The case also has the actual pressure detector (or tsunameter) and the acoustic modem to send the data to the buoy. (Image credit: NOAA Heritage) When deployed, the buoy floats on the ocean’s ...

It was therefore necessary, the NOAA scientists held, to “correct the difference between ship and buoy measurements, and we are using this in our trend analysis.” Now get ready to be shocked.

“This particular buoy (46089) went adrift back in December of 2023,” said Craig Kohler of NOAA’s National Data Buoy Center. The center, which is part of the National Weather ...