Meteorological and oceanographic data collected by the Central Gulf Ocean Observing System (CenGOOS) buoy in the Gulf of Mexico from 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-30

This dataset contains meteorological and oceanographic data collected by the Central Gulf Ocean Observing System (CenGOOS) buoy in the Gulf of Mexico from 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-30. This buoy was moored south of Horn Island in 20 m of water at 30.0424 ˚N and 88.6473˚W. The buoy collected both meteorological and oceanographic data including air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction, barometric pressure, sea surface temperature and salinity, current speed and direction, current profiles, and significant wave height and period. Other related datasets from the year 2015 and 2017 are available under GRIIDC Unique Dataset Identifiers (UDIS) R4.x260.204:0003 (DOI: 10.7266/n7-eep5-5k62) and R4.x260.204:0014 (DOI: 10.7266/n7-cp9g-4485) respectively. All datasets are archived by the University of Southern Mississippi (USM). The meteorological and near-sea surface temperature, salinity, and waves data are also archived through the National Data Buoy Center (NDBC; identified as Station 42067).