Virtual Vacationland: Buoy Data

Data from Ocean Buoys

Ocean and atmospheric data that are collected by buoys is available on-line. Learn about our environment by studying changes in these data.

Understand the relationships between:
- wave period, wave energy, wave length, and wave speed (for deep-water waves)
Learn about one of nature's most destructive events: a tsunami
Discover how data are collected by buoys and how these data are calibrated
Convert data into different formats
Discover how atmospheric pressure is measured
Graph temperature data to find the relationship between Fahrenheit and Celsius
Consider how wind, waves and the atmosphere change over hours
Are data collected during August 1998 similar to data gathered today?
Learn the tie between atmospheric pressure systems, wind direction and weather
Compare historical data graphs from several ocean buoys
Examine the relationship between wind speed and wave height
Discover how the buoys' water temperature and air temperature vary over time
Observe data trends
What's meaning of "mean data"?
Access climate data on the Internet
Compare the climate of coastal cities with buoys found at the same latitude
Examine month-to-month trends in air temperature and buoy water temperature