Coordination and Data Management of the International Arctic Buoy Programme (IABP)

• Main Author: Rigor, Ignatius G.
• Other Authors: WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE POLAR SCIENCE CENTER
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1998
• Subjects: Information Science; Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; *ARCTIC REGIONS; *DATA MANAGEMENT; *OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; *BUOYS; SEA LEVEL; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; PRESSURE; DATA BASES; CLIMATE; SAT(SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE); SLP(SEA LEVEL PRESSURE); IABP(INTERNATIONAL ARCTIC BUOY PROGRAM); Arctic; Arctic Basin; International Arctic Buoy Program
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA534664; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA534664

The long-term goal of the International Arctic Buoy Programme is to maintain a research quality database of direct measurements and analyzed fields of surface air temperature (SAT), sea level pressure (SLP), ice motion and other geophysical quantities in the Arctic Basin using drifting buoys. The program objectives are (1) to coordinate resources to maintain a network of drifting buoys in the Arctic Basin that measure SLP, SAT and other geophysical quantities; (2) to maintain a research quality database of these observations; and (3) to study possible improvements in the analyzed geophysical fields. The data collected meet meteorological, climatological, and oceanographic requirements for both research and operational needs. See also ADM002252. The original document contains color images.