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BOMEX - Boom Surface Meteorological Data (DSI-9672)

Entry ID: gov.noaa.ncdc.C00303

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Summary

Abstract: BOMEX - Boom Surface Meteorological Data is a historical digital data set archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). BOMEX Archive includes, data collected during the Barbados Oceanographic and Meteorological Experiment (BOMEX) in 1969. Parameters included in this dataset are: air temperature, wet bulb temperature, dew point temperature, humidity, winds, sea surface temperature and ... radiation. With the cooperation of the Government of Barbados and with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as lead agency, the Barbados Oceanographic and Meteorological Experiment (BOMEX) was conducted over the tropical Atlantic East of Barbados in the summer of 1969. The field operations for this multiagency national study of the ocean-atmosphere system were divided into four observation periods: May 3 to 15, May 24 to June 10, June 19 to July 2, and July 11 to July 28. The first three were devoted to the Sea Air Interaction Program--the BOMEX 'Core Experiment'--within a 500-km by 500-km square ship array. During the fourth period, the array was extended southward to incorporate the Intertropical Convergence Zone. The following is a list of the 8 different records and their respected data sets for this project. Miscellaneous Data (DSI-9670) - C00598 Rawinsonde and Radiometersonde Data (DSI-9671) - C00302 Boom Surface Meteorological Data (DSI-9672) - C00303 Salinity-Temperature-Depth (STD) Data (DSI-9673) - C00599 Aircraft Data (DSI-9674) - C00600 Boundary Layer Instrument Package (BLIP) Data (DSI-9675) - C00304 Surface Radar Data (DSI-9676) - C00601 Dropsonde Data (DSI-9677) - C00602 BOOM DATA The five fixed ships used as observation platforms were the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey ships Oceanographer, Rainier, Mt. Mitchell, Discoverer, and the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Rockaway. The mooring system designed to maintain the ships at their designated locations failed -- the Mt. Mitchell's and Rainier's at the very beginning of period I, the Rockaway's early in period II, and the Oceanographer's and Discoverer's later during the same period. After mooring failure, the ships used various modes of steaming and drifting in an attempt to remain as close as possible to their assigned positions. More than 2,500 rawinsondes were released during BOMEX from the five ships, with surface temperature, humidity, and wind being measured both manually by observers aboard ship and electronically by sensors mounted on a boom extending from the bow of each ship. This memorandum presents a preliminary comparison of the first 200 m of the rawinsonde temperature data to determine (1) whether the ships' effects might have contaminated the lower levels of the rawinsonde data and (2) if contamination is evident, whether use of the electronically measured surface temperature data would tend to reduce or eliminate the contamination.

Purpose: To make a wide range of climatic data available to researchers and the public.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: data set

CURRENTNESS REFERENCE: Ground Condition

Related URL

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 18.0

S: 7.0

E: -52.0

W: -60.0

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2000-04-11

Stop Date: 2000-04-12

Start Date: 2000-07-07

Stop Date: 2000-07-07

Start Date: 2000-09-07

Stop Date: 2000-09-07

Start Date: 2000-06-03

Stop Date: 2000-06-04

Start Date: 2000-07-30

Stop Date: 2000-08-07

Start Date: 2002-04-04

Stop Date: 2002-04-04

Start Date: 2002-05-29

Stop Date: 2002-05-30

Location Keywords

OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > CALIFORNIA

Science Keywords

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ARTHROPODS > CRUSTACEANS

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

OCEANS

Platform

SHIPS

Instrument

MOCNESS > MOCNESS Plankton Net

Project

GLOBEC > Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics, IGBP

IGBP > International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme

U.S.GLOBEC-NEP > U.S. Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics, Northeast Pacific

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Use Constraints Any person making substantial use of a data set must communicate with the
investigators who acquired the data prior to publication and anticipate that
the data collectors will be co-authors of published results. This extends to
model results and to data organized for retrospective studies.

The data ...

Ancillary Keywords

Copepods

Euphaussids

Originating Center

Data Center

U.S. Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics Program

Data Center URL: http://globec.whoi.edu/

Data Center Personnel
Name: ROBERT C. GROMAN Phone: 508-289-2409 Fax: 508-457-2169 Email: rgroman at whoi.edu Contact Address: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Swift House MS#38 City: Woods Hole Province or State: MA Postal Code: 02543-1127 Country: USA

Data Center Personnel
Name: HAL BATCHELDER Phone: 541-737-4500 Fax: 541-7327-2064 Email: hbatchelder at coas.oregonstate.edu Contact Address: College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences (COAS) Oregon State University 104 Ocean Admin., Bldg. City: Corvallis Province or State: Oregon Postal Code: 97331-5503 Country: USA

Data Center Personnel
Name: DICKY ALLISON Phone: 508-289-2298 Fax: 508-457-2169 Email: dallison at whoi.edu Contact Address: MS #36 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Shiverick House City: Woods Hole Province or State: Massachusetts Postal Code: 02543 Country: USA

Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office

Data Center URL: http://www.bco-dmo.org

Data Center Personnel
Name: ROBERT C. GROMAN Phone: 508-289-2409 Fax: 508-457-2169 Email: rgroman at whoi.edu Contact Address: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Swift House MS#38 City: Woods Hole Province or State: MA Postal Code: 02543-1127 Country: USA

Personnel

DICKY ALLISON

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: 508-289-2298

Fax: 508-457-2169

Email: dallison at whoi.edu

Contact Address:

MS #36

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Shiverick House

City: Woods Hole

Province or State: Massachusetts

Postal Code: 02543

Country: USA

WILLIAM PETERSON

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: 541-867-0201

Email: bill.peterson at noaa.gov

Contact Address:

NOAA/NMFS

Hatfield Marine Science Center

2030 Marine Science Dr.

City: Newport

Province or State: Oregon

Postal Code: 97365

Country: USA

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2007-04-20

Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-05-13

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