PacIOOS Wave Buoy 121: Ipan, Guam

Description

Wave buoy 121 measures wave height, wave direction, wave period, and water temperature in the vicinity of Ipan beach park near the village of Talofofo on the eastern coast of Guam. 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
0 http://cdip.ucsd.edu
27 http://pacioos.org
0 http://cdip.ucsd.edu
0 This URL provides data access for this dataset. http://cdip.ucsd.edu/?nav=historic&xitem=stn_home&stn=121
21 mcmanus.html http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/oceanography/faculty/mcmanus.html
0 http://scripps.ucsd.edu/profiles/mamerrifield
0 This URL provides data access for this dataset. http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php/?station=52200
0 This URL provides a viewer for this dataset. http://pacioos.org/voyager/index.html?b=13.107838%2C144.190321%2C13.791674%2C145.359679&o=wave:1::c52p0121p1
0 This URL provides a viewer for this dataset. http://pacioos.org/waves/buoy-ipan/
0 http://cdip.ucsd.edu

Tags

  • buoys
  • sea_water_temperature
  • talofofo
  • western pacific ocean
  • latitude
  • longitude
  • ipan
  • temperature/humidity sensors
  • in situ/laboratory instruments
  • oceans
  • water temperature
  • pacioos
  • sea_surface_wave_period_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum
  • guam
  • pacific islands ocean observing system
  • ocean temperature
  • in situ ocean-based platforms
  • ocean waves
  • sea_surface_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_second_frequency_moment
  • earth science
  • ocean
  • sea_surface_wave_from_direction
  • significant wave height
  • temperature sensors
  • sea_surface_wave_significant_height
  • micronesia
  • magnetic/motion sensors
  • wave speed/direction
  • time
  • wave period
  • moorings
  • pacific ocean
  • accelerometers

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