Wave Measurements taken NW of Culebra Island, Puerto Rico, 2023
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.
Citation Formats
TY - DATA
AB - 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.
AU - McVey, James
A2 - Grear, Molly
A3 - Freeman, Mikaela
A4 - Garavelli, Lysel
DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO - 10.15473/2331255
KW - wave
KW - puerto rico
KW - sea surface temperature
KW - wave energy
KW - wave measurements
KW - spotter
KW - buoy
KW - caribbean
KW - wave resource
KW - wave statistics
KW - MATLAB
KW - Python
KW - NetCDF
KW - GPS
KW - SST
KW - directional spectra
KW - raw data
KW - processed data
KW - height
KW - period
KW - direction
KW - energy density spectra
LA - English
DA - 2023/07/27
PY - 2023
PB - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
T1 - Wave Measurements taken NW of Culebra Island, Puerto Rico, 2023
UR - https://doi.org/10.15473/2331255
ER -
McVey, James, et al. Wave Measurements taken NW of Culebra Island, Puerto Rico, 2023. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 27 July, 2023, MHKDR. https://doi.org/10.15473/2331255.
McVey, J., Grear, M., Freeman, M., & Garavelli, L. (2023). Wave Measurements taken NW of Culebra Island, Puerto Rico, 2023. [Data set]. MHKDR. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.15473/2331255
McVey, James, Molly Grear, Mikaela Freeman, and Lysel Garavelli. Wave Measurements taken NW of Culebra Island, Puerto Rico, 2023. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, July, 27, 2023. Distributed by MHKDR. https://doi.org/10.15473/2331255
@misc{OEDI_Dataset_8088,
title = {Wave Measurements taken NW of Culebra Island, Puerto Rico, 2023},
author = {McVey, James and Grear, Molly and Freeman, Mikaela and Garavelli, Lysel},
abstractNote = {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.},
url = {https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/545},
year = {2023},
howpublished = {MHKDR, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, https://doi.org/10.15473/2331255},
note = {Accessed: 2025-05-29},
doi = {10.15473/2331255}
}
https://dx.doi.org/10.15473/2331255
Details
Data from Jul 27, 2023
Last updated Apr 9, 2025
Submitted Mar 29, 2024
Organization
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Contact
James McVey
206.528.3060
Authors
Original Source
https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/545Research Areas
Keywords
wave, puerto rico, sea surface temperature, wave energy, wave measurements, spotter, buoy, caribbean, wave resource, wave statistics, MATLAB, Python, NetCDF, GPS, SST, directional spectra, raw data, processed data, height, period, direction, energy density spectraDOE Project Details
Project Name Co-locating Wave Energy with an Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture System
Project Lead Carrie Schmaus
Project Number FY24 AOP 2.2.5.602
