Current speed data collected using drifting buoy in the TOGA area as part of the International Decade of Ocean Exploration / North Pacific Experiment / Hawaii-Tahiti Shuttle (IDOE/NORPAX/HITIS) project from 1979-02-07 to 1980-12-17 (NCEI Accession 8200021)

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This dataset contains data from Drifting Buoys deployed during the Hawaii/Tahiti Shuttle Experiment between February 7, 1979 and December 17, 1980. Data consists of information transmitted from buoy in TOGA Area, Pacific (30 N to 30 S) to orbiting satellite and received by the Argos System of Centre Spatial de Toulouse. Typical parameters for these records are: platform number, julian date, time, location index, initial altitude and frequency, latitude/longitude, speed in degrees/day and transmission frequency. The original data submitted in three tapes in binary form have been converted to current NODC data storage format.

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describedByType	application/octet-steam
identifier	gov.noaa.nodc:8200021
issued	2002-08-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
landingPage	https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
language	[]
references	[ "https://discover.library.noaa.gov/permalink/01NOAA_INST/1qbesct/alma991000372319707381" ]
rights	otherRestrictions
spatial	-120.0,30.0,-180.0,30.0
temporal	1979-02-07T00:00:00+00:00/1980-12-17T00:00:00+00:00

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