cdip_163 eng UTF8 dataset service Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) info@pacioos.org http://pacioos.org http web browser information pointOfContact 2025-03-07 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) 3 column 0.0 row 0.0 temporal 30.0 PacIOOS Wave Buoy 163: Kalo, Majuro, Marshall Islands 2010-04-23 creation 2010-04-23 issued 2016-05-04 revision org.pacioos cdip_163 Coastal Data Information Program (CDIP) www@cdip.ucsd.edu http://cdip.ucsd.edu http web browser information originator Margaret A. McManus University of Hawaii at Manoa mamc@hawaii.edu http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/oceanography/faculty/mcmanus.html http web browser information originator Mark A. Merrifield Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) mamerrifield@ucsd.edu http://scripps.ucsd.edu/profiles/mamerrifield http web browser information originator Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) info@pacioos.org http://pacioos.org http web browser information resourceProvider Coastal Data Information Program (CDIP) www@cdip.ucsd.edu http://cdip.ucsd.edu http web browser information publisher 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. 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. 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). Coastal Data Information Program (CDIP) www@cdip.ucsd.edu http://cdip.ucsd.edu http web browser information pointOfContact http://pacioos.org/metadata/browse/cdip_163.png Sample image. http://pacioos.org/metadata/browse/cdip_163.2.png Photo of instrument site. Credit: PacIOOS/Tucker Hull. Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Waves > Significant Wave Height Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Waves > Wave Period Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Waves > Wave Speed/Direction theme GCMD Science Keywords In Situ Ocean-based Platforms > Buoys In Situ Ocean-based Platforms > Moorings theme GCMD Platform Keywords In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Magnetic/Motion Sensors > Accelerometers > > Accelerometers In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Temperature/Humidity Sensors > > > Temperature Sensors theme GCMD Instrument Keywords Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Micronesia > Marshall Islands > Majuro Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Micronesia > Marshall Islands > Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) place GCMD Location Keywords PacIOOS > Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System project GCMD Project Keywords PacIOOS > Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System dataCenter GCMD Data Center Keywords sea_surface_wave_significant_height 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_water_temperature latitude longitude time theme CF Standard Name Table v39 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. Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) largerWorkCitation project eng oceans 1 171.391833 171.40165 7.083500 7.08911 2010-04-23T13:59:00Z now 0.0 0.0 Coastal Data Information Program (CDIP) www@cdip.ucsd.edu http://cdip.ucsd.edu http web browser URL for the data publisher This URL provides contact information for the publisher of this dataset information publisher HTML http://pacioos.org/voyager/index.html?b=7.012646%2C171.220078%2C7.187079%2C171.512418&o=wave:1::c52p0163p1 http PacIOOS Voyager (Google Maps API) This URL provides a viewer for this dataset. download http://pacioos.org/waves/buoy-majuro/ http PacIOOS Wave Buoys: "Kalo", Majuro, RMI This URL provides a viewer for this dataset. download https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/erddap/search/index.html?searchFor=cdip http ERDDAP This URL provides data access for this dataset. download https://cdip.ucsd.edu/themes/?d2=p70:s:163 http CDIP Buoy 163 This URL provides data access for this dataset. download http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php/?station=52201 http NOAA/NDBC Station 52201 This URL provides data access for this dataset. download dataset 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.