North Carolina Hydrometeorological Networks

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Regional Surface Meteorological Networks

WFMY WeatherNet - WFMY-TV in Greensboro, North Carolina operates this network of 23 stations located primarily at schools throughout North Carolina and one in Virginia. The network provides up to 1-minute observations of air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, precipitation, and barometric pressure. For further information visit the WFMY network page. No map yet.
WCYB WeatherNet - WCYB-TV in Brisol, Tri-Cities, Virginia operates this network of 59 stations located primarily at schools throughout Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina and one in Kentucky (4 in North Carolina). The network provides up to 1-minute observations of air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, precipitation, and barometric pressure. For further information visit the WCYB network page. No map yet.

WNCN WeatherNet - WNCN-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina operates this network of 58 stations located primarily at schools throughout North Carolina and Virginia (53 in North Carolina). The network provides up to 1-minute observations of air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, precipitation, and barometric pressure. For further information visit the WNCN network page. No map yet.

WAVY WeatherNet - WAVY-TV in Norfolk, Virginia operates this network of 46 stations located primarily at schools throughout Virginia and North Carolina (11 in North Carolina). The network provides up to 1-minute observations of air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, precipitation, and barometric pressure. For further information visit the WAVY network page. No map yet.
WTVC WeatherNet - WTVC-TV in Chattanooga, Tennessee operates this network of 36 stations located primarily at schools throughout southern Tennessee and northern Georgia (1 in North Carolina). The network provides up to 1-minute observations of air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, precipitation, and barometric pressure. For further information visit the WTVC network page.

State and Local Surface Meteorological Networks

North Carolina Agricultural Research Service (NCARS) Weather and Climate Network - The NCARS and North Carolina State Climate Office operate this network of 24 stations located throughout the state of North Carolina. The network provides hourly observations of air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, barometric pressure, solar radiation, photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), precipitation, soil temperature, and soil moisture. For further information visit the NCARS home page.
North Carolina Environment and Climate Observing Network (ECONet) - The North Carolina State Climage Office in cooperation with state and federal agencies oversees this combination of networks with locations throughout the state of North Carolina. Among the networks included in ECONet are the NCARS, ASOS, AWOS, buoy, C-MAN, and SCAN networks described elsewhere. Also included are the North Carolina Department of Air Quality network and the Emergency Management network. For further information visit the ECONet home page . Map at site.

Precipitation and Radar Networks

NOAA/National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Hourly Precipitation Data - NOAA/NCEP routinely develops a National Multi-sensor Hourly Precipitation Analysis (Stage II) data set from hourly radar precipitation estimates and from hourly gage reports. The gage data includes hourly observations from ~4000 gages across the US (79 in North Carolina) collected by the NOAA River Forecast Centers and sent to NCEP. Further information on these data is available at: http://wwwt.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/ylin/pcpanl/.

NOAA/NWS Cooperative Observer 15-minute Precipitation Network - The NOAA/NWS routinely collects 15-minute observations of precipitation from Fisher-Porter and Universal rain gages operated by 2777 cooperative observers located throughout the US (47 in North Carolina). These data are archived at NOAA/NCDC as data set TD 3260. For further information visit the NOAA/NCDC TD3260 page.

Integrated FLood Observing and Warning System (IFLOWS) Precipitation Network - The IFLOWS precipitation network is a collection of various state operated Automated Flood Warning System (AFWS) networks throughout the mid-Atlantic and northeastern portions of the United States. The network is comprised of 1530 precipitation stations that provide 15-minute observations of precipitation (103 in North Carolina). These precipitation data are included as part of the NCEP Precipitation data set described above. For further information visit the AFWS home page.

Radiation and Flux Networks

Cooperative Network for Renewable Resource Measurements (CONFRRM) Network - The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) oversees this network of 11 radiation stations (1 in North Carolina) with locations primarily in the southern and eastern US. The network provides 5-minute observations of global horizontal irradiance, direct normal irradiance, and diffuse horizontal irradiance. Some of the sites also provide various surface meteorological parameters. For further information visit the CONFRRM home page at: http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/new_data/confrrm/.

