Navy Oceanographic and Meteorological Automatic Device
Navy Oceanographic and Meteorological Automatic Device
[¦hāv·ē ‚ō·shə·nə¦graf·ik and ‚mēd·ē·ə·rə¦läj·ə·kəl ¦ȯd·ə‚mad·ik di′vīs] (oceanography)
A 6-meter-long, boat-shaped, moored instrumented buoy. Abbreviated NOMAD.
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