Project WHOTS - WHOI Hawaii Ocean Time-series Station

Archived Data

Available Data
The ASIMET meteorological sensors on the buoy provided a record of:

• Wind velocity
• Relative Humidity
• Air and Sea surface Temperatures
• Incoming Shortwave Radiation
• Incoming Longwave Radiation
• Barometric Pressure
• Precipitation

Download Data
NetCDF (OceanSITES standard) files are available for download. All data presented here should be considered preliminary as further adjustments to the data may be needed. Please note the version date as well as the citation for any data you download.

WHOTS-I

The first WHOTS buoy was deployed from the R/V Ka´imikai-o-Kanaloa (KOK) and recovered during the TUIM10MV cruise on the R/V Melville.
Set: Aug 13, 2004, 02:40 UTC
Recovered:Jul 25, 2005 17:15 UTC
Position: 22° 46´N, 1571° 54´W
Depth: 4693 meters

metadata	NetCDF
OS_WHOTS_200408_M.nc	OS_WHOTS_200408_M.nc.meta

WHOTS-II

The second WHOTS buoy was deployed during the TUIM10MV cruise on the R.V. Melville, and recovered from the Revelle on cruise AMAT07.
Set: July 28, 2005 01:43 UTC
Recovered: June 24, 2006 18:30 UTC
Position: 22° 46´N, 157° 54´W
Depth: 4695 meters

metadata	NetCDF
OS_WHOTS_200507_M.nc	OS_WHOTS_200507_M.nc.meta

WHOTS-III

The third WHOTS buoy was deployed from the R/V Revelle on cruise AMAT07, and recovered during the KM-07-08 cruise aboard the R/V Kilo Moana.
Set: June 26 2006, 23:47 UTC
Recovered: June 26, 2007 16:00 UTC
Position: 22° 46´N, 157° 54´W
Depth: 4703 meters

metadata	NetCDF
OS_WHOTS_200606_M.nc	OS_WHOTS_200606_M.nc.meta

WHOTS-IV

The fourth WHOTS buoy was deployed during the KM 07-08 cruise onboard the R/V Kilo Moana, andrecovered during the KM 07-08 cruise on the R/V Kilo Moana.

Set: June 25, 2007, 23:49 UTC
Recovered: June 6, 2008, 17:20 UTC
Position: 22° 40´N, 157° 57´W
Depth: 4756 meters

metadata	NetCDF
OS_WHOTS_200706_M.nc	OS_WHOTS_200706_M.nc.meta

Last updated: Nov 3, 2009