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FIGURE 4.5
Schematic depicting a DART station's components: the surface buoy with acoustic trans-
ducers communicates with the BPR acoustic transducer and then transmits data via the Iridium antenna
to satellites; the BPR detects changes in bottom pressure and temperature. SOURCE: http://www.ndbc.
noaa.gov/dart/dart.shtml; National Data Buoy Center, NOAA.
