St. John's Buoy

A 3 metre diameter meteorological/oceanographic buoy built by AXYS Environmental Technologies of Sidney, British Columbia. The buoy is located in St. John's Bay just north of Cape Spear at the approaches to St. John's Harbour in about 160 m. water depth. The buoy's purpose is to monitor and transmit in near real time meteorological and oceanographic data in support of operational efficiency, safety and situational awareness for marine transportation. The buoy also provides a continuous data feed in support of the Science and R&D community.The buoy is capable of measuring a variety of atmospheric and surface conditions including: wind speed and direction, air temperature, humidity, dew point, barometric pressure, water temperature, current speed and direction (0.5 m. depth), wave height, direction and period as well as wave spectral information. The buoy is also equipped with an Aids to Navigation Information System (ATONiS) allowing direct transmittal of the buoy data to a ship's bridge.

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Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0

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Metadata Reference Date(s) July 10, 2013 (Creation)
January 31, 2024 (Revision)
Frequency of Update As Needed

Responsible Party 1
Affiliation
Marine Institute - CTec - SmartAtlantic
Role
Contributor
Responsible Party 2
Affiliation
MI
Role
Originator
Responsible Party 3
Name
Marine Institute
Role
Author
Responsible Party 4
Name
SmartAtlantic
Email
SmartBay@smartbay.ca
Role
Publisher

Field Value
Ocean Variables
  • Sea Surface Height
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Surface Currents
Scope Dataset
Status On Going
Spatial Extent [-52.63057833333333, 47.56716]
North Bounding Latitude 47.56716
South Bounding Latitude 47.56716
East Bounding Longitude -52.63057833333333
West Bounding Longitude -52.63057833333333
Temporal Extent
Begin
2013-07-10
End
2024-01-31
Default Locale English
Projects
  1. SmartAtlantic
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Included in Data Catalogue 1
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CKAN
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https://catalogue.dev.cioosatlantic.ca