Campbell Scientific measurement and control systems provide remote unattended monitoring for a variety of oceanographic applications. Accurate measurements, proven reliability, and the ability to customize each station are a few of the features our systems are known for. From coastal weather stations to weather buoys to stations aboard ships, our systems are well-suited for all types of oceanographic monitoring.

Communications options include satellite (Argos, OrbCom, QualComm, Inmarsat C, GOES), radio, phone, and cellphone.

Common oceanographic applications include:
Coastal erosion and sedimentation Ecosystem research Ice-flow movement (GPS) Ice-load/impact monitoring Oceanographic currents Salinity and water quality studies	Ship-board monitoring Structural monitoring Temperature profiles Tidal monitoring Wave height and power Weather and climate monitoring

Weather stations aboard buoys in the Atlantic Ocean, west of Ireland, provide the UK Met. Office with weather data via satellite telemetry. The data help provide a more complete picture of weather conditions at sea and function as an early warning system.

Each CR10X-based Measurement and Control System aboard the buoys records air temperature, wind speed and direction, relative humidity, wave height (which can be up to 10 metres during storms), and wave period—the time between peaks and troughs (averaged over 17.5 minutes). The dataloggers are retrieved once every two years and have always been found in perfect condition. Weather instrumentation will soon be installed on lightships in the English Channel and provide additional data and an extension of the buoy programme is being planned by the Met Office.