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Station 42012 - ORANGE BEACH - 44 NM SE of Mobile, AL

Owned and maintained by National Data Buoy Center
30.064 N 87.551 W (30°3'51" N 87°33'5" W)

Available historical data for station 42012 include:

Quality controlled data for 2018 (data descriptions)
- Standard meteorological data: Mar Apr May Jun
- Spectral wave density data: Mar Apr May Jun
- Spectral wave (alpha1) direction data: Mar Apr May Jun
- Spectral wave (alpha2) direction data: Mar Apr May Jun
- Spectral wave (r1) direction data: Mar Apr May Jun
- Spectral wave (r2) direction data: Mar Apr May Jun
- Supplemental Measurements data: Mar Apr May Jun
Historical data (data descriptions)
- Standard meteorological data: 1983 1984 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
- Continuous winds data: 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
- Spectral wave density data: 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
- Spectral wave (alpha1) direction data: 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
- Spectral wave (alpha2) direction data: 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
- Spectral wave (r1) direction data: 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
- Spectral wave (r2) direction data: 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
- Supplemental measurements data: 2010 2011 2017
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