Wave Spectra data from FIXED PLATFORMS from the NE Pacific (limit-180) as part of the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (TOGA) project from 23 January 1986 to 28 February 1986 (NODC Accession 8600155)

Wave Spectra data was collected from FIXED PLATFORMS in the NE Pacific (limit-180) from 23 January 1986 to 28 February 1986. Data were submitted by the National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) as part of the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (TOGA) project. Data has been been processed by NODC to the NODC standard F191-Wave Wind Spectra format. Full format description is available from NODC at www.nodc.noaa.gov/.

The F191 format is used to report meteorological data and ocean wave spectra data from NDBO. The format contains seven data record types to: 1) Identify the buoy for position, duration, rate of sampling and heading. 2) Identify the meteorological parameters (temperature, pressure, weather, solar radiation, and surface waves). 3) Report time series frequency, density and resolution of waves. Each record is 120 characters in length, sorted by station and record type. The first nine columns for all records are to be used for file type (columns 1-3) and file identifier (column 4-9). The file identifier, to be assigned by the originator, is a unique originator id for each data submission. After submission, the NODC reassigns to this field an unique NODC identifier.