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Ocean Data Acquisition System (ODAS) Buoy (BUT_10)

DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.

RDF: but_10.ttl

Name

odasBuoy

Attribute

BUT Buoy Type

Definition

A large (up to 6 metres in diameter) buoy carrying oceanographic and meteorological sensors together with an on-board data recording system.

Description

When anchored by means of an elastic mooring an accelerometer mounted within the buoy registers the rate at which the buoy is rising or falling as it follows the pattern of waves; by integrating against time, the acceleration signal can be converted to vertical displacement. Some ODAS buoys also contain an electronic compass and two additional accelerometers (sensing pitch and roll of the buoy respectively) in order to measure the directional components of the wave field.

Accepted

2013-10-18

Allowed for

• BC020 Buoy

RWOI terms naming it

• RWO_02472 ODAS Buoy

Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.