noaa-ofs.yaml

Name: NOAA Operational Forecast System (OFS)
Description: The Operational Forecast System (OFS) has been developed to serve the maritime user community. OFS was developed in a joint project of the NOAA/National Ocean Service (NOS)/Office of Coast Survey, the NOAA/NOS/Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), and the NOAA/National Weather Service (NWS)/National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Central Operations (NCO). OFS generates water level, water current, water temperature, water salinity (except for the Great Lakes) and wind conditions nowcast and forecast guidance four times per day.
Documentation: https://docs.opendata.aws/noaa-ofs-pds/readme.html
Contact: For questions regarding data content or quality, visit [the NOAA OFS site](https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/models.html). For any questions regarding data delivery not associated with this platform or any general questions regarding the NOAA Big Data Project, email noaa.bdp@noaa.gov
ManagedBy: "[NOAA](http://www.noaa.gov/)"
UpdateFrequency: 4 times a day, every 6 hours starting at midnight and generates 6-hour nowcasts and 48-hour forecast guidance
Tags:
  - aws-pds
  - climate
  - coastal
  - disaster response
  - environmental
  - meteorological
  - sustainability
  - oceans
  - water
  - weather
License: Open Data. There are no restrictions on the use of this data.
Resources:
  - Description: Project data files
    ARN: arn:aws:s3:::noaa-ofs-pds
    Region: us-east-1
    Type: S3 Bucket