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BOBr Raw 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 04:25 PM
Raw data from the BOBr (Buoy to Observe Breaking) wave measurement buoy. Data was recorded off the coast of Newport, OR at Agate Beach, in the surf zone.

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description Raw data from the BOBr (Buoy to Observe Breaking) wave measurement buoy. Data was recorded off the coast of Newport, OR at Agate Beach, in the surf zone.
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DOI 10.15473/1421950
identifier https://data.openei.org/submissions/7820
issued 2013-10-31T06:00:00Z
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  "BOBr",
  "Hydrokinetic",
  "MHK",
  "Marine",
  "Newport",
  "OR",
  "acceleration",
  "breaking",
  "buoy",
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  "free-drift",
  "ground",
  "magnetic field vectors",
  "measurement",
  "oregon",
  "orientation",
  "power",
  "preprocessed",
  "quaternion",
  "raw data",
  "resource",
  "rotation",
  "surf",
  "surf zone",
  "wave",
  "waves"
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landingPage https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/118
license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
modified 2021-07-09T16:25:06Z
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projectLead Jim Ahlgrimm
projectNumber GO18179
projectTitle Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center
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title BOBr Raw Breaking Wave Data, Agate Beach, OR

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