Active Marine Station Metadata

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Band

descriptor Degrees Latitude of station

sequence Identifier

name lat

Long Wavelength  180

Short Wavelength  -180

units

Band

descriptor Degrees Longitude of station

sequence Identifier

name lon

Long Wavelength  90

Short Wavelength  -90

units

Band

descriptor Elevation, when present, of station in meters above mean sea level

sequence Identifier

name elev

Long Wavelength  500

Short Wavelength  0

units

id NDBC Station Identifier WMO assigned 5-character alpha-numeric station identifier: UN/WMO > World Meteorological Organization, United Nations id NDBC Station Identifier 5 character alphanumeric code assigned to C-Man sites: DOC/NOAA/NWS/NDBC > National Data Buoy Center, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce name NDBC Station name NDBC Marine Station Names: DOC/NOAA/NWS/NDBC > National Data Buoy Center, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce owner Station/buoy owners NDBC list of station owners: DOC/NOAA/NWS/NDBC > National Data Buoy Center, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce pgm Program with which the station is associated NDBC list of programs associated with marine stations: DOC/NOAA/NWS/NDBC > National Data Buoy Center, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce type Type of station platform buoy: Drifting or moored bouy platforms tao: Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean Array network dart: Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis fixed: stationary buoy or fixed reporting site oilrig: station located on oil rig other: unclassified station type met Weather report status y: Station has reported meteoroglogical observations within the last 8 hours. n: Station has not reported meteoroglogical observations within the last 8 hours but is still considered active. currents Currents report status y: Station has reported Currents observations within the last 8 hours. n: Station has not reported Currents observations within the last 8 hours, but is still considered active. waterquality Water Quality report status y: Station has reported Water Quality observations within the last 8 hours. n: Station has not reported Water Quality observations within the last 8 hours, but is still considered active. dart DART report status y: Station has reported DART observations within the last 24 hours. n: Station has not reported DART observations within the last 24 hours but is still considered active.