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A brand new TAO buoy on the deck of the M/V Bluefin before deployment in 2022. The new buoys were deployed alongside existing ones to cross-check the data from the two devices. NOAA photo courtesy National Data Buoy Center.
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A brand new TAO buoy on the deck of the M/V Bluefin before deployment in 2022. The new buoys were deployed alongside existing ones to cross-check the data from the two devices. NOAA photo courtesy National Data Buoy Center.