Abstract:
Drifting Buoy (DRIBU) data have been gathered from a number of different
sensors mounted on drifting buoys. 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.
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.
These data are available on computer magnetic tape in GF-3 format, floppy disk
or diskette. Data retrieval can be by area, time period or buoy number. Sea
surface temperature (SST), sea level pressure (SLP), sea level tendency and
sub-surface temperature are available, as well as buoy position.To provide a
global repository for drifting buoy data that may be accessed by those
interested.
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