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NOAA - hourly position, current, and sea surface temperature from drifters
This dataset includes *hourly* sea surface temperature and current data collected by satellite-tracked surface drifting buoys ("drifters") of the [NOAA Global Drifter Program](https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/gdp). The [Drifter Data Assembly Center (DAC) at NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML)](https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/gdp/data.php) has applied quality control procedures and processing to edit these observational data and obtain estimates at regular hourly inter
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Licence: NOAA data disseminated through NODD are open to the public and can be used as desired.<br/> <br/>NOAA makes data openly available to ensure maximum use of our data, and to spur and encourage explorati
Evidence quality: 27
Listed in aws-odr public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).
Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z
Evidence
- arn:aws:s3:::noaa-oar-hourly-gdp-pds, arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:709902155096:NewHourlyGDPObject
- https://registry.opendata.aws/noaa-oar-hourly-gdp/
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