The buoys, one tonne each, will be deployed either this week or next. They will be located 80 miles apart, one north of Cape Hatteras off Oregon Inlet and the other southwest of Cape Hatteras off Ocracoke Island.
They will be moored for about one year, according to the Department of Marine Sciences in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences.
“The information from the buoys will fill a critical gap in our knowledge of the wind field offshore of North Carolina, and will also provide real-time information on conditions in a very busy and dynamic area of the coastal ocean,” says Department of Marine Sciences chairman Harvey Seim.
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