Description
Wave buoy 106 measures wave height, wave direction, wave period, and water temperature in the vicinity of Waimea Bay on the North Shore of Oahu in the State of Hawaii. Data are transmitted every half hour. Moored in water 200 meters deep, this Datawell Directional Waverider Mark III (DWR-MkIII) buoy is equipped with three accelerometers measuring north/south, east/west, and vertical displacements, allowing it to measure both wave direction and wave energy. The temperature sensor is located at the base of the 0.9 meter spherical buoy, approximately 45 cm or 18 inches below the ocean surface. Wave buoys are useful tools for forecasting local waves and are used by recreational and professional ocean users alike.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
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| Web Resource | Unknown | Open resource | |
| Web Resource | Unknown | Open resource | |
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| CDIP Buoy 106 | Unknown | This URL provides data access for this dataset. | Open resource |
| Web Resource | Lotus Organizer | Open resource | |
| PacIOOS Voyager (Google Maps API) | Unknown | This URL provides a viewer for this dataset. | Open resource |
| PacIOOS Wave Buoys: Waimea Bay | Unknown | This URL provides a viewer for this dataset. | Open resource |
| Web Resource | Unknown | Open resource | |
| NOAA/NDBC Station 51201 | Unknown | This URL provides data access for this dataset. | Open resource |
| Web Page | HTML | mcmanus.html | Open resource |
Tags
- accelerometers
- buoys
- central pacific ocean
- continent
- earth science
- hawaii
- hawaiian islands
- in situ/laboratory instruments
- in situ ocean-based platforms
- latitude
- longitude
- magnetic/motion sensors
- moorings
- north america
- north shore
- oahu
- ocean
- oceans
- ocean temperature
- ocean waves
- pacific islands ocean observing system
- pacific ocean
- pacioos
- sea_surface_wave_from_direction
- sea_surface_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_second_frequency_moment
- sea_surface_wave_period_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum
- sea_surface_wave_significant_height
- sea_water_temperature
- significant wave height
- temperature/humidity sensors
- temperature sensors
- time
- united states of america
- waimea bay
- water temperature
- wave period
- wave speed/direction