buoys

And there you can see those are what we call buoys, and they take weather observations out there in the middle of the ocean.

CNN Transcript Mar 12, 2009 2009

"Now I call the buoys before I leave shore, and I call while I'm on the water to keep check on the conditions.

Seafaring the Smart Way 2003

Once a submarine earthquake occurs, we can determine quickly whether it has produced a tsunami (most do not) and then do a very good job of predicting where and when the tsunami will strike, thanks to tsunami computer models, real-time tide gauges and DART buoys (buoys, that is, for the Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis).

The Awesome Unpredictability of Tsunamis Bruce Parker 2011

In these circumstances the buoys were the means of saving the lives of some who could not swim.

The Lifeboat 1859

· Warning signals (e.g., navigational beacons such as buoys and lighthouses, audible signals, railroad signals, and aircraft warning beacons).

4 Photovoltaics 1994

The satellite continues to provide an important operational service by relaying data from ground-based observation platforms, such as buoys floating in oceans, to satellite ground stations.

SpaceRef Top Stories 2010

The satellite continues to provide an important operational service by relaying data from ground-based observation platforms, such as buoys floating in oceans, to satellite ground stations.

SpaceRef Top Stories 2010

The "buoys" have a very obvious red to orange fringe when the shell is open, while the "gulls" are more grey or green in color.

ScubaBoard 2010

"The absence of markings such as buoys often causes our fishermen to encroach on the republic's waters."

unknown title 2009

According to Van der Meer, "You could imagine stand-alone systems such as buoys, in which bacteria sensors screen the presence of polluting compounds continuously."

Green Options 2008