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FLOATING RESEARCH: A CHAIN OF HIGH-TECH BUOYS TRANSMITS INFORMATION, GIVING THE NAVY A CLOSER LOOK AT APPROACHING HURRICANES.(LOCAL)
The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
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September 2, 1999|
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Byline: STEVE STONE, STAFF WRITER
It's the Navy's Maginot line against a relentless invader - hurricanes.
A series of temporary buoys - air-dropped strategically throughout the Atlantic - are giving Navy and civilian meteorologists an unprecedented opportunity to assess hurricanes. The devices literally take the pulse of storms as they move and grow over open ocean where storm data is usually unavailable.
``There are no land masses to the east of the Bahamas, so there's no data for the forecasters on what storms are doing and where they are ...
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Tsunami warning: due to be completed by the end of 2008, a system of buoys will provide advance warning of a tsunami to countries that border India.(International)
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Fishermen plead to get data back.(City/Region)(Weather buoys knocked loose by winter storms provided information that aids navigation on treacherous river bars)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
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Buoy tender lights up channel in a whole new way.
Magazine article from: Coast Guard Magazine
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Company thinks big with energy project.(Business)(Oceanlinx hopes to install 10 massive platforms anchored to the seabed off Florence to use waves to generate electricity)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
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Cautious reception for wave proposal.(City/Region)(Fishermen and others raise concerns about plans to harvest power from the ocean)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
; ...impact of 200 electricity-generating wave buoys on the Oregon Coast, and less time to figure...project. Nock's company is proposing 200 buoys that each will rise 30 feet above water...how it reacts to approaching swells, the buoys are promising better efficiency than once...
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