Measurement and Information Data Center (MIDC) Network - The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) MIDC operates this network of 6 radiation and meteorological stations at locations throughout the US (1 in North Carolina). The parameters vary by station. For further information visit the MIDC home page at: http://www.nrel.gov/midc/.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Ultraviolet Monitoring Program (UV-Net) - The EPA operates this network of 20 Brewer spectrophotometers throughout the US (1 in North Carolina). The network provides observations of full-sky spectrally resolved solar radiation in the UV-B and UV-A bands. The irradiance and total column ozone concentrations are derived from these data. For further information visit the EPA UV-Net page.

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) UV-B Monitoring Network - The USDA operates this network of 29 stations with locations throughout the US (1 in North Carolina). The network provides 3-minute observations of spectral total/direct/diffuse radiation, air temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation, barometric pressure, and photosynthetically active radiation. For further information visit the USDA UV-B Monitoring page.

Ameriflux Network - The Ameriflux network consists of 54 sites conducting long-term measurements of CO2, water and energy fluxes throughout the US (3 in North Carolina). The typical observational frequency is 30 minutes. The parameters measured at each site vary, but Ameriflux has defined a core set of parameters that most sites collect, including fluxes of CO2, energy and water, basic meteorological and radiation parameters, and soil temperature and moisture. For further information visit the Ameriflux home page at: http://public.ornl.gov/ameriflux/Participants/Sites/Map/index.cfm.

Soil Networks

Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN) - The SCAN is operated by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The network provides hourly observations of air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, solar radiation, precipitation, barometric pressure, snow water content, snow depth, soil temperature (at 2, 4, 8, 20, and 40 cm depths), and soil moisture (at 2, 4, 8, 20 and 40 cm depths). The 80 SCAN stations are located across the US in primarily agricultural regions (1 in North Carolina). For further information visit the SCAN home page.

Hydrology Networks

United States Geological Survey (USGS) Streamflow Network - The USGS (part of the US Department of the Interior) operates this network of 7237 streamflow gages (234 in North Carolina) at locations throughout the US. The network provides hourly or more frequent observations of stage (water level) from which discharge (flow) is comuputed using a stage-discharge rating relation. The rating is defined by occasional direct current-meter measurements of discharge. All data are available through the USGS and the district offices in each state. Many of these gages provide realtime data relayed via the GOES satellite data collection system. The realtime data are provisional data that have not been reviewed or edited. These realtime data may be subject to significant change and are not citeable until reviewed and approved by the USGS. Realtime data may be changed after review because the stage-discharge relationship may have been affected by: 1) backwater from ice or debris; 2) algal and aquatic growth in the stream; 3) sediment movement; and 4) malfunction of recording equipment. Each station record is considered provisional until the data are published. The data are usually published with 6 months of the end of the water year (1 October to 30 September). Data users are cautioned to consider carefully the provisional nature of the information before using it. For further information on the USGS stremflow network visit the USGS Water Resources of the United States page or the USGS North Carolina District Office home page.

Integrated FLood Observing and Warning System (IFLOWS) Streamflow Network - The IFLOWS network is a collection of various state operated Automated Flood Warning System (AFWS) networks throughout the mid-Atlantic and northeastern portions of the United States. The network is comprised of 275 streamflow gages that provide 15-min stage observations (17 in North Carolina). For further information visit the AFWS home page.

Upper Air Networks

NOAA/NWS Radiosonde Network Low Vertical Resolution Data - The NOAA/NWS typically releases radiosondes twice per day at 0000 and 1200 UTC at 69 locations throughout the US (2 in North Carolina). During special weather situations the NWS can request to release additional radiosondes at off-times (e.g. 1800 UTC). The low resolution data is sent out over the Global Telecommunications System (GTS) and provides mandatory and significant level observations of pressure, altitude, temperature, dew point, wind speed, and wind direction. There are 3 types of radiosondes utilized within the US network, Vaisala, VIZ (or Sippican), and Microsonde. These data are archived by NOAA/NCDC and other organizations. For further information on the NWS Radiosonde network visit the NWS Upper-air Observations Program home page. A several year archive of GTS upper air data is available at the NOAA/FSL Radiosonde Database.

