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Publication 
Climatic Summaries for NOAA Data Buoys 
Gilhouser, David B., et al. 
Publication Date: January 1983 
Location: 18 NOAA data buoys: 9 off the Atlantic coast, 3 
off the gulf coast, and 6 off the Pacific coast. 
Locations by latitude and longitude: 
(SON eey2225 OW) an GZ OmN iste, S ena) 
GZS aN pyre) an CORON anSO RO mW) 
Gil y/mNee9 ey vl) ae C2 Oe OM NEMO Seo mW)) 
(26.0 N, 86.0 W) (38.7 N, 73.6 W) 
(40.1 N, 73.0 W) (40.8 N, 68.5 W) 
GOROMN Ay OVOW) nC 27, NEw OS mW) 
(56.0 N, 148.0 W) (42.5 N, 130.0 W) 
(52.0 N, 156.0 W) (51.0 N, 136.0 W) 
(CEGRORNE SIR OMW) eC OMNES Si OW) 
Period of Coverage: Varying from buoy to buoy; all data were 
collected between 1972 and 1982. A minimum of 
3 years of data was recorded for each buoy 
station. 
Contents: This publication was prepared by the National Climatic Data Center 
(NCDC) for the National Data Buoy Center (NDBC). The data contained in the 
tabulations were obtained from the tape data family 11 (TDF-11) Marine Surface 
Observation Archive at NCDC. For each buoy station, the following types of 
tables are given: 
(a) Table Type 1 - Monthly and annual means, standard deviations, and 
extremes for air temperature, sea surface temperature, air-sea temperature 
difference, sea level pressure, wind speed, and significant wave heights. 
(b) Table Type 2 - The monthly and annual frequency distribution of air 
temperature, sea surface temperature, air-sea temperature differences, sea 
level pressure, wind speed, and significant wave height. 
(c) Table Type 3 - Monthly and annual percent frequency of wind direc-— 
tion versus wind speed based on 3-hr data. 
(d) Table Type 4 - The seasonal and annual percent frequency of wind 
speed versus significant wave height based on data taken every 3 hr. 
(e) Table Type 5 - The seasonal and annual percent frequency of signifi- 
cant wave height versus average wave period based on data taken every 3 hr. 
IV-11 
