buoy ˈ booēboi httpsenwikipediaorgwikiBuoy A buoy is Some buoys are navigational buoys and aid boaters to Coast Guard regulations A mark with a circle indicates a regulated operation in this case a NO wake zone ID: 529698
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What is a buoy?
bu·oyˈbo͞oē,boi/Slide2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buoy
A buoy is……Slide3
Some buoys are navigational buoys and aid boaters to Coast Guard regulations.
A mark with a circle indicates a regulated operation, in this case, a “NO wake zone.”
www.ostegolkaeassociation.org
Photo
credit: Timothy
PokornySlide4
United States Coast Guard
https://www.uscgboating.org/images/486.PDF
Boaters use navigational buoys just like a driver of a car uses traffic signals to navigate through a neighborhood, town, or city.Slide5
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/marineocean-data
This buoy collects important information about weather and the ocean’s temperature. Scientists use the data to look for patterns over time to predict the weather.Slide6
How is a buoy used to collect data?Slide7
http://www.fishing-nc.com/images/buoy-mooring.jpg
Some buoys are “moored” or connected to the ocean floor.The satellite and cell phone communications send sound waves to the data collection center.Slide8
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/obs.shtml
The National Data Buoy Center collects data from buoys from all over the world. How can buoys be used to help a local fisherman? Slide9
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/obs.shtml
NOAA’s National Data Buoy Center
Data
Gulf of MexicoSlide10
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/obs.shtml
How can local fishermen use buoy data in their daily life? Let’s take a closer look at one buoy station.
Station WYCM6
Bay Waveland Yacht Club, MSSlide11
Station Name
Data Collected at the Bay Waveland Yacht Club, MS
Latitude and Longitude
Station Location
Instrument ProtocolsSlide12
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/marineocean-data
Information collected at this buoy.Slide13
Data Collection Instruments at Bay Waveland Yacht Club, MS
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/stationphotos.html?id=8747437
Weather instruments are used to collect the following information at this location:
wind direction,
wind speed,
w
ind gust, atmospheric pressure,
air temperature, andw
ater temperature.Slide14
http
://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/marineocean-data
What can you learn from the data collected at this buoy?
How often is
information
collected at this buoy?
What does WDIR stand for?What is the temperature difference for the times shown in this chart? W
hat other pattern(s) can you observe from looking at the data collected at this site?Slide15
What have you learned about buoys?
Answer the question in your science notebook.What new questions do you have about buoys?What resources could you use to find the answer(s)?