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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2024-08-07

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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
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Originator Neal Pettigrew
Physical Oceanography Group, University of Maine
nealp@maine.edu,ljm@umeoce.maine.edu,bfleming@umeoce.maine.edu
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Dr. Neal Pettigrew
Dataset Point of Contact CariCOOS
caricoos@gmail.com
General Documentation
Associated Documentation The Project Name
Date(s)
Use Limitations These data were generated as part of an academic research project, and the principal investigator, Neal Pettigrew (nealp@umaine), asks to be informed of intent for scientific use and appropriate acknowledgment given in any publications arising therefrom. The data are provided free of charge, without warranty of any kind.
Time Period 2013-03-07T18:00:00Z to 2016-08-11T15:59:59Z
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates N: 18.257400512695312° S: 18.257400512695312° E: -65.00399780273438° W: -65.00399780273438°
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
Use Constraints These data were generated as part of an academic research project, and the principal investigator, Neal Pettigrew (nealp@umaine), asks to be informed of intent for scientific use and appropriate acknowledgment given in any publications arising therefrom. The data are provided free of charge, without warranty of any kind.
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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