martha's vineyard coastal observatory
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The MVCO is a research observatory located at South Beach and in the ocean a mile off the south shore of Martha's Vineyard. It provides real time and archived coastal oceanographic and meteorological data for researchers, students and the general public.

Current GMT time : Nov 22, 2009 13:46
Current local time: Nov 22, 2009 8:46

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Nov 22, 2009 13:20 GMT
Wind Speed 6.1 m/s
Wind Direction from 52 ° (NE)
Air Temperature 8.9
Relative Humidity 85 %
Pressure 1025 mb
Solar Radiation 179 Wm-2
Infrared Radiation 275 Wm-2
Precipitation (20 min burst) 0.0 mm
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Nov 22, 2009 13:20 GMT
Wave height 0.6 meters
Dominant wave period 6.0 seconds
Wave direction from 165 °
Wave spectra (mks)
Near bottom water temperature 11.2 ° C
Near bottom current 0.09 m/s
Near bottom current direction toward 283 °
Near surface current 0.14 m/s
Near surface current direction toward 272 °
Tide 0.1 meters
Salinity 31.7 ppt
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