Weather buoy

weather buoy operated by the NOAA National Data Buoy Center

Weather buoys are instruments which collect weather and ocean data within the world's oceans. They measure parameters such as air temperature at the ocean surface, water temperature, wave height, dominant wave period, barometric pressure, wind speed (steady and gusting), and wind direction. The buoys transmit this data via satellite communications to meteorological centers for use in weather forecasting and climate study. Both moored buoys and drifting buoys (drifting in the open ocean currents) are used.

Weather buoys can be recognized by their yellow color and flashing yellow light at night.

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Earth-based meteorological equipment and instrumentation

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Earth-based meteorological observation systems and weather stations

General

Aircraft report (AIREP) · Automatic weather station (AWS) · Automated airport weather station · Dropsonde · Hurricane Hunters · Binary Universal Form for the Representation of meteorological data (BUFR) · Meteorological Aerodrome Report (METAR) · Pilot report (PIREP) · SST buoys · Tide gauge · Weather balloon · Weather buoy · Weather ship

By region

Worldwide	Argo · Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) · Aircraft Communication Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) · Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay (AMDAR) · Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS)

United States	Citizens Weather Observer Program (CWOP) · Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) · NEXRAD radar · Remote Automated Weather Station (RAWS) · Tropospheric Airborne Meteorological Data Reporting (TAMDAR)

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