CARICOOS VIA - St. Thomas USVI Waves Aggregated Buoy Observations

Realtime-Historical aggregated dataset from the Ocean Data Acquisition Systems (ODAS) Buoy network funded by CARICOOS and operated by the University of Maine Moored Buoy Program.

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Metadata Date

2026-02-01

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  • OPeNDAP
Distributor Physical Oceanography Group, University of Maine
Point of Contact Neal Pettigrew
Physical Oceanography Group, University of Maine
nealp@maine.edu,ljm@umeoce.maine.edu,bfleming@umeoce.maine.edu
Online Resource
Originator Neal Pettigrew
Physical Oceanography Group, University of Maine
nealp@maine.edu,ljm@umeoce.maine.edu,bfleming@umeoce.maine.edu
Online Resource
Dataset Point of Contact CariCOOS
caricoos@gmail.com
General Documentation
Associated Documentation The Project Name
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Use Limitations
Time Period 2013-03-07T18:00:00Z to 2016-08-11T15:59:59Z
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates N: 18.2574° S: 18.2574° E: -65.004° W: -65.004°
Theme keywords GCMD Science Keywords
  • Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
  • Oceans > Ocean Pressure > Sea Level Pressure
  • Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Oxygen
  • Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Chlorophyll
  • Oceans > Ocean Optics > Turbidity
  • Oceans > Salinity/Density > Conductivity
  • Oceans > Salinity/Density > Salinity
  • Oceans > Salinity/Density > Density
  • Oceans > Ocean Waves > Significant Wave Height
  • Oceans > Ocean Waves > Wave Period
  • Oceans > Ocean Winds > Surface Winds
  • Oceans > Ocean Circulation > Ocean Currents

CF-1.6
  • station_name
  • significant_height_of_wind_and_swell_waves
  • significant_height_of_wind_and_swell_waves data_quality
  • mean_height_of_wind_and_swell_waves
  • mean_height_of_wind_and_swell_waves data_quality
  • maximum_height_of_wind_and_swell_waves
  • max_height_of_wind_and_swell_waves data_quality
  • period
  • dominant_wave_period_data_quality
  • mean_wave_direction
  • significant_height_of_wind_and_swell_waves data_quality
  • mean_wave_direction_spread
  • mean_wave_direction_spread_qc
  • time_created
  • time_modified
  • longitude
  • latitude
  • depth
  • time
Data Center keywords Uncategorized
  • CariCOOS
Project keywords Uncategorized
  • The Project Name
Lineage Statement Fri Mar 8 18:04:02 2013: /usr/local/bin/ncrcat -d time,56358.71075,56360.00 VIA01.waves.triaxys_cbibs.realtime.nc VIA01.waves.triaxys_cbibs.realtime.nc.new
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