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This dataset includes archival hourly data from the [Sofar Spotter buoy global network](https://weather.sofarocean.com/) from 2019 to March 2022. <br />
Overview
This dataset includes archival hourly data from the Sofar Spotter buoy global network from 2019 to March 2022.
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- To access these resources, reference the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) using the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI). Learn more
- Description
- Hourly position, wave spectra and bulk wave parameters from global free drifting Spotter buoys.
- Resource type
- S3 bucket
- Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
- arn:aws:s3:::sofar-spotter-archive
- AWS region
- us-west-2
- AWS CLI access (No AWS account required)
- aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://sofar-spotter-archive/
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Sofar Spotter Archive was accessed on DATE from https://registry.opendata.aws/sofar-spotter-archive .
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