IPAB Antarctic Drifting Buoy Data

Data Contributors

ALLISON, IAN

Parameters

AIR TEMPERATURE
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS
BUOY POSITION
ICE GROWTH/MELT
ICE TEMPERATURE
OCEAN CURRENTS
SEA ICE MOTION
SEA LEVEL PRESSURE
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
SKIN TEMPERATURE
SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE
SURFACE PRESSURE
SURFACE WINDS
WATER TEMPERATURE
WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION

Instruments

ANEMOMETERS
ARGOS : ARGOS DATA COLLECTION AND POSITION LOCATION SYSTEM
DRIFTING BUOYS
PRESSURE SENSORS
PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS
THERMISTORS

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.

Data Citation

International Programme for Antarctic Buoys. 2001. IPAB Antarctic drifting buoy data. Boulder, CO: National Snow and Ice Data Center. Digital media.