Radials for FARO

High-frequency radar measurements of water velocity are radial in direction relative to the radar location and representative of the upper 0.3-2.5 meters of the water.

Data and Resources

Metadata Date

2026-04-14

Metadata Tags

CF Standard Names

Online Access

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Distribution Formats
  • OPeNDAP (Version: DAP/2.0 )
Distributor Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System"
Point of Contact Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System"
patricia.chardon@upr.edu
Background Information (Background information from the source)
Originator Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System"
patricia.chardon@upr.edu
Background Information (Background information from the source)
Dataset Point of Contact IOOS Data Manager
Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)
240-533-9444
data.ioos@noaa.gov
General Documentation
Associated Documentation UPR
Date(s) creation: 2026-04-14
creation: 2026-04-14
creation: 2026-04-14
creation: 2026-04-14
Use Limitations The data may be used and redistributed for free but are not intended for legal use, since they may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, IOOS, NOAA, 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 2025-05-05T13:00:00Z to 2025-07-26T20:00:00Z
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates N: 20.213066° S: 15.617468° E: -64.97679° W: -69.61099°
Theme keywords Uncategorized
  • bear
  • currents
  • data
  • ersc
  • ertc
  • espc
  • etmp
  • head
  • HF-radar
  • HFR
  • high frequency radar
  • identifier
  • maxv
  • minv
  • radials
  • rnge
  • sprc
  • time2
  • velo
  • velu
  • velv
  • vflg
  • xdst
  • ydst

CF Standard Name Table v92
  • time
  • latitude
  • longitude
  • longitude
  • latitude
  • radial_sea_water_velocity_toward_instrument
  • direction_of_radial_vector_toward_instrument
Project keywords Uncategorized
  • UPR
Use Constraints The data may be used and redistributed for free but are not intended for legal use, since they may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, IOOS, NOAA, 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 Lineage statement not available.
Platforms
platform surface_current_radar
platform_name Cabo Rojo Lighthouse at Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico (FARO) HF-radar station
platform_vocabulary https://mmisw.org/ont/ioos/platform
Ingestion Attributes
Instrument Attributes
Attribution Information
creator_country United States of America
creator_sector academic
publisher_country United States of America
infoUrl https://hfradar.ioos.us/hfrnet/documents/HFRNet_Radial_NetCDF.pdf
CF related
standard_name_vocabulary CF Standard Name Table v92