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Meteorological Monitoring and Measurement Buoy

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Meteorological monitoring and measurement buoys (aka weather buoys) are the buoys to measure parameters for monitoring and weather forecasting. The measurements include air temperature above the ocean surface; wind speed and direction; barometric pressure; sea water temperature and salinity; wave height, period and direction; and current etc. The weather buoys can be an important part of the global weather monitoring and prediction system (see the ocean data buoy in Fig. 1).

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WMO global observing system (http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/TEM/WMO_RFC/index_en.html)

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  1. SW MARE Marine Technology, Cork, Ireland

    Wanan Sheng

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  1. Hadal Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China

    Weicheng Cui

  2. School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai, China

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  3. School of Marine Science and Technology, Newcastle University , Newcastle, UK

    Zhiqiang Hu

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    Wanan Sheng

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Sheng, W. (2019). Meteorological Monitoring and Measurement Buoy. In: Cui, W., Fu, S., Hu, Z. (eds) Encyclopedia of Ocean Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6963-5_68-1

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