What is the ocean buoy, what is the role?

Marine buoy is anchored in the sea as the main body of the observation buoys composed of marine hydrology, water quality and meteorological automatic observation station.

It can be in accordance with the requirements of long-term, continuous for marine scientific research, offshore oil (gas) development, port construction and national defense construction to collect the required marine hydrographic water quality and meteorological data, in particular, can be collected to the investigation of the ship is difficult to collect the bad weather and sea state information.

People on the coast and islands to establish a marine observatory, measuring wave height. Sea current. Sea temperature. Tide level. Wind speed. Air pressure and other hydrometeorological elements, mastering these data will bring more convenience to people.

Extended information

Generally speaking, the main structure of the ocean monitoring buoy is composed of float, mast, mooring and counterweight, and the functional module is mainly composed of power supply, communication control, sensors and so on.

The water mast is mainly used to carry solar panels, meteorological sensors and communication interruptions, etc.; the underwater part carries hydrological and water quality sensors, respectively, to measure the hydrological (wave, still left, temperature and salt depth and other parameters) and water quality (chlorophyll, algae, cod, and the concentration of various types of dissolved in the seawater and other related substances) and other elements.

The signals generated by each sensor are automatically processed by the instrument and sent out by the transmitter at regular intervals, and the ground receiving station processes the received signals to get the information people need.

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