GoMOOS Data Buoys

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: GoMOOS

Publication_Date: 20010715

Title: GoMOOS Data Buoys

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Orono, ME

Publisher: University of Maine

Online_Linkage: <http://www.gomoos.org/>

Description:

Abstract:

A central element of GoMOOS is the use of Ocean Data Acquisition Systems (ODAS) in a telemetering buoy array. The array is divided into shelf, basin, and nearshore environments.

Purpose:

The buoy array provides the platforms for a suite of sensors that will furnish long-term time series data on the physical, optical, and bio-optical fields in the Gulf of Maine.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20000715

Ending_Date: 2001

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: In work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.565

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -66.02

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.9000

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.3

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Buoy

Theme_Keyword: Air Temperature

Theme_Keyword: Conductivity

Theme_Keyword: Current Direction

Theme_Keyword: Current Speed

Theme_Keyword: Visibility

Theme_Keyword: Salinity

Theme_Keyword: Density

Theme_Keyword: Water Temperature

Theme_Keyword: Transmissivity

Theme_Keyword: Wind Direction

Theme_Keyword: Wind Speed

Theme_Keyword: Wind Stress

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Gulf of Maine

Place_Keyword: New England

Place_Keyword: Maine

Place_Keyword: Massachusetts

Place_Keyword: New Hampshire

Place_Keyword: Atlantic Canada

Place_Keyword: New Brunswick

Place_Keyword: Nova Scotia

Access_Constraints: none

Use_Constraints: NOT LEGALLY BINDING.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: School of Marine Sciences

Contact_Person: John Evans

Contact_Position: Data Manager

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine

City: Orono

State_or_Province: Maine

Postal_Code: 04469

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (207)581-4273

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jevans@umeoce.maine.edu

Hours_of_Service: Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm, Eastern Standard Time

Native_Data_Set_Environment: NetCDF

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

The attributes in this dataset are believed to be accurate.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

These data are believed to be logically consistent, although not tested.

Completeness_Report: No tests have been completed for exhaustiveness.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

The accuracy of this dataset is based on GPS receivers and should be around 10m.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: GoMOOS

Publication_Date: 20010715

Title: GoMOOS Data Buoys

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Orono, ME

Publisher: University of Maine

Online_Linkage: <http://www.gomoos.org/>

Type_of_Source_Media: text files

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20000715

Ending_Date: present

Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: GoMOOS

Source_Contribution:

These data were obtained from the Campbell logger files telemetered in from the buoys.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The data is telemetered to a PC in the Physical Oceanographic Group at the University of Maine in Orono. The PC appends the incoming data to a file specific to that buoy that initiated the data transmission. These files are then parsed into constituent datastreams according to the instruments that produced them. Algorithms are then run on the raw datastreams, and the data parameters are appended to time series NetCDF files, which are used to update the MySQL database that drives the system.

Process_Date: Not Complete

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: School of Marine Sciences

Contact_Person: John Evans

Contact_Position: Data Manager

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine

City: Orono

State_or_Province: Maine

Postal_Code: 04469

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (207)581-4273

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jevans@umeoce.maine.edu

Hours_of_Service: Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm, Eastern Standard Time

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.001

Longitude_Resolution: 0.001

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal Degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: GRS1980

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: School of Marine Sciences

Contact_Person: John Evans

Contact_Position: Data Manager

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine

City: Orono

State_or_Province: Maine

Postal_Code: 04469

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (207)581-4273

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jevans@umeoce.maine.edu

Hours_of_Service: Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm, Eastern Standard Time

Distribution_Liability:

Users must assume responsibility to determine the appropriate use of these data. NOT INTENDED FOR NAVIGATIONAL OR LEGAL PURPOSES.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: NetCDF

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: NONE

Recording_Format: NONE

Compatibility_Information: UNKNOWN

Fees: NONE

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20010921

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: School of Marine Sciences

Contact_Person: John Evans

Contact_Position: Data Manager

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine

City: Orono

State_or_Province: Maine

Postal_Code: 04469

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (207)581-4273

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jevans@umeoce.maine.edu

Hours_of_Service: Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm, Eastern Standard Time

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC CSDGM

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998