaa.gov https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Byron Blomquist University of Colorado Boulder, Cooperative Institute for Research In Environmental Sciences (CIRES) byron.blomquist@noaa.gov https://cires.colorado.edu/ HTTPS University of Colorado Boulder, Cooperative Institute for Research In Environmental Sciences (CIRES) website Institution web page information collaborator Sergio Pezoa NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) sergio.pezoa@noaa.gov https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) website Institution web page information collaborator Bariteau, Ludovic University of Colorado Boulder https://www.colorado.edu/ HTTPS University of Colorado Boulder website Institution web page information author Fairall, Christopher NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) website Institution web page information author Blomquist, Byron author Pezoa, Sergio NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory (PSL) https://psl.noaa.gov/ HTTPS website Institution web page information author University of Colorado Boulder, Cooperative Institute for Research In Environmental Sciences (CIRES) https://cires.colorado.edu/ HTTPS University of Colorado Boulder, Cooperative Institute for Research In Environmental Sciences (CIRES) website Institution web page information contributor tableDigital The data contained within this file synthesizes in-situ observations from research ships deployed in two regions of the Pacific Ocean for 16 years in boreal summer and fall. The summer data covering the central Pacific is part of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) Hawaii Ocean Time-series Station (WHOTS) project, while the rest of the data cover the southeastern tropical Pacific stratocumulus region near the WHOI Ocean Reference Station buoy at 20 S Latitude 85 W Longitude. The data come from two sources, the NOAA ESRL PSD's flux system and the instruments permanently installed on the respective research vessels (RV). The NOAA's flux system is a portable instrument package used for calibration of the moorings and the numerous RV's meteorological instruments. It measures numerous meteorological variables such as sea surface temperature, wind speed, air temperature, humidity. Together, this information can be used to estimate how the ocean and atmosphere exchange heat, water, and momentum in weather and climate models. The dataset contains only flux from model outputs (COARE 3.6). The averaging period is 10 minutes. Data have been corrected for known measurement issues when possible and the relative wind direction is included to reject bad data due to ship maneuvering. This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis. Funding Agency: US DOC; NOAA; Climate Program Office, Ocean Observing and Monitoring Division 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:0186688 Preview graphic PNG 0186688 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2019-03-20 publication AIR TEMPERATURE BAROMETRIC PRESSURE FLUX - HEAT LATITUDE LONGITUDE LONGWAVE RADIATION - REFLECTED PRECIPITATION RATE RELATIVE HUMIDITY SALINITY - SURFACE WATER SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE SHORTWAVE RADIATION - REFLECTED WATER TEMPERATURE WIND DIRECTION WIND SPEED wind stress theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS anemometer barometer GPS humidity sensor pyranometer rain gauge temperature sensor thermistor thermosalinograph instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS in situ model output theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS MOANA WAVE NOAA Ship Hi'ialakai NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown R/V KILO MOANA R/V Roger Revelle platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS University of Colorado Boulder, Cooperative Institute for Research In Environmental Sciences dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS University of Colorado Boulder, Cooperative Institute for Research In Environmental Sciences dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS North Pacific Ocean Southeast Pacific Ocean (limit-140 W) place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication UCO/CIRES > Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado 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 Flux reference buoys (NOAA) Ocean Observing and Monitoring Division (OOMD-NOAA) project Provider Project Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION RATE EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > ATMOSPHERIC/OCEAN INDICATORS > SURFACE SALINITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN HEAT BUDGET > HEAT FLUX EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN HEAT BUDGET > LONGWAVE RADIATION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN HEAT BUDGET > SHORTWAVE RADIATION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > WIND STRESS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science 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 IR downwelling radiative flux navigational data solar downwelling radiative flux theme Provider Keywords ANEMOMETERS > ANEMOMETERS BAROMETERS > BAROMETERS GPS RECEIVERS > GPS RECEIVERS HUMIDITY SENSORS > HUMIDITY SENSORS PYRANOMETERS > PYRANOMETERS RAIN GAUGES > RAIN GAUGES TEMPERATURE SENSORS > TEMPERATURE SENSORS THERMISTORS > THERMISTORS THERMOSALINOGRAPHS instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument 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. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Hi'ialakai (call sign: WTEY, ICES code: 33HL, 2004-) Kilo Moana (call sign: WDA7827, ICES code: 33KB, 2002-) MOANA WAVE (call sign: WUS9293, ICES code: 32MW, 1974-2011) ROGER REVELLE (call sign: KAOU, ICES code: 33RR, 1996-) Ronald H. Brown (call sign: WTEC, ICES code: 33RO, 1997-) platform ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes Cabo de Hornos platform Provider Platform Keywords OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location 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. 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 K3XBXG Send2NCEI Submission Package ID accessLevel: public otherRestrictions Cite as: Bariteau, Ludovic; Fairall, Christopher; Blomquist, Byron; Pezoa, Sergio (2019). Surface meteorological data and turbulent fluxes collected by the NOAA as part of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) Hawaii Ocean Time-series Station (WHOTS) project in the North and Southeast Pacific Ocean from 2001-10-10 to 2018-04-12 (NCEI Accession 0186688). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/2dck-3068. Accessed [date]. 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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 0186688 v1.1 was published. 2019-05-14T19:36:21Z NCEI Accession 0186688 v1.1 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0186688/1.1 HTTPS NCEI Accession 0186688 v1.1 published 2019-05-14T19:36:21Z download dataset Parameter or Variable: WIND SPEED (measured); Units: meters per second; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: anemometer Parameter or Variable: AIR TEMPERATURE (measured); Units: degrees Celsius; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Temperature Sensors Parameter or Variable: BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (measured); Units: bar; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: barometers Parameter or Variable: RELATIVE HUMIDITY (measured); Units: %; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Humidity Sensor Parameter or Variable: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (measured); Units: degrees Celsius; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: thermistor Parameter or Variable: WIND DIRECTION (measured); Units: degree; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: anemometer Parameter or Variable: PRECIPITATION RATE (measured); Units: mm/hr; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: rain gauge Parameter or Variable: LATITUDE (measured); Units: degrees N; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: GPS Parameter or Variable: LONGITUDE (measured); Units: degrees E; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: GPS Parameter or Variable: solar downwelling radiative flux (measured); Units: W/m2; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: pyranometer Parameter or Variable: IR downwelling radiative flux (measured); Units: W/m2; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: pyrgeometer Parameter or Variable: WATER TEMPERATURE (measured); Units: degrees Celsius; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: thermosalinographs Parameter or Variable: SALINITY - SURFACE WATER (measured); Units: practical salinity unit; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: thermosalinographs Parameter or Variable: FLUX - HEAT (calculated); Units: W/m2; Observation Category: model output; Sampling Instrument: COARE3.6 Parameter or Variable: wind stress (calculated); Units: N/m2; Observation Category: model output; Sampling Instrument: COARE3.6 Parameter or Variable: navigational data (measured); Units: m/s and degrees; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: GPS; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Platform course, orientation and speed Parameter or Variable: LONGWAVE RADIATION - REFLECTED (calculated); Units: W/m2; Observation Category: model output; Sampling Instrument: N/A; Sampling and Analyzing Method: IR upwelling radiative flux computed from SST Parameter or Variable: SHORTWAVE RADIATION - REFLECTED (calculated); Units: W/m2; Observation Category: model output; Sampling Instrument: N/A; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Reflected solar radiative flux estimated from Payne (1972) asNeeded Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian anemometer anemometer measures wind speed An anemometer is an instrument that measures wind speed. Note that an aerovane (insttypes_id 175) is an anemometer which has a tail and a propeller to measure the speed and direction of the wind. barometer barometer Barometers are instruments for measuring atmospheric pressure; two types include mercury barometers and aneroid barometers. GPS GPS Global Positioning System receiver satellite-based instrument used for geo-location, positioning and navigation humidity sensor humidity sensor HUMIDITY SENSORS are devices that receive a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it, in this case humidity or some measure of the water vapor content of air. pyranometer pyranometer Instrument that measure solar radiation. rain gauge rain gauge A device to measure the amount of liquid precipitation The definition of liquid precipitation is any form of water falling from the sky as rain. Rain gauge measures the amount of liquid precipitation. temperature sensor temperature sensor A sensor used to measure temperature. thermistor thermistor electronic temperature sensor thermally sensitive resistor thermosalinograph thermosalinograph automated sea surface temperature and salinity instrument, usually attached to the hull of a ship Thermosalinograph is an automated Sea Surface Temperature and Salinity measurement system making measurement on board a ship using a water intake. [https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/tsg/about.php 2021-01-29] MOANA WAVE Research Vessel for the University of Hawai'i (1984-1999) previous callsign WUS9293 Source: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/VOS/REPORTS/201002.html http://agencia.fapesp.br/en/16526 Moana Wave recently sold to Universidade de Sao Paulo's Oceanography Institute IO-USP - MMSI 710000435, New Name Alpha Crucis - Call Sign PQ3082 - IMO 7319008 - Commission 2012-03 NODC Code 14AI. NOAA Ship Hi'ialakai Title: NOAA Ship Flag: United States of America Vessel Type: Research Vessel DOB: Nov 1984 IMO: 8835619 Hull No: R 334 Former Name: Vindicator (2004) Commissioned by NOAA in 2002 Submitted to ICES on 2012-12-13. NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown Updated information from ICES for UNITED STATES platform Ronald H. Brown Flag : UNITED STATES - US (ISO Country Code) Call Sign : WTEC Title : NOAA Ship Platform Class : Research vessel IMO : 9105786 Pennant : R 104 Commissioned Date : 1997-07-19 Current Length : 83.5 Built : 1997 Information Source : http://www.moc.noaa.gov/rb/index.html (URL) Lloyds URL : http://www.seasearcher.com/lmiu/vessels/overview.htm?vesselID=277516 *General Comments:* Name RESEARCHER II planned during build was never used. R/V KILO MOANA R/V; AGOR 26; Univ. of Hawaii; commissioned 2002; active July 2007 R/V Roger Revelle Flag: United States Type: Research Vessel IMO: 9075228 Company: Scripps Institution of Oceanography DOB: 1996-06 https://scripps.ucsd.edu/ships/revelle