gov.noaa.nodc:8800250 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 2026-02-23T17:59:50Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Drifting buoy data from world-wide seas from 1986-01-01 to 1988-06-30 (NCEI Accession 8800250) 2002-11-19 publication 2026-02-23 revision 1988 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:8800250 NCEI Archive Management System 8800250 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 Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Data Section (MEDS) http://www.meds-sdmm.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/isdm-gdsi/index-eng.html HTTP Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Data Section (MEDS) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Data Section (MEDS) http://www.meds-sdmm.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/isdm-gdsi/index-eng.html HTTP Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Data Section (MEDS) website Institution web page information contributor Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Data Section http://www.meds-sdmm.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/isdm-gdsi/index-eng.html HTTP Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Data Section (MEDS) website Institution web page information author tableDigital 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. This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis. 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 NCEI Accession 8800250 was revised and a new version of the archival package was published. Updates to existing archival packages may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. The latest version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession. Please see journal.txt in the /about directory for additional details on changes made. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:8800250 Preview graphic PNG 8800250 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 1988-09-01 publication BAROMETRIC PRESSURE SALINITY WATER TEMPERATURE WIND SPEED theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS buoy - drifting buoy instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS current measurements - surface currents physical theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Data Section dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Data Section dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Aegean Sea Arabian Sea Arctic Ocean Baffin Bay Barents Sea Bass Strait Bay of Bengal Bay of Biscay (Golfe de Gascogne) Beaufort Sea 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) Gulf of Alaska Gulf of America Gulf of Bothnia (Bay of Bothnia and Bothnian Sea) Gulf of Suez Indian Ocean Ionian Sea Japan Sea Jawa (Java) Sea Kara Sea Kattegat, The Sound, Storebælt, Lillebælt Labrador Sea Laccadive Sea Ligurian Sea Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin Mozambique Channel North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean North Sea Northwestern Passages Norwegian Sea Philippine Sea Red Sea Sawu Sea Seto Naikai (Inland Sea) Skagerrak Solomon Sea South Atlantic Ocean South China Sea (Nan Hai) South Pacific Ocean Southern Ocean Tasman Sea Timor Sea Tyrrhenian Sea place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication CA/DFO > Fisheries and Oceans, Canada DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce 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. 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 EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE 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. 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 DRIFTING BUOYS > DRIFTING BUOYS 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. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). 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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 accessLevel: public otherRestrictions Cite as: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Data Section (2002). Drifting buoy data from world-wide seas from 1986-01-01 to 1988-06-30 (NCEI Accession 8800250). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/8800250. 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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You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). download dataset NCEI Accession 8800250 v1.1 was published. 2002-11-19T19:40:22Z NCEI Accession 8800250 v1.1 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/8800250/1.1 HTTPS NCEI Accession 8800250 v1.1 published 2002-11-19T19:40:22Z download NCEI Accession 8800250 was revised and v1.2 was published. Additional metadata files were received or created for this dataset. These updates were copied into the about/ directory of this accession. These updates may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. This version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession. 2026-02-23T13:52:00Z NCEI Accession 8800250 v1.2 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/8800250/1.2 HTTPS NCEI Accession 8800250 v1.2 published 2026-02-23T13:52:00Z download repository NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015. 2015-04-22T00:00:00 asNeeded Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness. 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