NOAA/NWS Radiosonde Network High Vertical Resolution Data - The same radiosonde locations mentioned in the previous data set also provide a 6-second vertical resolution data set that provides observations of pressure, temperature, altitude, relative humidity, and azimuth and elevation angles. UCAR/JOSS has developed software to derive 6-second vertical resolution winds from the angle data. These data are archived by NCDC and UCAR/JOSS.

Cooperative Agency Profiler (CAP) Network - The NOAA/FSL ingests data from wind profilers and RASS operated by a number of cooperating agencies. Most of these profilers are 915 MHz, but some are 449 or 50 MHz. Most provide hourly observations of wind speed and direction. The number and location of these can vary through time. As this is being written the network included 58 locations within the US (2 in North Carolina). Most of the sites are along the US West Coast and in the northeastern US. For further information visit the CAP home page at: http://www.profiler.noaa.gov/jsp/aboutCap.jsp.

Ground Based Global Positioning System (GPS) Meteorology Demonstration Network (GPS-MET) - The NOAA/FSL ingests data from 323 GPS locations around the US operated by many different agencies (14 in North Carolina). Typically each location provides 30-minute observations of integrated precipitatable water along with a number of surface meteorology parameters (air temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, etc). For further information visit the GPS-MET home page.

Aerosol Networks

None known at this time.

Coastal Networks

Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) - The National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) operates this network of 55 C-MAN stations with locations along coastlines throughout the US (4 in North Carolina). The network typically provides hourly observations of air temperature, barometric pressure, wind speed, wind direction, and wind gust. Some stations also provide observations of sea water temperature, water level, waves, relative humidity, precipitation, and visibility. For further information visit the NDBC home page.

National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) Moored Buoy Network - The NDBC operates this network of 77 moored buoys with locations throughout the US coastal regions (1 off the coast of North Carolina). The network typically provides hourly observations of air temperature, dew point, water temperature, barometric pressure, wind speed, wind direction, wave height, wave period, and swell. For further information visit the NDBC home page.

National Water Level Observation Network (NWLON) - The National Ocean Service (NOS) Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) maintains a long-term database containing water-level measurements and derived tidal data. NWLON provides water level observations at 318 locations throughout the United States. Some stations provide additional measurements including air and water temperature, pressure and winds. For additional information visit the NWLON web page.

Southeast Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing System (SEACOOS) - SEACOOS is a collaborative university partnership that collects, manages and disseminates integrated regional ocean observations and information products for the coasts of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. For further information visit the SEACOOS web site.

Carolinas Coastal Ocean Observing and Prediction System (Caro-COOPS) - Caro-COOPS is based upon an instrumented array of coastal and offshore moorings which are being deployed off the coast of the Carolinas. It is a parternership among the University of South Carolina, North Carolina State University, and the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and is funded by NOAA. There are currently three shore-based water level/meteorological stations (integrated into the NOS CO-OPS NWLON) and four offshore moorings instrumented for surface wave field, current speed and direction at multiple levels, temperature, salinity, pressure, fluorescence/chlorophyll, as well as temperature, wind speed and gusts, air pressure and solar radiation. For further information visit the Caro-COOPS web site.

North Carolina Coastal Ocean Observing System (NC-COOS) - NC-COOS includes a variety of platforms providing a variety of measurements. These include offshore buoys and Navy towers, estuaring profiling platforms, a rooftop development package and a remotely sensed surface current radar. For further information visit the NC-COOS web site.

Coastal Ocean Research and Monitoring Program (CORMP) - The University of North Carolina Wilmington's CORMP is primarily funded by NOAA and was established in 2000 to address the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) goas in the southeastern North Carolina coastal ocean. The CORMP instrumentation includes a number of moorings and sampling cruises through the Cape Fear River Plume and Onslow Bay that consist of taking a suite of observations at specified sampling sites on monthly or bi-monthly schedules. For further information visit the CORMP web site.

