Wind-Measuring Data Buoy

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a type of robot hydro-meteorological station designed to measure wind velocity and direction automatically and transmit the data by radio; it is primarily used in open areas of navigable, relatively shallow bodies of water, for example, reservoirs. The wind-measuring data buoy is attached to an anchor and contains sensors for wind velocity and direction, a direction reference system, programming, measuring, and coding systems, a power supply (a storage battery), and a radio transmitter. The wind-measuring data buoy operates independently for several months according to a predetermined program and can transmit data up to 100 km.

REFERENCE

Spravochnik po gidrometeorologicheskim priboram i ustanovkam. Leningrad, 1971.

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