Description
Wave buoy 197 measures wave height, wave direction, wave period, and water temperature in the vicinity of Tanapag on the west shore of Saipan in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). Data are transmitted every half hour. Moored in water 515 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 | |
| Web Resource | Unknown | Open resource | |
| CDIP Buoy 197 | 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: Tanapag, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands | Unknown | This URL provides a viewer for this dataset. | Open resource |
| Web Resource | Unknown | Open resource | |
| NOAA/NDBC Station 52211 | Unknown | This URL provides data access for this dataset. | Open resource |
| Web Page | HTML | mcmanus.html | Open resource |
Tags
- accelerometers
- buoys
- commonwealth of the northern mariana islands (cnmi)
- earth science
- in situ/laboratory instruments
- in situ ocean-based platforms
- latitude
- longitude
- magnetic/motion sensors
- micronesia
- moorings
- northern mariana islands
- ocean
- oceans
- ocean temperature
- ocean waves
- pacific islands ocean observing system
- pacific ocean
- pacioos
- saipan
- 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
- water temperature
- wave period
- wave speed/direction
- western pacific ocean