NDBC has recently revised the NDBC Handbook of Automated Data Quality Control Checks and Procedures. The new document can be found on our Publications page.

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NDBC Updates Quality Control Handbook

The National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) revised the NDBC Handbook of Automated Data Quality Control Checks and Procedures, which details the automatic quality control (QC) used by NDBC to ensure accurate and reliable measurements.

NDBC Replaces Weather Buoy with Saildrone USV in National Marine Sanctuary

NOAA's National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) and Saildrone are partnering to replace a moored buoy in a national marine sanctuary with a Saildrone uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) in order to continue critical weather observations and explore more sustainable marine observation methods.

NDBC, Sofar Ocean to share methodologies to advance marine monitoring and research capabilities

The three-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between NOAA and Sofar Ocean is a collaborative effort that will lead to advances in marine observations and environmental monitoring.