Surface Currents Buoy Observations : Utwe, Kosrae, FSM
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NOTE: This instrument does not report in real-time. New data are retrieved periodically.
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Disclaimer: Near real-time data have not been quality controlled.
Disclaimer: Data are released in compliance with real-time quality control standards.
Disclaimer: Real-time data are provided as raw and unaltered. Results of quality control checks are provided within the data set.
The PacIOOS wave buoy off Kosrae (CDIP #276; NDBC #52215) measures surface currents approximately 1.2 miles (2 km) offshore of Foko Mosral (Mosral Point), the southernmost point in the Malem municipality on the island of Kosrae in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). About 2 mi (3 km) west of Foko Mosral along the southern coast at the mouth of Finkol River lies Utwe Ma (Utwe Village), the capital of adjacent Utwe (or Utwa) municipality. Data are transmitted every 10 minutes. This Datawell Directional Waverider DWR4 buoy uses an acoustic current meter (ACM) to measure the speed and direction of ocean currents at approximately 1 meter below the surface.
Instrument site. Credit: PacIOOS/Thomas TinHan.
The Kosrae wave buoy is owned and managed by PacIOOS. The U.S. Department of State provided the initial funding to purchase and deploy the buoy through an award to PacIOOS via U.S. IOOS. Other key partners include Kosrae’s Division of Fisheries and Marine Resources and Kosrae’s Disaster Coordinating Officer. Data are managed by the Coastal Data Information Program (CDIP) at Scripps Institution of Oceanography of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Long-term partnerships between PacIOOS, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and CDIP enable data streaming into the PacIOOS website and PacIOOS Voyager.
View the latest Wave Observations, Sea Surface Temperature Observations, and Air Temperature Observations from the PacIOOS wave buoy at Kosrae, FSM.
