US program in anchored data buoy and the other fixed observation platforms
Abstract
The NOAA Data Buoy Office (NOBO) develops and operates moored buoys in all U.S. coastal and offshore waters from New England to Hawaii (including the Great Lakes) to provide real-time environmental measurements in data-sparse areas for the National Weather Service and other public and private users. The NOBO also has a program for development, deployment, and operation of drifting buoys, which provide environmental measurements in the South Atlantic and Pacific from Chili to Australia and in the Northern Hemisphere. In addition, NOBO develops, deploys, and operates special purpose environmental measuring systems for other government agencies, particularly for petroleum-related purposes, and has an engineering development effort in procuring new and improved sensor and communications systems.
- Publication:
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In CNES Proc. of the ARGOS Users Conf. on Data Collection and Platform 11 p (SEE N85-24348 14-42
- Pub Date:
- 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981dcls.confR....M
- Keywords:
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- Buoys;
- Data Collection Platforms;
- Ocean Data Acquisitions Systems;
- Environmental Monitoring;
- Meteorological Parameters;
- Oceanographic Parameters;
- Real Time Operation;
- Instrumentation and Photography