CARICOOS-Virgin Islands

Asamblea General 2018

CARICOOS: 11 años optimizando la experiencia marítima By Mariam Ludim Rosa Vélez (mariamludim@uprm.edu) Prensa RUM Friday, June 8, 2018 Por 11 años, el Sistema Caribeño de Observación Costera Oceánica (CARICOOS) del Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez (RUM), ha mantenido su norte de optimizar la experiencia marítima de los ciudadanos con datos relevantes que les permitan tomar decisiones…. Read More

Outlook of Sargassum blooms in the Caribbean Sea for 2018

According to past experience, a winter bloom in the central West Atlantic often evolved into a major bloom in the Caribbean Sea in spring and summer. The past month of January to March 2018 showed the largest bloom in the central West Atlantic, as compared to the same months in history. The eastern Caribbean islands… Read More

Vientos durante el Huracán María

  El pasado 20 de septiempbre el huracán María atravezó la isla de Puerto Rico. La red de anemómetros de CARICOOS pudo detectar la intensidad del vientos. A continuación podemos ver el viento registrado por zona. Debemos señalar que algunas de las estaciones dejaron de reportar cuando fallaron las comunicaciones e internet en la isla.

CARICOOS Buoys are Ready for the Hurricane Season

The hurricane season kicked off on Thursday, June 1st and is now officially underway in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Our data buoys are back in the water to record the entire season. With support from the University of Maine’s Physical Oceanography Group and Commercial Divers Inc., CARICOOS staff performed the annual maintenance for the Ponce,… Read More

Gliding through the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea during the hurricane season

The Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) Physical Oceanography Division and the Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System (CARICOOS) deployed two underwater gliders in the Caribbean Sea and one in the Atlantic Ocean. These autonomous underwater vehicles will dive to depths of up to 1,000 meters and travel hundreds of kilometers across the Atlantic Ocean and… Read More Gliders1

CARICOOS 2017 General Assembly

The CARICOOS General Assembly and Stakeholders Council Meeting took place last April the 28th at the Rincon Beach Resort. CARICOOS staff, students and collaborators presented their work through poster sessions and stakeholder packed forums. Topics included ocean currents, wave forecasts, beach water quality, and more. For more information including the agenda, posters and photo gallery click here.

UVI Visits the CARICOOS Program Office

The CARICOOS Program Office had the pleasure of hosting University of Virgin Islands’ Sonaljit Mukherjee and Andy Breton from January 30th until February 3rd. The main purpose of the visit was to exchange knowledge toward enhancing CARICOOS forecasting capabilities and UVI data management protocols. They met with Juan Gonzalez-Lopez, our operational numerical modeling specialist, to… Read More CARICOOS crew

A View of Our Hurricane Season Dashboard

As the hurricane season comes to an end (or is it?), we look back on the new and improved hurricane season dashboard. We pulled the best products from the National Weather Service and other NOAA programs to provide you with a synoptic view of what’s going on in the Atlantic. This year we had almost 7000… Read More