Regional Surface Meteorological Networks
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WFMY WeatherNet - WFMY-TV in Greensboro, North Carolina operates this network of 23 stations located primarily at schools throughout North Carolina and one in Virginia. The network provides up to 1-minute observations of air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, precipitation, and barometric pressure. For further information visit the WFMY network page.	No map yet.
WCYB WeatherNet - WCYB-TV in Brisol, Tri-Cities, Virginia operates this network of 59 stations located primarily at schools throughout Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina and one in Kentucky (4 in North Carolina). The network provides up to 1-minute observations of air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, precipitation, and barometric pressure. For further information visit the WCYB network page.	No map yet.

WNCN WeatherNet - WNCN-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina operates this network of 58 stations located primarily at schools throughout North Carolina and Virginia (53 in North Carolina). The network provides up to 1-minute observations of air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, precipitation, and barometric pressure. For further information visit the WNCN network page.	No map yet.

WAVY WeatherNet - WAVY-TV in Norfolk, Virginia operates this network of 46 stations located primarily at schools throughout Virginia and North Carolina (11 in North Carolina). The network provides up to 1-minute observations of air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, precipitation, and barometric pressure. For further information visit the WAVY network page.	No map yet.
WTVC WeatherNet - WTVC-TV in Chattanooga, Tennessee operates this network of 36 stations located primarily at schools throughout southern Tennessee and northern Georgia (1 in North Carolina). The network provides up to 1-minute observations of air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, precipitation, and barometric pressure. For further information visit the WTVC network page.

State and Local Surface Meteorological Networks

North Carolina Agricultural Research Service (NCARS) Weather and Climate Network - The NCARS and North Carolina State Climate Office operate this network of 24 stations located throughout the state of North Carolina. The network provides hourly observations of air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, barometric pressure, solar radiation, photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), precipitation, soil temperature, and soil moisture. For further information visit the NCARS home page.
North Carolina Environment and Climate Observing Network (ECONet) - The North Carolina State Climage Office in cooperation with state and federal agencies oversees this combination of networks with locations throughout the state of North Carolina. Among the networks included in ECONet are the NCARS, ASOS, AWOS, buoy, C-MAN, and SCAN networks described elsewhere. Also included are the North Carolina Department of Air Quality network and the Emergency Management network. For further information visit the ECONet home page .	Map at site.

Precipitation and Radar Networks

NOAA/National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Hourly Precipitation Data - NOAA/NCEP routinely develops a National Multi-sensor Hourly Precipitation Analysis (Stage II) data set from hourly radar precipitation estimates and from hourly gage reports. The gage data includes hourly observations from ~4000 gages across the US (79 in North Carolina) collected by the NOAA River Forecast Centers and sent to NCEP. Further information on these data is available at: http://wwwt.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/ylin/pcpanl/.

NOAA/NWS Cooperative Observer 15-minute Precipitation Network - The NOAA/NWS routinely collects 15-minute observations of precipitation from Fisher-Porter and Universal rain gages operated by 2777 cooperative observers located throughout the US (47 in North Carolina). These data are archived at NOAA/NCDC as data set TD 3260. For further information visit the NOAA/NCDC TD3260 page.

Integrated FLood Observing and Warning System (IFLOWS) Precipitation Network - The IFLOWS precipitation network is a collection of various state operated Automated Flood Warning System (AFWS) networks throughout the mid-Atlantic and northeastern portions of the United States. The network is comprised of 1530 precipitation stations that provide 15-minute observations of precipitation (103 in North Carolina). These precipitation data are included as part of the NCEP Precipitation data set described above. For further information visit the AFWS home page.

Radiation and Flux Networks

Cooperative Network for Renewable Resource Measurements (CONFRRM) Network - The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) oversees this network of 11 radiation stations (1 in North Carolina) with locations primarily in the southern and eastern US. The network provides 5-minute observations of global horizontal irradiance, direct normal irradiance, and diffuse horizontal irradiance. Some of the sites also provide various surface meteorological parameters. For further information visit the CONFRRM home page at: http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/new_data/confrrm/.

