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

The long-term goal 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 objectives are: 1) To coordinate resources to...

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Main Author: Rigor, Ignatius G
Other Authors: WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE POLAR SCIENCE CENTER
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2000
Subjects:
Meteorology
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
Computer Programming and Software
*DATA MANAGEMENT
*OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
ARCTIC OCEAN
BUOYS
ICE
MARINE CLIMATOLOGY
MARINE GEOPHYSICS
MARINE METEOROLOGY
PRESSURE
SEA LEVEL
TEMPERATURE
*IABP(INTERNATIONAL ARCTIC BUOY PROGRAMME)
SAT(SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE)
SLP(SEA LEVEL PRESSURE)
ICE MOTION
COORDINATION
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Arctic Basin
Sea ice
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA609734
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Summary:The long-term goal 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 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. 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. Figure 1 shows the positions of buoys in October 2000, with the sea ice concentration map obtained from the National Center for Environmental Prediction underlayed.

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