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  <attribute name="summary" value="University of Maine real-time buoy observations in the Gulf of Maine at NERACOOS site A01 - Massachusetts Bay, located at 42d 31.344m N, 70d 33.942m W SE of Gloucester. NERACOOS buoy A0131 was deployed from 2013-10-29 20:42:00 until 2014-06-03 19:45:00 UTC.  Ocean current speed and direction measurements were made hourly every 4 meters throughout the water column from 10m to 58m." />
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  <attribute name="license" value="The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, University of Maine, IOOS, NOAA, State of Maine nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information." />
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