Water Quality Virtual Buoys (Satellite) - Lang Bank, USVI (VIR03)

Weekly averaged data from USF virtual buoys text files

Data and Resources

Metadata Date

2026-01-26

Metadata Tags

GCMD Keywords

CF Standard Names

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  • OPeNDAP (Version: DAP/2.0 )
Distributor CARICOOS
Point of Contact CARICOOS
caricoos@gmail.com
Background Information (Background information from the source)
Originator CARICOOS
caricoos@gmail.com
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 CARICOOS, USF, IOOS
Date(s) creation: 2026-01-26
creation: 2026-01-26
creation: 2026-01-26
creation: 2026-01-26
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, ERD, 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 2000-01-05T12:00:00Z to 2026-01-21T12:00:00Z
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates N: 17.81573° S: 17.81573° E: -64.44407° W: -64.44407°
Theme keywords Uncategorized
  • active
  • applied
  • available
  • caricoos
  • chemistry
  • chlorophyll
  • color
  • concentration
  • control
  • cruz
  • data
  • downwelling
  • earth
  • edward
  • edward.cruz
  • files
  • flag
  • garcia
  • implemented
  • integrated
  • ioos
  • lee
  • observing
  • ocean
  • ocean color
  • oceans
  • optical
  • optical properties
  • optics
  • par
  • photon
  • photosynthetic
  • photosynthetically
  • processing
  • properties
  • quality
  • radiance
  • radiation
  • science
  • sea
  • seawater
  • sst
  • surface
  • system
  • temperature
  • text
  • turbidity
  • upr.edu
  • water
  • week
  • weekly
  • with
  • year

GCMD Science Keywords
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Optics > Radiance
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Optics > Photosynthetically Active Radiation
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Chlorophyll

CF Standard Name Table v70
  • time
  • longitude
  • latitude
  • depth
  • sea_surface_temperature
  • quality_flag
  • concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water
  • quality_flag
  • downwelling_photosynthetic_photon_radiance_in_sea_water
  • quality_flag
  • quality_flag
  • quality_flag
Project keywords Uncategorized
  • CARICOOS, USF, IOOS
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, ERD, 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 Developed at the Optical Oceanography Laboratory (OOL) University of South Florida
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Attribution Information
infoUrl https://www.caricoos.org/
CF related
standard_name_vocabulary CF Standard Name Table v70