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At what heights are the sensors located on moored buoys?

Meteorological sensors are normally located at the ten meter level for the 10-meter and the 12-meter discus buoys and are at a nominal height of five meters for the 3-meter discus buoys and the 6-meter NOMAD buoys. However, barometers are located inside the hull at the water level. Sea surface temperature sensors are located at a depth of 1.5 meters for 10-m and 12-m buoys and at 1 meter for all 3-m and 6-m moored buoys. Sea surface temperature sensors on NDBC buoys are located near one meter below the water line but they vary by hull type. Current hull configurations for water temperature sensors are: for 2.4- and 3-meter hulls at 0.7 meters; for 6-meter hulls at 0.8 meters; for 10-meter hulls at 1.1 meters; and for 12-meter hulls at 0.9 meters. Historically, water temperature sensors for 3-meter "foam" hulls were at 0.75 meters and 1.8-meter hulls were at 0.35 meters. Further information on buoy hull types is available.

                   National Data Buoy Center

             Heights (in meters) of the sensors at NDBC buoys

STATION        SITE        AIR_TEMP     ANEMOMETER     BAROMETER
 IDENT      ELEVATION     ELEVATION      ELEVATION     ELEVATION

41001          0              4               4               0.5
41002          0              4               5               0
41004          0              4               5               0
41008          0              4               5               0
41009          0              4               5               0
41010          0              4               5               0
41013          0              4               4               2.5
41025          0              4               5               0
41040          0              4               5               0
41041          0              4               5               0
41043          0              4               4               2.5
41044          0              4               4               2.5
41046          0              4               4               2.5
41047          0              4               4               2.5
41048          0              4               5               0
41049          0              4               5               0
42001          0              4               5               0
42002          0              4               5               0
42003          0              4               5               0
42012          0              4               5               0
42019          0              4               5               0
42020          0              4               5               0
42035          0              4               5               0
42036          0              4               5               0
42039          0              4               5               0
42040          0              4               4               2.5
42055          0              4               5               0
42056          0              4               4               2.5
42057          0              4               4               2.5
42058          0              4               4               2.5
42059          0              4               4               2.5
42060          0              4               4               2.5
42409          NA             NA              NA              NA
44005          0              4               5               0
44007          0              4               5               0
44008          0              4               5               0
44009          0              4               5               0
44011          0              4               5               0
44013          0              4               5               0
44014          0              4               5               0
44017          0              4               5               0
44018          0              4               5               0
44020          0              4               5               0
44025          0              4               5               0
44027          0              4               5               0
44065          0              4               5               0
44066          0              4               5               0
45001          183            4               5               183
45002          176.4          4               5               176.4
45003          177            3.2             5               177
45004          183            4               5               183
45005          173.9          4               4               176.4
45006          183            4               5               183
45007          183            4               5               176.4
45008          177            4               5               177
45012          74.7           4               5               74.7
46001          0              4               5               0
46002          0              4               5               0
46005          0              4               5               0
46006          0              4               4               2.5
46011          0              4               5               0
46012          0              4               5               0
46013          0              4               4               2.5
46014          0              4               4               2.5
46015          0              4               5               0
46022          0              4               5               0
46025          0              4               4               2.5
46026          0              4               5               0
46027          0              4               5               0
46028          0              4               5               0
46029          0              4               5               0
46035          0              4               5               0
46041          0              4               5               0
46042          0              4               5               0
46047          0              4               5               0
46050          0              4               5               0
46053          0              4               4               2.5
46054          0              4               5               0
46059          0              4               4               2.5
46060          0              4               5               0
46061          0              4               5               0
46066          0              4               5               0
46069          0              4               5               0
46070          0              NA              5               0
46071          0              4               5               0
46072          0              4               5               0
46073          0              4               5               0
46075          0              4               5               0
46076          0              4               5               0
46077          0              4               5               0
46078          0              4               5               0
46080          0              4               5               0
46081          0              4               5               0
46082          0              4               5               0
46083          0              4               5               0
46084          0              4               5               0
46085          0              4               5               0
46086          0              4               5               0
46087          0              4               5               0
46088          0              4               5               0
46089          0              4               5               0
51000          0              4               5               0
51001          0              4               4               2.5
51002          0              4               4               2.5
51003          0              4               5               0
51004          0              4               5               0
51101          0              4               5               0