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NOAA Environmental Buoy Data - Web Discs 1998 (CD-ROM)

	Retail Price	Online Store Price	Quantity
Buoy97 Disc 1-N. Atlantic US coast 34N-45N	$9.00	$7.00
Buoy97 Disc 2-N.Atlantic coast 24N-34N & Caribbean	$9.00	$7.00
Buoy97 Disk 3-Gulf of Mexico	$9.00	$7.00
Buoy97 Disk 4-Great Lakes	$9.00	$7.00
Buoy97 Disk 5-Pacific US Coast 32N-40N	$9.00	$7.00
Buoy97 Disk 6-Pacific US Coast 40N-50N	$9.00	$7.00
Buoy97 Disk 7-Alaska, Hawaii & S.Pacific areas	$9.00	$7.00
Buoy97 Complete 7 CD-ROM set, 1970-97	$63.00	$49.00


This CD-ROM set contains the historic archive of meteorological and oceanographic data collected by moored buoys and C-MAN stations operated by the NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC). The files are sent to the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) for permanent archiving and distribution in NODCs F291 format. To reduce costs, the buoy data files on the CD-ROMs have been compressed. This set consists of 7 discs containing data through December 1997, with online Internet links to updated data, information, and time series plots available on the NODC website. The data files and inventories on the discs can be viewed with an Internet browser: 7 disc set, 16.5 gigabytes of data. Online links to real-time data and time series plots. CDs include all buoy data from 1970s through Dec. 1997, with links to newer online data sets. Parameters include air and sea temperatures, wind and wave data, and other meteorological and oceanographic data. Disc 1 - Upper North Atlantic Buoys; Disc 2 - Mid and Lower North Atlantic Buoys; Disc 3 - Gulf of Mexico Buoys; Disc 4 - Great Lakes Buoys; Disc 5 - Lower Eastern US Coast Pacific Buoys; Disc 6 - Upper Eastern US Coast Pacific Buoys; Disc 7 - Alaska, Hawaii, and other Pacific Buoys