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.

Asamblea General 2017

¡Ayúdanos a forjar el futuro de la observación costera en el Caribe! Regístrate aquí.

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

De regreso al agua la boya de CO2

La boya de CO2 localizada en Cayo Enrique, una de sólo 11 alrededor del mundo, ya está en operación luego de recuperarse el pasado 11 de enero de 2017 para su mantenimiento anual. Personal de la Universidad de New Hampshire, CARICOOS y del Departamento de Ciencias Marinas de UPR-RUM reacondicionaron la boya y re-calibraron sus instrumentos para que… Read More

CO2 Buoy Back in the Water!

The Cayo Enrique CO2 buoy, one of only eleven in the entire world, is back on station after being recovered for annual maintenance on January 11th, 2017. Personnel from the University of New Hampshire, the Department of Marine Sciences UPR-RUM, and CARICOOS reconditioned the buoy and re-calibrated the instruments in order to provide another year of… Read More

En mantenimiento la boya de acidificación

El equipo de trabajo de la Universidad de New Hampshire, UPRM-Departamento de Ciencias Marinas y de CARICOOS participaron hoy, miércoles 11 de enero del 2017 en la recuperación de la boya de CO2/Acidificación, localizada en Cayo Enrique, La Parguera, Lajas, Puerto Rico. En las próximas dos semanas se le estará ofreciendo mantenimiento y calibración a los instrumentos en los laboratorios de CARICOOS. Esta boya es parte fundamental del programa de monitoreo de acidificación de los… Read More

BRINGING OUR TALENT BACK: CARICOOS NEW POSTDOCS

We are happy to announce that Juan González and Patricia Chardón are now back in CARICOOS! Just a few years ago they were Masters students under the mentorship of Aurelio Mercado and Miguel Canals, respectively. They went on to get their PhDs and have now completed the circle. Dr. González is CARICOOS operational modeling postdoc. He… Read More

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