North Pole Environmental Observatory NPEO J-CAD Drifting Buoy Data Arctic Ocean 2000-2002

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2009
• Subjects: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > BUOY POSITION; EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING > POSITIONING/NAVIGATION > GPS > GPS > GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; DRIFTING BUOY; POINT; HOURLY TO DAILY; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Greenland; North Pole; Buoy Point; Fram Strait; Greenland Sea; ice pack
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/urn:uuid:2d0f006b-224e-4eaf-a85a-fb6dbbfa3edc

This data set contains drifting buoy measurements taken from the Japan Marine Science and Technology Center (JAMSTEC) Compact Arctic Drifters (J-CADs). The J-CAD buoys drift with the ice pack, collecting navigational, atmospheric, and oceanographic measurements, and transmitting the data via satelli...