Re: Are the coastal buoy locations correct?

From: Ken Poulton (poulton@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis)
Date: Wed Apr 19 1995 - 14:20:22 PDT


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Subject: Re:  Are the coastal buoy locations correct?


> Subject: Are the coastal buoy locations correct?

No.

> But the Golden Gate buoy appears with lat 37.7, and Bodega Bay with lat
> 38.2. How can this be? Doesn't the latitude increase in value as you
> move away from the equator (farther north in this hemisphere)?

Thanks for catching this. I was wondering why Bouy 22 so often reported
very different conditions than the other local bouys. The short answer
is that Buoy 22 is by Eureka, not Waddell.

Ken Poulton
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