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license: cc0-1.0
task_categories:
  - image-classification

NOAA Buoycam Dataset

This dataset provides NOAA buoycam images paired with meteorological observation data from the time the image was captured.

Dataset Details

Created using SeeSea (https://github.com/BrianOfrim/SeeSea)

Json Observation Data:

Key	Type	Unit	description
station_id	string	N/A	Id of the buoy
timestamp	string	YYYY_MM_dd_HHmm	Date/time of image & observation
description	string	N/A	Data
lat_deg	float	degrees [-90, 90]	Latitude
lon_deg	float	degrees [-180, 180]	Longitude
wind_speed_mps	float	meters / second	Average wind speed
wind_direction_deg	float	degreesT	Wind direction
gust_speed_mps	float	meters / second	Peak wind speed
wave_height_m:	float	meters	Wave height
dominant_wave_period_s	float	seconds	Dominant wave period
average_wave_period_s	float	seconds	Average wave period
mean_wave_direction_deg	float	degreesT	The direction from which the waves at the dominant period are coming
atmospheric_pressure_hpa	float	hectopascal	Sea level pressure
air_temperature_c	float	celcuis	Air temperature
water_temperature_c	float	celcius	Sea surface temperature
dewpoint_temperature_c	float	celcius	Dewpoint temperature
visibility_nmi	float	nautical miles	Station visibility
pressure_tendency_hpa	float	hectopascal	Pressure change in the previous 3 hours
tide_m	float	meters	Water level
image_direction_deg	float	degreesT	The direction of the image*

degreesT = degrees clockwise from true north More info: https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/faq/measdes.shtml

* image_direction_deg is read from the full buoycam image using OCR. The data is almost certainly invalid as all first images are reported to start at 90 which is very unlikely.

Source Data

Data is aggregated from multiple data sources provided by the NOAA NDBC website (https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov)
More info about NOAA NDBC Web Data://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/docs/ndbc_web_data_guide.pdf
More info about NOAA Buoycams: https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/buoycams.shtml