hurricane monitoring buoy

hurricane monitoring buoy

[′hər·ə‚kān ′män·ə·triŋ ‚bȯi]

(meteorology)

A free-floating automatic weather station designed as an expendable instrument in connection with hurricane and typhoon monitoring and forecasting services.

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