Research Article
Comparison of Multiple Surface Ocean Wind Products with Buoy Data over Blue Amazon (Brazilian Continental Margin)
Table 1
Main characteristics of in situ measurement buoys.
| | Dataset | Buoy | Location | Distance to the coast (km) | Time coverage |
| | PIRATA (OW) | 8N38°W | 8°N; 38°W | 1219 | 1998-01 | 2014-11 | | 4N23°W | 4°N; 23°W | 1082 | 2006-06 | 2017-03 | | 4N38°W | 4°N; 38°W | 788 | 2000-03 | 2013-10 | | 0N23°W | 0°N; 23°W | 1491 | 1999-03 | 2016-03 | | 0N35°W | 0°N; 35°W | 563 | 1998-01 | 2015-10 | | 8S30°W | 8°S; 30°W | 531 | 2005-08 | 2015-12 | | 14S32°W | 14°S; 32°W | 614 | 2005-08 | 2016-01 | | 19S34°W | 19°S; 34°W | 562 | 2005-09 | 2014-08 |
| | PNBOIA (SW) | Fortaleza | 3.21°S; 38.40°W | 54 | 2016-11 | 2017-12 | | Recife | 8.15°S; 34.56°W | 35 | 2012-09 | 2016-04 | | Porto Seguro | 15.99°S; 37.94°W | 99 | 2012-07 | 2016-12 | | Cabo Frio 2 | 23.63°S; 42.20°W | 72 | 2016-07 | 2017-07 | | Santos | 25.44°S; 45.04°W | 165 | 2011-04 | 2017-08 | | Itajaí | 28.50°S; 47.39°W | 125 | 2009-04 | 2018-11 | | Rio Grande | 31.57°S; 49.86°W | 101 | 2009-04 | 2017-01 |
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OW: oceanic waters; SW: shelf waters.
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