Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System (GoMOOS) moored buoy program for oceanographic and meteorlogical observations

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Citation:

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Title: Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System (GoMOOS) moored buoy program for oceanographic and meteorlogical observations

Description:

Abstract:

The Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System (GoMOOS) moored buoy program was designed to provide real-time oceanographic and meteorological observations from the Gulf of Maine to a variety of regional stakeholders including, scientists, recreational and commercial mariners, fishermen, resource managers, educators, search and rescue, meteorologists and more. The moored buoy program currently consists of 10 buoys that are located throughout the Gulf of Maine. Most buoys have been collecting data since mid 2001. Every buoy include a core set of sensors that measure wind speed and direction, air temperature, atmospheric pressure, visibility in air, significant wave height, dominant wave period, surface current speed and direction, and water temperature, salinity and density at multiple depths. Some buoys measure additional parameters including current speed and direction throughout the water column, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll fluorescence, turbidity and other in water optical properties. GoMOOS buoy data is made available on an hourly basis at http://www.gomoos.org. There are a variety of data products and download formats for the data. An archive of the data is maintained and is also available online. GoMOOS received initial support from the Office of Naval research and is currently supported by NOAA.

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Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20010710

Ending_Date: Unknown

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: In Work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.5

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -65.5

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.5

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD PLATFORM

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD INSTRUMENT

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: PROJECT

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > VISIBILITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > DISSOLVED GASES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > FLUORESCENCE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > SCATTERING

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > TURBIDITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > THERMOCLINE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SEA STATE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SWELLS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE LENGTH

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE PERIOD

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE SPEED/DIRECTION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > DENSITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PIGMENTS > CHLOROPHYLL

Theme_Keyword: BUOYS

Theme_Keyword: MOORINGS

Theme_Keyword: ACCELEROMETERS

Theme_Keyword: ANEMOMETERS

Theme_Keyword: CONDUCTIVITY METERS

Theme_Keyword: CTD > CONDUCTIVITY, TEMPERATURE, DEPTH

Theme_Keyword: OXYGEN METERS

Theme_Keyword: SONIC ANEMOMETER

Theme_Keyword: TURBIDITY METERS

Theme_Keyword: ADCP > ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER

Theme_Keyword: FLUOROMETERS

Theme_Keyword: PAR SENSORS > PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION SENSORS

Theme_Keyword: IOOS > INTEGRATED OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM

Theme_Keyword: GOMOOS > GULF OF MAINE OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM

Theme_Keyword: GOMODP > GULF OF MAINE OCEAN DATA PARTNERSHIP

Theme_Keyword: Gulf Of Maine Ocean Data Partnership

Theme_Keyword: Gulf Of Maine

Theme_Keyword: Gomodp

Theme_Keyword: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Theme_Keyword: ENVIRONMENT

Theme_Keyword: OCEANS

Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MAINE

Access_Constraints: No access constraints

Use_Constraints:

GoMOOS Data Terms and Conditions: With respect to documents and information available from http://www.gomoos.org/ neither GoMOOS nor any of its members or employees makes any warranty, expressed or implied, including merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product or process disclosed, or represents that is use does not infringe privately owned rights. The user assumes the entire risk related to use of this data and this site. In no event, will GoMOOS, its agents, employees or members be liable to you or any third party for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exemplary damages or loss profits resulting from any use, misuse or reliance on any of the data or information appearing on this site. The appearance of external links on this website does not constitute endorsement by GoMOOS of such sites or the information, products, or services contained therein. Furthermore, unless specifically provided for, GoMOOS does not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at these locations.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: TOM SHYKA

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: 350 Commercial Street, Suite 308

City: Portland

State_or_Province: Maine

Postal_Code: 04101

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 207-773-0423

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 207-773-8672

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: tom@gomoos.org

Data_Quality_Information:

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Automated QA/QC is performed on real-time data.

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Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: GOMOOS > Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System

Contact_Person: TOM SHYKA

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: 350 Commercial Street, Suite 308

City: Portland

State_or_Province: Maine

Postal_Code: 04101

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 207-773-0423

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 207-773-8672

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: tom@gomoos.org

Resource_Description: GoMOOS_buoys

Distribution_Liability:

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Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

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Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://www.gomoos.org/

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

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Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://www.gomoos.org/

Access_Instructions:

DODS data access

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Online_Option:

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http://www.gomoos.org

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Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System

Fees: Not Available

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20051130

Metadata_Review_Date: 20090618

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GCMD User Support Office

Contact_Organization: NASA Global Change Master Directory

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Not Available

City: Lanham

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20706

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: Not Available

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gcmduso@gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time