Coordination and Data Management of the International Arctic Buoy Program

The long-term goal is to maintain a research quality database of direct measurements and analyzed fields of surface air temperature, sea level pressure, ice motion and other geophysical quantities in the Arctic Basin using drifting buoys.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Heiberg, Andreas, Rigor, Ignatius G
Other Authors:	WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE POLAR SCIENCE CENTER
Format:	Text
Language:	English
Published:	1997
Subjects:	Administration and Management Physical and Dynamic Oceanography Snow Ice and Permafrost Test Facilities Equipment and Methods BUOYS DATA MANAGEMENT ARCTIC REGIONS MARINE GEOPHYSICS MOTION PRESSURE SEA ICE SEA LEVEL SURFACE TEMPERATURE COORDINATION ICE MOTION IABP(INTERNATIONAL ARCTIC BUOY PROGRAM) SEA LEVEL PRESSURE SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE Arctic Arctic Basin Ice International Arctic Buoy Program permafrost Sea ice
Online Access:	http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA627626 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA627626

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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, sea level pressure, ice motion and other geophysical quantities in the Arctic Basin using drifting buoys.