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University of Maine

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Mooring PR101 : CarICOOS Data Buoy A


Latitude: 17° 51.61´N
Longitude: 66° 31.43´W
Location Description: Southest of Caja de Muertos Island
Deployed: Jun 09 2009
Coast Guard Light List Letter: A
Coast Guard Light List Number
Water Depth: 18 meters (59 feet)
Watch Circle Radius: 60 meters (197 feet)
Last Cell Phone Transmission: Nov 07, 03 PM EST
Last GOES Transmission: Nov 07, 02 PM EST
Latest Event:
Jun 09, 09 AM EDT
Deployed by UPR (Mayaguez) and UME personnel.


Data Download (All data for this location)

Sensor Information (this deployment only)

Latest Conditions:

Click on the graph icons below to see time series plots of the listed variables. The latest conditions are in local time but all plots are in GMT(Summer EDT is 4 hours behind GMT; Winter EST is 5 hours behind GMT).

We follow the convention that depth is measure positive "down". That's why parameters like wind speed have negative depths attached to them! The latest eastward and northward subsurface currents are displayed at a subset of available depths; no plots are presently available for current velocity vectors below 2m. Click here for additional Information.

Variable (measurement depth in meters) Last
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Recent Data
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Significant Wave Height (0m)Sensor FailureOct 21 12:00 PM
Maximum Wave Height (0m)0.1 m Oct 21 12:00 PM
Dominant Wave Period (0m)Sensor FailureOct 21 12:00 PM
Dominant Wave Direction (0m)358.5 degrees Oct 21 12:00 PM
Mean Wave Period (0m)4.0 seconds Oct 21 12:00 PM
Mean Wave Direction (0m)4.5 degrees Oct 21 12:00 PM
Wave Direction Spread (0m)8.0 degrees Oct 21 12:00 PM
Air Temperature (-3m)28.4 C (83.1 F)Nov 07 3:10 PM
Barometric Pressure (-3m)1009.7 millibars Nov 07 3:10 PM
Wind Direction (-4m)ESENov 07 3:10 PM
Wind 2 Direction [Primary] (-4m)ESENov 07 3:10 PM
Wind Speed (-4m)7.9 m/s (18 mph, 15 kts)Nov 07 3:10 PM
Wind 2 Speed [Primary] (-4m)7.3 m/s (16 mph, 14 kts)Nov 07 3:10 PM
Wind Gust (-4m)10.1 m/s (23 mph, 20 kts)Nov 07 3:10 PM
Wind 2 Gust [Primary] (-4m)9.3 m/s (21 mph, 18 kts)Nov 07 3:10 PM
Water Temperature (1m)Sensor FailureNov 07 2:00 PM
Water Temperature (2m)29.2 C (84.5 F) Nov 07 3:00 PM
Water Temperature (17m)Sensor FailureOct 21 12:00 PM
Salinity (1m)Sensor FailureNov 07 2:00 PM
Pressure (17m)17.6 decibars Oct 21 12:00 PM
Sigma-T (1m)Sensor FailureNov 07 2:00 PM
Current Direction (2m)WNWNov 07 3:00 PM
Current Speed (2m)25.5 cm/s (0.50 kts)Nov 07 3:00 PM
East Current Velocity (2m)-24.0 cm/s (-0.47 kts)Nov 07 3:00 PM
East Current Velocity (3m)-26.8 cm/s (-0.52 kts)Oct 21 12:00 PM
East Current Velocity (7m)-26.7 cm/s (-0.52 kts)Oct 21 12:00 PM
East Current Velocity (12m)-23.6 cm/s (-0.46 kts)Oct 21 12:00 PM
East Current Velocity (16m)-17.6 cm/s (-0.34 kts)Oct 21 12:00 PM
North Current Velocity (2m)8.5 cm/s (0.17 kts)Nov 07 3:00 PM
North Current Velocity (3m)7.7 cm/s (0.15 kts)Oct 21 12:00 PM
North Current Velocity (7m)2.5 cm/s (0.05 kts)Oct 21 12:00 PM
North Current Velocity (12m)2.8 cm/s (0.05 kts)Oct 21 12:00 PM
North Current Velocity (16m)3.8 cm/s (0.07 kts)Oct 21 12:00 PM

Measured Ocean Currents and Wind Stress

Hourly averaged wind stress at 4 m and currents (rotated to true north) at 2 m (current meter) and from 10 m to a maximum of 126 m (Doppler).
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How to Read a Stick Plot

Wind and Residual Ocean Currents

Measured winds and currents which are low-pass filtered to remove tidal currents. Winds at 4 m above sea surface, surface currents at a depth of 2 m, and doppler currents at 4 meter bins from 10 meters to a maximum of 126 meters.
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How to Read a Stick Plot

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