Measurement and Information Data Center (MIDC) Network - The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) MIDC operates this network of 6 radiation and meteorological stations at locations throughout the US (1 in North Carolina). The parameters vary by station. For further information visit the MIDC home page at: http://www.nrel.gov/midc/.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Ultraviolet Monitoring Program (UV-Net) - The EPA operates this network of 20 Brewer spectrophotometers throughout the US (1 in North Carolina). The network provides observations of full-sky spectrally resolved solar radiation in the UV-B and UV-A bands. The irradiance and total column ozone concentrations are derived from these data. For further information visit the EPA UV-Net page.

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) UV-B Monitoring Network - The USDA operates this network of 29 stations with locations throughout the US (1 in North Carolina). The network provides 3-minute observations of spectral total/direct/diffuse radiation, air temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation, barometric pressure, and photosynthetically active radiation. For further information visit the USDA UV-B Monitoring page.

Ameriflux Network - The Ameriflux network consists of 54 sites conducting long-term measurements of CO2, water and energy fluxes throughout the US (3 in North Carolina). The typical observational frequency is 30 minutes. The parameters measured at each site vary, but Ameriflux has defined a core set of parameters that most sites collect, including fluxes of CO2, energy and water, basic meteorological and radiation parameters, and soil temperature and moisture. For further information visit the Ameriflux home page at: http://public.ornl.gov/ameriflux/Participants/Sites/Map/index.cfm.

Soil Networks

Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN) - The SCAN is operated by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The network provides hourly observations of air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, solar radiation, precipitation, barometric pressure, snow water content, snow depth, soil temperature (at 2, 4, 8, 20, and 40 cm depths), and soil moisture (at 2, 4, 8, 20 and 40 cm depths). The 80 SCAN stations are located across the US in primarily agricultural regions (1 in North Carolina). For further information visit the SCAN home page.

Hydrology Networks

United States Geological Survey (USGS) Streamflow Network - The USGS (part of the US Department of the Interior) operates this network of 7237 streamflow gages (234 in North Carolina) at locations throughout the US. The network provides hourly or more frequent observations of stage (water level) from which discharge (flow) is comuputed using a stage-discharge rating relation. The rating is defined by occasional direct current-meter measurements of discharge. All data are available through the USGS and the district offices in each state. Many of these gages provide realtime data relayed via the GOES satellite data collection system. The realtime data are provisional data that have not been reviewed or edited. These realtime data may be subject to significant change and are not citeable until reviewed and approved by the USGS. Realtime data may be changed after review because the stage-discharge relationship may have been affected by: 1) backwater from ice or debris; 2) algal and aquatic growth in the stream; 3) sediment movement; and 4) malfunction of recording equipment. Each station record is considered provisional until the data are published. The data are usually published with 6 months of the end of the water year (1 October to 30 September). Data users are cautioned to consider carefully the provisional nature of the information before using it. For further information on the USGS stremflow network visit the USGS Water Resources of the United States page or the USGS North Carolina District Office home page.

Integrated FLood Observing and Warning System (IFLOWS) Streamflow Network - The IFLOWS network is a collection of various state operated Automated Flood Warning System (AFWS) networks throughout the mid-Atlantic and northeastern portions of the United States. The network is comprised of 275 streamflow gages that provide 15-min stage observations (17 in North Carolina). For further information visit the AFWS home page.

Upper Air Networks

NOAA/NWS Radiosonde Network Low Vertical Resolution Data - The NOAA/NWS typically releases radiosondes twice per day at 0000 and 1200 UTC at 69 locations throughout the US (2 in North Carolina). During special weather situations the NWS can request to release additional radiosondes at off-times (e.g. 1800 UTC). The low resolution data is sent out over the Global Telecommunications System (GTS) and provides mandatory and significant level observations of pressure, altitude, temperature, dew point, wind speed, and wind direction. There are 3 types of radiosondes utilized within the US network, Vaisala, VIZ (or Sippican), and Microsonde. These data are archived by NOAA/NCDC and other organizations. For further information on the NWS Radiosonde network visit the NWS Upper-air Observations Program home page. A several year archive of GTS upper air data is available at the NOAA/FSL Radiosonde Database.

