Wave Measurements taken NW of Culebra Island, Puerto Rico, 2023

Published by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | Department of Energy | Metadata Last Checked: June 28, 2025 | Last Modified: 2025-04-09T17:14:01Z

Wave and sea surface temperature measurements collected by a Sofar Spotter buoy in 2023. The buoy was deployed on July 27, 2023 at 11:30 UTC northwest of Culebra Island, Puerto Rico, (18.3878 N, 65.3899 W) and recovered on Nov 5, 2023 at 12:45 UTC. Data are saved here in netCDF format, organized by month, and include directional wave statistics, GPS, and SST measurements at 30-minute intervals. Figures produced from these data are provided here as well. They include timeseries of wave height/period/direction and SST, GPS location, wave roses, and directional spectra. Additionally, raw CSV files from the Spotter's memory card can also be found below. NetCDF files can be read in python using the netCDF4 or Xarray packages, or through MATLAB using the "ncread()" command.

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bureauCode	[ "019:20" ]
dataQuality	true
DOI	10.15473/2331255
identifier	https://data.openei.org/submissions/8088
issued	2023-07-27T06:00:00Z
landingPage	https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/545
programCode	[ "019:009" ]
projectLead	Carrie Schmaus
projectNumber	FY24 AOP 2.2.5.602
projectTitle	Co-locating Wave Energy with an Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture System
spatial	{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-65.3899,18.3878],[-65.3899,18.3878],[-65.3899,18.3878],[-65.3899,18.3878],[-65.3899,18.3878]]]}

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