G00791
IABP Drifting Buoy Pressure, Temperature, Position, and Interpolated Ice Velocity
Rigor, I. G. Compiled by Polar Science Center.
IABP Drifting Buoy Pressure, Temperature, Position, and Interpolated Ice Velocity
2002-01-01
Boulder, Colorado USA
NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N53X84K7
Investigator
Ignatius
G.
Rigor
igr@apl.washington.edu
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Ignatius
G.
Rigor
igr@apl.washington.edu
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Applied Physics Laboratory
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Roger
Colony
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EARTH SCIENCE
Atmosphere
Atmospheric Pressure
EARTH SCIENCE
Atmosphere
Atmospheric Temperature
Air Temperature
EARTH SCIENCE
Cryosphere
Sea Ice
Sea Ice Motion
Ice Velocity
EARTH SCIENCE
Oceans
Sea Ice
Sea Ice Motion
Ice Drift
Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Oceans
Arctic
Atmospheric Pressure
Buoy Data
Climate Change
DAAC
Drifting Buoys
EOSDIS
Floating Ice
Global Change
Gridded Data
ice buoys
ICE FLOES
IDN_NODE GSFC/NSIDC
NSIDC DAAC
Sea Ice Velocity
SI DAAC
SNOW ICE
Temperature
BAROMETERS
DRIFTING BUOYS
PRESSURE GAUGES
THERMOMETERS
BUOYS
RADIO TRANSMITTERS
1979-01-19
50
90
-180
0
OCEAN
ARCTIC OCEAN
BEAUFORT SEA
OCEAN
ARCTIC OCEAN
BEAUFORT SEA
OCEAN
ATLANTIC OCEAN
OCEAN
ATLANTIC OCEAN
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
GREENLAND SEA
OCEAN
PACIFIC OCEAN
NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN
BERING SEA
CGC
NOAA Climate and Global Change Program
Atmospheric pressure is typically measured using barometers with errors of < 1 mb.
Air temperature is measured using a variety of instruments. The thermistors typically have measurement errors of < 0.1oC, but where these instruments are installed on the buoys necessitates some care in interpreting the data. Prior to 1991, most measurements were taken from thermistors placed inside the hull of air dropped buoys, and were used primarily to calibrate the barometers. These buoys were sometimes covered with snow during winter, and were often warmed from insulation during summer. In 1992, the IABP began deploying buoys which measured true air temperatures from shielded thermistors at 2 meters height. For a detailed discussion of the temperature measurements from buoys, see Rigor et al. 2000.
Most buoys are positioned by the Argos systems on NOAA polar orbiting satellites. The Argos system results in positions with a measurement error of < 300 m. Global Position Systems have been installed on many of the newer buoys, and can be positioned with errors of < 100 m.
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The International Arctic Buoy Programme (IABP) maintains a network of drifting buoys to provide meteorological and oceanographic data for real-time operational requirements and research purposes including support to the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and the World Weather Watch (WWW) Programme. An average of 25 buoys are in service at any time. The IABP drifting buoy data products described here are 12-hour interpolated pressure, temperature, position, and ice velocity grids available by year from 1979 through the present.
Drifting buoys measure atmospheric pressure, air temperature, and other geophysical quantities. These data are processed at the University of Washington's Polar Science Center, and are interpolated to produce gridded fields. Data are usually updated by May of each year, and are available online from the Polar Science Center. NSIDC catalogs the data set and provides this documentation with links to the Polar Science Center's IABP site in order to publicize and facilitate access to the data.
Several related data sets are available from the Polar Science Center's IABP site, including a CD-ROM containing IABP data and derived products from 1979 through 1999, an ocean buoy data set with temperature and salinity from drifting buoys from 1985 through 1994, GIF files graphically depicting gridded products, and a surface air temperature (SAT) data set (the IABP/POLES SAT data set) that combines data from buoys, manned drifting stations, and meteorological land stations.
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