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    • CARICOOS Buoy VI1 (St. John, USVI): Currents Data, ACDP

    Metadata Updated: February 27, 2026

    CARICOOS real-time buoy observations near Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands at VI1 - CarICOOS Data Buoy C, located at 18d 14.952m N, 64d 45.792m W, South of St John. Buoy VI114 was deployed from 2024-09-09 15:46:00 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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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date February 2, 2026
    Metadata Created Date August 26, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 27, 2026
    Reference Date(s) August 21, 2025 (creation), August 21, 2025 (issued)
    Frequency Of Update

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from ioos

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date February 2, 2026
    Metadata Created Date August 26, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 27, 2026
    Reference Date(s) August 21, 2025 (creation), August 21, 2025 (issued)
    Responsible Party UMaine/Physical Oceanography Group (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid VI1_currents_acdp_merged
    Access Constraints
    Bbox East Long -64.7623
    Bbox North Lat 18.2515
    Bbox South Lat 18.2488
    Bbox West Long -64.7733
    Coupled Resource [{"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}, {"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}, {"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}]
    Frequency Of Update
    Harvest Object Id b80f6515-f5f5-444d-900d-a9ea0446abf7
    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": [[[-64.7733, 18.2488], [-64.7623, 18.2488], [-64.7623, 18.2515], [-64.7733, 18.2515], [-64.7733, 18.2488]]]}
    Progress
    Spatial Data Service Type ERDDAP tabledap
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2011-04-15T17:00:00Z
    Temporal Extent End 2026-02-02T11:00:00Z

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