General Information

Serial #

7147

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL ALLOY/ SYNTHETIC PARTS/ RUBBER GASKET.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

270.0 cm

Width

67.0 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

36.3

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Space Technology

Category

Earth observation

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

METOCEAN

Country

Canada

State/Province

Nova Scotia

City

Dartmouth

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

British Columbia

Period

1980'S

Canada

AN APPLICATION OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY TO A SPECIFIC FORM OF EARTH OBSERVATION OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO CANADIANS - WEATHER FORECASTING & CLIMATE STUDIES. AS WELL AS PROVIDING FAMILIAR IMAGES OF WEATHERSYSTEMS, SATELLITES ARE USED TO RELAY SEA LEVEL METEOROLOGICAL DATA FROM REMOTEPLATFORMS FAR OUT TO SEA.

Function

BUOY WAS DROPPED FROM SHIP INTO OCEAN & LEFT TO DRIFT TO SHORE. IT WAS EQUIPPED TO SENSE BAROMETRIC PRESSURE, SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE & AIR TEMPERATURE & TO TRANSMIT THIS DATA VIA SATELLITE EVERY 90 SECONDS TO PACIFIC WEATHER CENTRE TO ASSIST IN FORECASTING. ONCE ASHORE, IT WAS REFITTED & SENT OUT AGAIN.

Technical

BUOYS BEARING METEOROLOGICAL EQUIPMENT REPLACED WEATHER SHIPS IN GATHERING OF SEA LEVEL METEOROLOGICAL DATA. LARGE BUOYS MOORED OFF B.C. AT THE 200 MILE LIMIT TRANSMITTED VIA GOES SATELLITES WHILE SMALLER FREE FLOATING BUOYS SUCH AS THIS ONE RELAYED DATA VIA ARGOS (TIROS) SATELLITES. LATTER WERE REPLACED BY SMALLER, LESS COSTLY VERSIONS THAT COULD BE DROPPED FROM AN AIRCRAFT.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

METALLIC DECAL READING IN BLACK 'METOCEAN/ Data Systems Limited/ Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada/ (902) 465-3529 TLX 019-31564'/ BLACK LETTERING ON BODY READING '7147' & 'PROPERTY OF/ ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT SERVICES/ VANCOUVER, B.C., CANADA/ TELEPHONE 604-666-0590'/.2 LETTERING IN BLACK MARKER READING '7147'.

Missing

DROGUE WHICH SERVED TO RETARD DRIFT RATE.

Finish

.1 BUOY PAINTED YELLOW ABOVE WATERLINE WITH REMNANTS OF RED PAINT BELOW/.2 PAINTED YELLOW WITH MAST TIP PAINTED WHITE/ RED RUBBER/ WHITE SYNTHETIC/ BLACK PAINTED PARTS.

Decoration

N/A