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

Abstract

The long-term goal of the International Arctic Buoy Programme 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 program 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; and (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.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA534664

Entities

People

  • Ignatius G. Rigor

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Temperature
  • Arctic Ocean
  • Atmospheric Temperature
  • Climate
  • Climate Change
  • Data Centers
  • Data Management
  • Data Science
  • Data Sets
  • Databases
  • High Latitudes
  • Ice
  • Measurement
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Resource Management
  • Sea Ice
  • Sea Level

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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  • Polar and Arctic Studies