http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
Before going to the site, predict where you think the biggest waves will be found.
HOW TO USE THE MAP: Place your cursor on the map (yellow markers indicate data-generating stations with recent data). Click on several different yellow markers to explore the data offered. Some buoys provide graphical information about water column height; others provide temperature data (water and air), wind speed/direction, and atmospheric pressure.
TAKE NOTES to share in class and REFLECT on this experience :
USE this link to explore various buoys in the oceans, or the Great Lakes. Where are waves the highest and the lowest? What do you think makes them so high? Make sure that you note the date you accessed the link. What types of buoys were they? What atmospheric pressure or wind speed was at that location? What causes waves to become so high or low? Why might these buoys be helpful to meteorologists, cities on the coast (seaside), boatsmen, you...?
Before going to the site, predict where you think the biggest waves will be found.
HOW TO USE THE MAP: Place your cursor on the map (yellow markers indicate data-generating stations with recent data). Click on several different yellow markers to explore the data offered. Some buoys provide graphical information about water column height; others provide temperature data (water and air), wind speed/direction, and atmospheric pressure.
TAKE NOTES to share in class and REFLECT on this experience :
USE this link to explore various buoys in the oceans, or the Great Lakes. Where are waves the highest and the lowest? What do you think makes them so high? Make sure that you note the date you accessed the link. What types of buoys were they? What atmospheric pressure or wind speed was at that location? What causes waves to become so high or low? Why might these buoys be helpful to meteorologists, cities on the coast (seaside), boatsmen, you...?
