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    • CARICOOS Buoy PR1 (Ponce, PR): Currents Data, ACDP

    Metadata Updated: January 26, 2026

    CARICOOS real-time buoy observations near Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands at PR1 - CarICOOS Data Buoy A, located at 17d 52.200m N, 66d 32.220m W, South of Caja de Muertos Island. Buoy PR116 was deployed from 2024-07-31 11:31:00 through 0000-00-00 00:00:00 UTC. Ocean current speed and direction measurements were made hourly throughout the water column from near-surface to near the ocean floor using a Nortek Aquadopp acoustic doppler current profiler onboard the buoy.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date January 4, 2026
    Metadata Created Date August 26, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date January 26, 2026
    Reference Date(s) November 6, 2025 (creation), November 6, 2025 (issued)
    Frequency Of Update

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from ioos

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date January 4, 2026
    Metadata Created Date August 26, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date January 26, 2026
    Reference Date(s) November 6, 2025 (creation), November 6, 2025 (issued)
    Responsible Party UMaine/Physical Oceanography Group (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid PR1_currents_acdp_merged
    Access Constraints
    Bbox East Long -66.5103
    Bbox North Lat 17.87
    Bbox South Lat 17.86
    Bbox West Long -66.537
    Coupled Resource [{"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}, {"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}, {"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}]
    Frequency Of Update
    Harvest Object Id 6cf6752e-8dfc-4b22-b46d-6ec3aba89603
    Harvest Source Id 54e15a6e-6dde-4c9c-a8f0-345cc0dfccfb
    Harvest Source Title ioos
    Licence
    Lineage Ocean Data Acquisition Systems (ODAS) Buoy
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-66.537, 17.86], [-66.5103, 17.86], [-66.5103, 17.87], [-66.537, 17.87], [-66.537, 17.86]]]}
    Progress
    Spatial Data Service Type ERDDAP tabledap
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2009-06-09T14:00:00Z
    Temporal Extent End 2026-01-04T16:00:00Z

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