Status quo and anticipated developments over the next decade



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Title

Data buoy observations: the status quo and anticipated developments over the next decade


Lead author

Mr David Meldrum

Chair, DBCP and Leader, Technology Development

Scottish Association for Marine Science

Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory

OBAN PA37 1QA

United Kingdom

Tel: +44-1631 559 273

E-mail: dtm@sams.ac.uk
Contributing authors

Mr Al Wallace

Vice-Chairperson, DBCP, North America

Co-chairperson, North Pacific Data Buoy Advisory Panel (NPDBAP)

Director, Weather and Environmental

Operations

Meteorological Service of Canada

201-401 Burrard Street

VANCOUVER, BC V6C 3S5

Canada


Tel: +1-604 664 9090

E-mail: al.wallace@ec.gc.ca


Mr Jean Rolland

Programme Coordinator, IBPIO

E-SURFMAR Data Buoy Manager

Météo-France

Centre de Météorologie Maritime

13 rue du Chatellier

BP 90411

29604 BREST Cedex

France

Tel: +33-2 98 22 18 53



E-mail: jean.rolland@meteo.fr
Dr William H. Burnett

National Data Buoy Center

National Weather Service

NOAA


1100 Balch Blvd.

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, MS 39529-5001

USA

Tel: +1-228 688 4766



E-mail: bill.burnett@noaa.gov
Dr Rick Lumpkin

Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory

Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research

NOAA


4301 Rickenbacker Causeway,

Miami, FL 33149

USA

Tel: +1 305 361 4513



E-mail: rick.lumpkin@noaa.gov
Dr Peter Niiler

Research Scientist

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, A-0213

La Jolla, CA 92093-0213

USA

E-mail: pniiler@ucsd.edu


Ms Hester Viola

Technical Coordinator, DBCP and SOT

JCOMMOPS

Parc Technologique du Canal

8-10 rue Hermes

31526 RAMONVILLE SAINT-AGNE

France

Tel: +33-5 6139 4782



E-mail : viola@jcommops.org
Mr Etienne Charpentier

Ocean Affairs Division

Applications Programme Department

World Meteorological Organization

7 bis, Avenue de la Paix

Case postale No 2300

CH-1211 GENEVE 2

Switzerland

Tel: +41-22 730 8223

E-mail: echarpentier@wmo.int


Prof Mike Fedak

Sea Mammal Research Unit

University of St. Andrews

St. Andrews

Scotland KY16 8LB

United Kingdom

Tel: +44 1334 463 218

E-mail: maf3@st-and.ac.uk




Description
The paper will review the status quo of data buoy observations from both moored and free-drifting platforms throughout the global oceans and anticipate the developments that will take place over the next decade or so. The topics covered will include:


  • The status quo - progress since OceanObs99




    • Development of the global network of moored and drifting buoys

    • Improvements in buoy and sensor technology

    • Improvements in buoy lifetimes and value for money

    • Progress with communications systems and data management

    • Quality control systems

    • Global coordination and evaluation

    • Data analyses and products

      • Meteorological

      • Oceanographic

      • Climate

    • Interaction with the end-user community and with other observing systems

    • Impacts of data buoy observations

    • Ongoing issues

      • Deployment in data-sparse areas

      • Vandalism

      • Legal issues




  • Future trends and challenges




    • Identifying and responding to new user requirements

      • New variables

      • Enhanced resolution and accuracy

      • Distribution in space and time

      • Quantifying and improving value for money

    • Buoy hardware developments

      • Sensors

      • Energy sources

      • Hulls and moorings

      • Communications channels

    • Buoy software developments

      • In situ sensor data processing

      • Adaptive sampling strategies

    • Deployment issues

      • Improvements in geographical coverage

      • Deployment and re-seeding strategy development

      • Air-deployable packages

    • New platforms

      • Marine animals as data buoys

    • Data collection, processing, dissemination and archival

      • Internet developments, the Semantic Web

      • WIS

      • Developments in NWP and coupled GCMs




  • Conclusions




    • Where will we be by OceanObs19?


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