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In 2005, the National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) Weather Buoy network was expanded with 15 additional buoys in the Caribbean Sea in support of early detection and improved forecasts of Atlantic Hurricanes. These buoys have now become a standard and highly valuable asset to the Weather Buoy network, and as such, some will be upgraded with the modular Self Contained Ocean Observing Payload (SCOOP) to add...
A revolution in ocean observations is taking place in the world's oceans. The National Data Buoy Center (NDBC), which is in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS) and located on Mississippi's Gulf Coast, is deploying an increasingly sophisticated and comprehensive operational ability to “see” and report back in real time what is happening in remote...
The National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) is a world leader in providing high quality ocean observations. The first coastal weather buoy systems, developed over four decades ago, were enormous (10 and 12-meter discus type) due to large power systems and electronics racks. NDBC's data collection payloads have historically provided the standard measurements of wind speed and direction, barometric pressure,...
In order to replace obsolescent sensors in the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) array and comply with the Ten Climate Principles, twenty-nine TAO Refresh buoys were deployed near paired TAO Legacy buoys for approximately one year each. At the end of each deployment, a statistical comparison of the daily averaged data was conducted for each pair of sensors. The results are summarized elsewhere. The...
The Tropical Atmosphere Ocean/Triangle Trans-Ocean Buoy Network (TAO/TRITON) moored buoy array is a central component of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Observing System to support research and forecasting of El Nino and La Nina. During the transition of the TAO array from Research to Operations, it was decided to refresh the TAO system by replacing the obsolescent components to ensure ongoing...
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