Buoy Data Reflection

For science class we have been looking at a link that shows us all the buoys that are located in the world. On these buoys you can see a lot of information. You can see what the buoy looks like, see the high the waves are there, and some other things such as the atmospheric pressure. During the time that I am looking at this, near England there are waves that are as high as 20 feet! But near America it said that the waves were not that big because I checked a lot of Buoy’s data, and they said that they were around 3-6 feet tall.

There are a few types of buoys. There are types that record all the data, but also there are types that show boats which way to go.

The yellow buoy is a type that records all the data, such as winds, height’s of waves, and other things like that, but the green type is the one that shows boats which way to go, mostly because there are big rocks in nearby areas, so that means that they should go left or right of the buoy depending of their color.

The atmospheric pressure at this point is 34.70 and is rising, while in other areas it is lower. I think this is determined by the height of the wave because the bigger the wave the bigger the atmospheric pressure. I am not sure about this because in the USA I cannot find a single buoy that shows the height of the waves but they show the wind and the atmospheric pressure.

I think that tsunamis and hurricanes make the waves go higher because tsunamis are big waves, and hurricanes have a lot of wind causing them to make bigger waves. I think that wind is also a key thing, because it’s the thing that pushes the water, causing waves, and it also determines the atmospheric pressure.

I think they are helpful because they can indicate when a tsunami or hurricane will happen, and they could evacuate the city if necessary. Like this they could save thousands of lives, rather than having to make a whole new graveyard.