IPAB Antarctic Drifting Buoy Data

Data Contributors ALLISON, IAN Parameters ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SURFACE PRESSURE ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SKIN TEMPERATURE ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS OCEAN CIRCULATION > BUOY POSITION OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS OCEAN CIRCULATION > WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION OCEAN PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS SEA ICE > ICE GROWTH/MELT SEA ICE > ICE TEMPERATURE SEA ICE > SEA ICE MOTION Instruments ANEMOMETERS ARGOS : ARGOS DATA COLLECTION AND POSITION LOCATION SYSTEM DRIFTING BUOYS GPS RECEIVERS PRESSURE SENSORS PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS THERMISTORS

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The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) International Programme for Antarctic Buoys (IPAB), through participating research organizations in various countries, maintains a network of drifting buoys in the Antarctic sea ice zone to support a better understanding of sea ice motion, meteorology, and oceanography. The IPAB Antarctic Drifting Buoy Data archive, presently spanning the years 1995 to 1998, includes measurements of buoy position, atmospheric pressure, air temperature, and sea surface temperature. Data are organized by daily and three-hour averages and the raw, instantaneous, non-interpolated data values. Data were collected from buoys initially deployed in three study regions: East Antarctica; the Weddell Sea; and the Bellingshausen, Amundsen, and Ross Seas. Data are in ASCII text format and are available by ftp. Data updates will become available as data are processed and new buoys are deployed.

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International Programme for Antarctic Buoys. 2001. IPAB Antarctic Drifting Buoy Data. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center.

See Also

• IPAB Antarctic Drifting Buoy Data Documentation
• Sea Ice Products at NSIDC
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