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      Citation: 
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          Title: 
            PacIOOS Wave Buoy 163: Kalo, Majuro, Marshall Islands
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                  2010-04-23
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                  2016-05-04
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                Coastal Data Information Program (CDIP)
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                        www@cdip.ucsd.edu
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                Margaret A. McManus
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                University of Hawaii at Manoa
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                Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)
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      Abstract: 
        Wave buoy 163 measures wave height, wave direction, wave period, and 
        water temperature in the vicinity of Delap Point on the east shore of 
        Majuro Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). Students 
        at the College of the Marshall Islands named the buoy Kalo after the 
        Marshallese bird that flies only near land. Data are transmitted every 
        half hour. Moored in water 540 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. Because 
        the original buoy location experienced significant damage during 
        vessel entanglement, it was moved on May 4, 2016 to a less frequented 
        area approximately one kilometer to the southwest to help avoid future 
        obstructions.
      Purpose: 
        PacIOOS provides timely, reliable, and accurate ocean information to 
        support a safe, clean, productive ocean and resilient coastal zone in 
        the U.S. Pacific Islands region.
      Credit: 
        The Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) is funded through 
        the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as a 
        Regional Association within the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System 
        (IOOS). PacIOOS is coordinated by the University of Hawaii School of 
        Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST). Wave buoy 163 is owned 
        and managed by PacIOOS. The National Science Foundation (NSF) provided 
        the initial funding to purchase this buoy. Data are managed and 
        distributed by the Coastal Data Information Program (CDIP).
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            Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
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            Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Waves > Significant Wave Height
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            Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Waves > Wave Period
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            The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not 
            intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither 
            the data Contributor, University of Hawaii, PacIOOS, NOAA, State 
            of Hawaii nor the United States Government, nor any of their 
            employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, 
            including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a 
            particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the 
            accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
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          Statement: 
            2010-04-23T21:26:00Z PacIOOS asset deployed.
            2016-05-04T02:00:00Z Redeployed (lat: 7.08350, lon: 171.39183, 
            depth: 540 m) approximately 1 km southwest of previous position 
            (lat: 7.08911, lon: 171.40165, depth: 375 m) to help avoid traffic.
            2017-09-15T00:00:00Z M.A. McManus assumes buoy oversight.
            2022-11-15T22:17:00Z Dataset identifier modified from "cdip163" to 
            "cdip_163" to match PacIOOS naming conventions.