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Bucket Structure

Tidal Data

s3://marine-energy-data/
└── US_tidal/
    ├── Aleutian_Islands/
    ├── Cook_Inlet/
    ├── Piscataqua_River/
    ├── Puget_Sound/
    └── Western_Passage/

Wave Data

The latest version differs by domain: v1.0.1 (1979-2020) exists only for West Coast, Atlantic, Alaska, and Gulf of Mexico / Puerto Rico. Hawaii and CNMI/Guam are published only as v1.0.0, which also runs to 2020.

s3://wpto-pds-us-wave/
├── v1.0.0/
│   ├── West_Coast/                       # superseded by v1.0.1
│   ├── Atlantic/                         # superseded by v1.0.1
│   ├── Alaska/                           # superseded by v1.0.1
│   ├── Gulf_of_Mexico_and_Puerto_Rico/   # superseded by v1.0.1
│   ├── Hawaii/                           # latest for this domain
│   ├── CNMI_and_Guam/                    # latest for this domain
│   └── virtual_buoy/
│       ├── West_Coast/                   # 1-hour, 1979-2010
│       └── Atlantic_deprecated/
└── v1.0.1/
    ├── West_Coast/
    ├── Atlantic/
    ├── Alaska/
    └── Gulf_of_Mexico_and_Puerto_Rico/   # files are named GOM_PR_<year>.h5

Download via AWS CLI

Install the AWS CLI and download files without authentication:

# List tidal datasets
aws s3 ls s3://marine-energy-data/US_tidal/ --no-sign-request

# Download a specific tidal file
aws s3 cp s3://marine-energy-data/US_tidal/Cook_Inlet/Cook_Inlet_2005.h5 . --no-sign-request

# Download an entire tidal location
aws s3 sync s3://marine-energy-data/US_tidal/Cook_Inlet/ ./Cook_Inlet/ --no-sign-request

# List wave datasets
aws s3 ls s3://wpto-pds-us-wave/v1.0.1/ --no-sign-request

# Download a specific wave file
aws s3 cp s3://wpto-pds-us-wave/v1.0.1/West_Coast/West_Coast_wave_2010.h5 . --no-sign-request

Dataset Paths

Tidal HSDS Paths

Location HSDS Path
Aleutian Islands /nlr/US_tidal/Aleutian_Islands/Aleutian_Islands_2010.h5
Cook Inlet /nlr/US_tidal/Cook_Inlet/Cook_Inlet_2005.h5
Piscataqua River /nlr/US_tidal/Piscataqua_River/Piscataqua_River_2007.h5
Salish Sea (Puget Sound) /nlr/US_tidal/Puget_Sound/Puget_Sound_2015.h5
Western Passage /nlr/US_tidal/Western_Passage/Western_Passage_2017.h5

Wave HSDS Paths

Region HSDS Path Pattern
West Coast /nlr/US_wave/West_Coast/West_Coast_wave_{year}.h5
Atlantic /nlr/US_wave/Atlantic/Atlantic_wave_{year}.h5
Hawaii /nlr/US_wave/Hawaii/Hawaii_wave_{year}.h5

Data Format

All files use HDF5 format (.h5) with:

  • Dimensions: 2D time-series arrays (time x location)
  • Temporal axis: Defined by time_index dataset
  • Spatial axis: Defined by coordinate or meta dataset
  • Attributes: Units, variable names, and scale factors included

For more details, see Data Formats.