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Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (IOS) Indian and Southern Ocean Drifting Buoy Data (1979-1981)

The data set comprises temperature, pressure, position and occasionally wave data from nine drifting buoys that were deployed across the Southern Hemisphere. Data were collected from 1979 to 1981. Each buoy carried surface pressure and sea temperature sensors, and seven of the buoys were equipped with drogues in order to aid the study of large scale, near surface ocean currents, and to complement concurrent oceanographic observations made in the area by the research ship RRS Discovery. Two of the buoys were designed with good wave following characteristics and contained accelerometers and simple processors so as to yield good wave information. The buoys were equipped with UHF telemetry transmitters to relay data to the ARGOS system on board the polar orbiting meteorological satellites Tiros-9 and NOAA-6. The buoys were were deployed by the Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory UK as part of the First Garp Global Experiment (FGGE) Southern Hemisphere Drifting Buoy Network.

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Alternate title
British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048036
Date (Publication)
2017-10-03
Date (Creation)
2010-09-30
Date (Revision)
2010-09-30
Identifier
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED177
Originator
  Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory - Unknown ( Unknown )
Brook Road , Wormley , Godalming , Surrey , GU8 5UB , United Kingdom
Custodian
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Director
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded As needed
SeaDataNet PDV
  • Lagrangian currents and transport rates in the water column
  • Wave direction
  • Temperature of the water column
  • Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
  • Wave height and period statistics
Vertical Coverages
  • unknown
MEDIN metadata record availability
  • Marine Environmental Data and Information Network
  • Natural Environment Research Council Designated Data Centres
INSPIRE themes
  • Geographical grid systems
  • Oceanographic geographical features
Use limitation
Usage restrictions are specified in the terms of the licence
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
Data are freely available to all following agreement to the terms and conditions of a Data Licence
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Oceans
  • Location
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Geographic identifier
Laptev Sea

Date (Revision)
2015-02-19

Begin date
1979
End date
1981
Supplemental Information

Publication year: 1982-05-01

Publication title: Drifting buoy observations using satellite telemetry. The Radio and Electronic Engineer, Vol 52 (5), pp239-245.

Publication authors: Collar, P.G., Clayson, C.H., Gwilliam, T.J.P. and Hunter, C.A.

Publication editors: IOS

Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Distribution format
Distributor
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Director
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Statement
Instrument(s) used to collect data: wave recorders; sea level recorders; satellite tracking system; salinity sensor.
File identifier
d699f52f698f5cc8bb5a72bc4ac1c932 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2018-02-06T15:16:38
Metadata standard name
MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard
Metadata standard version
Version 2.3.8
Point of contact
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Polly Hadžiabdic ( Head of the BODC Requests Team )
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/
 
 

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