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IOOS DMAC System Integration Test project
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NDBC SOS doesn't serve all of the historical wave data #137

Open Bobfrat opened 10 years ago

Bobfrat commented 10 years ago

Using the NDBC SOS server, I can get significant wave heights from the Virginia Beach station (44014) from 2008 - present. This station does have data dating back to 1990 but the archived wave data is not available through SOS. You can download the zipped data from the website http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_history.php?station=44014.

birdage commented 10 years ago

@Bobfrat is it available on the dap site?

birdage commented 10 years ago

@Bobfrat i answered my own question. yes it looks like it is available on the dap server here http://dods.ndbc.noaa.gov/thredds/catalog/data/adcp/44014/catalog.html, obtaining it would be a similar method to the NDBC DAP method i used

Bobfrat commented 10 years ago

Theres no wave height data in that link

Bobfrat commented 10 years ago

They do have historical wave data on the thredds server here: http://dods.ndbc.noaa.gov/thredds/catalog/data/swden/44014/catalog.html

But they don't serve bulk statistics like significant wave height. They provide the wave spectra and fourier coefficients.

birdage commented 10 years ago

@Bobfrat what about here? http://dods.ndbc.noaa.gov/thredds/dodsC/data/stdmet/44014/44014h1996.nc.html i see significant_height_of_wave, also sorry my link was to adcp, glad you caught the gist

Bobfrat commented 10 years ago

There it is! Thanks @birdage

birdage commented 10 years ago

@Bobfrat Welcome! between the two of use we figured it out! and actually thats a really helpful resource as i see an ncml file that look to aggregate them all!