Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Buoy Data

If you look at the website that I explored you can see the latest reportable waves.

A buoy is a buoyant thing you put in the water that tests to see if there is a big wave or a tsunami. The places that they had the least amount of buoys were, of course because they did not need them, in Antarctica. Also there were very few by Africa and Asia. I believe that the most buoys are in the ring of fire because a disturbance in the floor could very well start a big wave or a tsunami and that would be very dangerous. They also have many by England because they drill there and the drill causes waves. I believe that the waves would be highest around the ring of fire because it is quite large and it is a quick start to a new wave with just one little shake. Also it is cold and has high atmospheric pressure. I think the part of the world that would have the lowest waves would just be to the West of India because there is no extraordinary problem there.
I believe this system of buoys would be very helpful for scientists to see if there could be an oncoming tsunami, or there could be day by day a pattern in the waves in one area and that could open up to new studies.

1 comment:

  1. These are all very good predictions, but what were your observations from looking at the data?

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