DBCP monthly report (February 2016)

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DBCP Monthly Report February 2016 Prepared By DBCP Technical Coordinator [email protected]

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DBCP Monthly ReportFebruary 2016

Prepared ByDBCP Technical Coordinator

[email protected]

DBCP Platforms Operational During February 2016

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Platform Operators

Platforms Measuring Barometric Pressure

06/20

01

11/20

01

04/20

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09/20

02

02/20

03

07/20

03

12/20

03

05/20

04

10/20

04

03/20

05

08/20

05

01/20

06

06/20

06

11/20

06

04/20

07

09/20

07

02/20

08

07/20

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12/20

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05/20

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10/20

09

03/20

10

08/20

10

01/20

11

06/20

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11/20

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04/20

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09/20

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02/20

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07/20

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12/20

13

05/20

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10/20

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03/20

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08/20

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01/20

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Number of operational buoys reporting on the GTS (June 2001 - Feb.2016)

DRIFTERS BAROMETER DRIFTERS MOORINGS

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ysGrowth of the Networks

Platforms Providing Wave Observations

Timeliness of Data Delivery – Drifting Buoys

Country Contribution in Drifting Buoy Deployments

Platforms in Polar Regions

Density of Drifting Buoys in 50X50 Grid

New Deployments and Lost Buoys

Network Performance – February 2016Drifting Buoys

% coverage of 50X50 boxes( excluding marginal seas and 600N<latitude<600S areas) 56.3%

Number of active drifting buoys reporting (excluding polar regions) 1396Number of drifters deployed in February 2016 57% of drifters delivering data in real-time (average monthly delay <60minutes) 47.0%% of active drifters delivering air pressure data to the GTS (excluding polar regions) 51.9%

Moored Buoys

# of active moored buoys reporting data to the GTS 398% of active moored buoys with metadata available in JCOMMOPS 66.1%Number of countries operating moored buoys 12Variables disseminated to the GTS

Atmospheric variables (AT, AP, WD, WS each with25% weight) 68.1%Wave observations 64.8%Oceanographic variables (SST-50%, SubC-25%, SubT-25%) 49.0%% Network data availability 60.6%

Based on the GTS information from February 2016 received from MeteoFrance

Network Performance – February 2016

Arctic Buoys

# of active platforms reporting data to the GTS (North of 600N) 115

% of active platforms delivering data in real-time (average monthly delay <60minutes) 90.4%

% of active platforms delivering air pressure data to the GTS 86.1%

Antarctic Buoys

# of active platforms reporting data to the GTS (South of 500S) 113

% of active platforms delivering data in real-time (average monthly delay <60minutes) 34.5%

% of active platforms delivering air pressure data to the GTS 71.7%