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BOBr Processed Breaking Wave Data, Agate Beach, OR

Published by Oregon State University | Department of Energy | Catalog Last Checked: March 23, 2026 at 09:42 PM | Dataset Last Updated: July 09, 2021 at 04:26 PM
This data was recorded by the BOBr (Buoy to Observe Breaking) off the coast of Newport, OR at Agate Beach in the surf zone. The data was recorded by a 9dof inertial measurement unit and consists of a timestamp, quaternion orientation, acceleration vector, rotation vector, and magnetic vector. The acceleration, rotation, and magnetic vectors have all been corrected back to a North East Down reference frame.

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description This data was recorded by the BOBr (Buoy to Observe Breaking) off the coast of Newport, OR at Agate Beach in the surf zone. The data was recorded by a 9dof inertial measurement unit and consists of a timestamp, quaternion orientation, acceleration vector, rotation vector, and magnetic vector. The acceleration, rotation, and magnetic vectors have all been corrected back to a North East Down reference frame.
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DOI 10.15473/1421982
identifier https://data.openei.org/submissions/7821
issued 2013-10-31T06:00:00Z
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                                            [
  "Agate Beach",
  "BOBr",
  "Hydrokinetic",
  "MHK",
  "Marine",
  "Newport",
  "OR",
  "acceleration",
  "breaking",
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  "characterization",
  "data",
  "energy",
  "free-drift",
  "ground",
  "ground data",
  "magnetic field vectors",
  "measurement",
  "oregon",
  "orientation",
  "power",
  "processed data",
  "quaternion",
  "resource",
  "rotation",
  "surf",
  "surf zone",
  "wave",
  "waves"
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landingPage https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/119
license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
modified 2021-07-09T16:26:34Z
programCode 
                                            [
  "019:009"
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projectLead Jim Ahlgrimm
projectNumber GO18179
projectTitle Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center
publisher 
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  "name": "Oregon State University",
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title BOBr Processed Breaking Wave Data, Agate Beach, OR

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