Sofar Spotter Archive

Description

This dataset includes archival hourly data from the [Sofar Spotter buoy global network] (https://weather.sofarocean.com/) from 2019 to March 2022.

Update Frequency

As available

License

Sofar Data Access Agreement

Documentation

Spotter Technical Reference Manual

Managed By

Sofar Ocean

See all datasets managed by Sofar Ocean.

Contact

opendata@sofarocean.com

How to Cite

Sofar Spotter Archive was accessed on DATE from https://registry.opendata.aws/sofar-spotter-archive.

Usage Examples

Tutorials

• Analyzing Spotter data with CloudDrift by Milan Curcic
  
• Exploring Bulk Variables from the Spotter Archive by Isabel A. Houghton
  
• Exploring Wave Spectra Variables from the Spotter Archive by Isabel A. Houghton
  

Publications

• Performance Characteristics of “Spotter,” a Newly Developed Real-Time Wave Measurement Buoy (2019) by K. Raghukumar, G. Chang, F. Spada, C. Jones, T. Janssen, A. Gans
  
• Performance Statistics of a Real-Time Pacific Ocean Weather Sensor Network (2021) by I. Houghton, P. Smit, D. Clark, C. Dunning, A. Fisher, N. Nidzieko, P. Chamberlain, T. Janssen