Editing Buoy (section)

=== Research ===
* '''[[Profiling buoy]]s''' are specialized buoys that adjust their buoyancy to sink at a controlled rate to a set depth, for example 2,000 metres while measuring sea temperature and salinity. After a certain period, typically 10 days, they return to the surface, transmit their data via satellite, then sink again.<ref name=Kery1989>{{cite journal |author=Kery, SM |title=Diving in support of buoy engineering: The RTEAM project |journal=In: Lang, MA; Jaap, WC (Ed). Diving for Science...1989. Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences Annual Scientific Diving Symposium 28 September – 1 October 1989 Wood Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA |year=1989 |url=http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/10199 |access-date=2013-04-16 |archive-date=2013-06-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621195811/http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/10199 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> See [[Argo (oceanography)]].
* [[Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis|'''Tsunami buoys''']] are anchored buoys that can detect sudden changes in undersea water pressure, and are a component of [[tsunami warning systems]] in the [[Pacific Tsunami Warning Center]] and Indian Oceans.
* [[Wave buoy|'''Wave buoys''']] measure the movement of the water surface as a wave train. The data they transmit is analysed to form statistics like [[significant wave height]] and period, and wave direction.
* [[Weather buoy|'''Weather buoys''']] measure weather parameters such as air temperature, barometric pressure, and wind speed and direction. They transmit this data, via satellite radio links such as the purpose-built [[Argos System]] or commercial [[satellite phone]] networks, to meteorological centres for forecasting and climate study. They may be anchored (moored buoys), or allowed to drift (drifting buoys) in the open currents. Their position is calculated by the satellite. They are also referred to as [[Ocean Data Acquisition System]]s, or (ODAS) buoys.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iala-aism.org/wiki/dictionary/index.php/ODAS_buoy|title=International Dictionary of Marine Aids to Navigation – ODAS buoy|last=IALA|date=2008|access-date=10 December 2016}}</ref> and may be marked on charts as "Superbuoys."<ref name=":0" />