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Hurricane Lee buoy deployment

By Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Two people in flight suits standing together smiling next to an aircraft on a runway
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Dr. John Warner, USGS, and Dr. Martha Schonau, Scripps, before deploying 11 buoys from a U.S. Navy P3 Orion aircraft from the VXS-1 squadron based out of Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland. These buoys measure waves, temperature, and physical ocean properties. 

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