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RESOURCES
SUBJECTS
Science Information By:
Drifting Buoys
Description
Drifting buoy data includes the buoy position, date, time and in most cases includes many variables such as surface and subsurface water temperature, air pressure, air temperature, wind speed and wind direction.
MEDS is the world data centre for drifting buoys (Responsible National Oceanographic Data Centre - RNODC). As part of its role, MEDS acquires, processes, quality controls and archives real-time drifting buoy messages reporting over the Global Telecommunications System (GTS) as well as delayed mode data acquired from other sources. Over 200,000 new records are captured monthly from the GTS.
Data holdings
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GTS data
MEDS has collected and archived over 22 million real-time records from all over the world between 1978 and the present. These include data from both oceanographic and and meteorological buoys.
View maps, inventories and statistics of MEDS GTS data
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GDP/SVP data
MEDS archives and posts all data collected and processed by the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) under the Global Drifter Program (GDP) formerly WOCE-SVP. Data from oceanographic buoys (drogued) only is available from 1979 to 2003.
View maps and inventories of Global Drifter Program/WOCE-SVP data
How to obtain the data
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GTS data: fill out a Request Form and make sure you indicate the format of your preference and write enough details in the appropriate box to help us deliver exactly what you want.
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GDP/SVP data: this dataset is downloadable directly from MEDS website.
Tools and Products
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Maps and inventories by Action Group
Antarctic, Arctic, EGOS, Indian Ocean, South Atlantic, North Pacific
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Buoy-QC archive
Searchable archive containing all email messages sent on the "BUOY-QC@vedur.is" distribution list pertaining to the quality of BUOY reports on the GTS.
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Monitor Report
Current buoy activities in Canadian waters
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IABP CD
International Arctic Buoy Program Data, 1979-1999.
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Animations
Drifting buoys and SST in Equatorial Pacific See sample
Requests for additional information may be made on-line by completing a MEDS Request Form
