Important C-MAN Note from Douglas Scally of the
National Data Buoy Center (NDBC), NOAA

February 13, 1996 (abridged by Jim Hendee, September 17, 1997)

I would like to suggest the following additional information for your introductory remarks and explanations of the C-MAN data:

1. FWYF1, SMKF1, MLRF1 and DRYF1 are presently operated and maintained by NDBC for MET measurements (under programmatic and financial support from NWS.) However, FIO maintains and operates all oceanographic sensors.

2. SANF1 and LONF1 operate temporarily under the same division of responsibility.

3. Wind speed and direction are 2-minute averages (minutes 58 to 00 each hour); wind gust is the highest 5-second running average measured during the 2-minute observation. The SEAKEYS stations also report "continuous wind measurements" each hour. These consist of 6 10-minute averages and the peak gust during the previous hour. (See below)

4. More detailed information on the stations and met measurements are available on our SeaBoard Home Page.

Please contact me at anytime we can be of help.

Douglas Scally
dscally@ndbc.noaa.gov
NDBC phone: (601) 688-1719 (US)