NOAA/NWS Radiosonde Network High Vertical Resolution Data - The same radiosonde locations mentioned in the previous data set also provide a 6-second vertical resolution data set that provides observations of pressure, temperature, altitude, relative humidity, and azimuth and elevation angles. UCAR/JOSS has developed software to derive 6-second vertical resolution winds from the angle data. These data are archived by NCDC and UCAR/JOSS.

Cooperative Agency Profiler (CAP) Network - The NOAA/FSL ingests data from wind profilers and RASS operated by a number of cooperating agencies. Most of these profilers are 915 MHz, but some are 449 or 50 MHz. Most provide hourly observations of wind speed and direction. The number and location of these can vary through time. As this is being written the network included 58 locations within the US (2 in North Carolina). Most of the sites are along the US West Coast and in the northeastern US. For further information visit the CAP home page at: http://www.profiler.noaa.gov/jsp/aboutCap.jsp.

Ground Based Global Positioning System (GPS) Meteorology Demonstration Network (GPS-MET) - The NOAA/FSL ingests data from 323 GPS locations around the US operated by many different agencies (14 in North Carolina). Typically each location provides 30-minute observations of integrated precipitatable water along with a number of surface meteorology parameters (air temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, etc). For further information visit the GPS-MET home page.

Aerosol Networks

None known at this time.

Coastal Networks

Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) - The National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) operates this network of 55 C-MAN stations with locations along coastlines throughout the US (4 in North Carolina). The network typically provides hourly observations of air temperature, barometric pressure, wind speed, wind direction, and wind gust. Some stations also provide observations of sea water temperature, water level, waves, relative humidity, precipitation, and visibility. For further information visit the NDBC home page.

National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) Moored Buoy Network - The NDBC operates this network of 77 moored buoys with locations throughout the US coastal regions (1 off the coast of North Carolina). The network typically provides hourly observations of air temperature, dew point, water temperature, barometric pressure, wind speed, wind direction, wave height, wave period, and swell. For further information visit the NDBC home page.

National Water Level Observation Network (NWLON) - The National Ocean Service (NOS) Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) maintains a long-term database containing water-level measurements and derived tidal data. NWLON provides water level observations at 318 locations throughout the United States. Some stations provide additional measurements including air and water temperature, pressure and winds. For additional information visit the NWLON web page.

Southeast Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing System (SEACOOS) - SEACOOS is a collaborative university partnership that collects, manages and disseminates integrated regional ocean observations and information products for the coasts of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. For further information visit the SEACOOS web site.

Carolinas Coastal Ocean Observing and Prediction System (Caro-COOPS) - Caro-COOPS is based upon an instrumented array of coastal and offshore moorings which are being deployed off the coast of the Carolinas. It is a parternership among the University of South Carolina, North Carolina State University, and the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and is funded by NOAA. There are currently three shore-based water level/meteorological stations (integrated into the NOS CO-OPS NWLON) and four offshore moorings instrumented for surface wave field, current speed and direction at multiple levels, temperature, salinity, pressure, fluorescence/chlorophyll, as well as temperature, wind speed and gusts, air pressure and solar radiation. For further information visit the Caro-COOPS web site.

North Carolina Coastal Ocean Observing System (NC-COOS) - NC-COOS includes a variety of platforms providing a variety of measurements. These include offshore buoys and Navy towers, estuaring profiling platforms, a rooftop development package and a remotely sensed surface current radar. For further information visit the NC-COOS web site.

Coastal Ocean Research and Monitoring Program (CORMP) - The University of North Carolina Wilmington's CORMP is primarily funded by NOAA and was established in 2000 to address the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) goas in the southeastern North Carolina coastal ocean. The CORMP instrumentation includes a number of moorings and sampling cruises through the Cape Fear River Plume and Onslow Bay that consist of taking a suite of observations at specified sampling sites on monthly or bi-monthly schedules. For further information visit the CORMP web site.