CARICOOS Buoy PR2 (San Juan, PR): Currents Data, ACDP

CARICOOS real-time buoy observations near Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands at PR2 - CarICOOS Data Buoy B, located at 18d 28.548m N, 66d 5.970m W, North side of Puerto Rico near San Juan. Buoy PR213 was deployed from 2024-08-12 16:35:00 through 0000-00-00 00:00:00 UTC. Ocean current speed and direction measurements were made hourly throughout the water column from near-surface to near the ocean floor using a Nortek Aquadopp acoustic doppler current profiler onboard the buoy.

Data and Resources

Metadata Date

2026-01-17

Metadata Tags

GCMD Keywords

CF Standard Names

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  • OPeNDAP (Version: DAP/2.0 )
Distributor UMaine/Physical Oceanography Group
Point of Contact UMaine/Physical Oceanography Group
um_phog_dmac@umeoce.maine.edu
Background Information (Background information from the source)
Originator UMaine/Physical Oceanography Group
um_phog_dmac@umeoce.maine.edu
Background Information (Background information from the source)
contributor CARICOOS,UPuertoRico,UVirginIslands
info@caricoos.org,julio.morell@upr.edu,info@uvi.edu
Dataset Point of Contact IOOS Data Manager
Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)
240-533-9444
data.ioos@noaa.gov
General Documentation
Associated Documentation CARICOOS
Date(s) creation: 2025-08-21
issued: 2025-08-21
creation: 2025-08-21
issued: 2025-08-21
creation: 2025-08-21
issued: 2025-08-21
creation: 2025-08-21
issued: 2025-08-21
Use Limitations The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, University of Maine, IOOS, NOAA, State of Maine nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
Time Period 2010-07-23T14:00:00Z to 2026-01-17T07:00:00Z
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates N: 18.4758° S: 18.4742° E: -66.099° W: -66.0997°
Theme keywords Uncategorized
  • acoustic
  • actual
  • adcp
  • aggregate
  • buoy
  • caribbean
  • caricoos
  • circulation
  • coordinate
  • crs
  • current
  • currents
  • data
  • deployment
  • direction
  • doppler
  • each
  • earth
  • eastward
  • flag
  • group
  • identifier
  • individual
  • maine
  • marine
  • modified
  • northward
  • observation
  • ocean
  • oceanography
  • oceans
  • physical
  • pr2
  • pr213
  • processed
  • profiler
  • qartod
  • quality
  • record
  • reference
  • school
  • science
  • sciences
  • sea
  • seawater
  • source
  • speed
  • station
  • status
  • system
  • tests
  • u
  • university
  • v
  • velocity
  • water

GCMD Science Keywords
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Circulation > Ocean Currents

CF Standard Name Table v72
  • latitude
  • longitude
  • depth
  • time
  • sea_water_speed
  • quality_flag
  • quality_flag
  • quality_flag
  • sea_water_velocity_to_direction
  • quality_flag
  • quality_flag
  • quality_flag
  • eastward_sea_water_velocity
  • quality_flag
  • quality_flag
  • quality_flag
  • northward_sea_water_velocity
  • quality_flag
  • quality_flag
  • quality_flag
Project keywords Uncategorized
  • CARICOOS
Use Constraints The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, University of Maine, IOOS, NOAA, State of Maine nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
Lineage Statement Ocean Data Acquisition Systems (ODAS) Buoy
Platforms
platform station
platform_id PR2
platform_name PR2 - CarICOOS Data Buoy B
platform_vocabulary https://mmisw.org/ont/ioos/platform
wmo_platform_code 41053
Ingestion Attributes
gts_ingest true
ioos_ingest true
Instrument Attributes
Attribution Information
contributor_email info@caricoos.org,julio.morell@upr.edu,info@uvi.edu
contributor_name CARICOOS,UPuertoRico,UVirginIslands
contributor_url http://caricoos.org,http://www.upr.edu,http://www.uvi.edu
creator_address 101 MacKay Lab
creator_city Orono
creator_country USA
creator_phone 207-581-4379
creator_sector academic
creator_state Maine
creator_postalcode 04469
publisher_address Isla Magueyes, La Parguera, PO Box 3446
publisher_city Lajas
publisher_country USA
publisher_phone 207-581-4379
publisher_state Puerto Rico
publisher_postalcode 00667
infoUrl https://oceandata.umeoce.maine.edu/buoy/PR2
CF related
standard_name_vocabulary CF Standard Name Table v72