DBCP monthly report (January 2016)
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Transcript of DBCP monthly report (January 2016)
DBCP Platforms Operational During January 2016
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Platform Operators
Platforms Measuring Barometric Pressure
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Number of operational buoys reporting on the GTS
DRIFTERS BAROMETER DRIFTERS MOORINGS TARGET (1250)
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Platforms Providing Wave Observations
Timeliness of Data Delivery – Drifting Buoys
Country Contribution in Drifting Buoy Deployments
Drifting Buoys in 50X50 Grid
New Deployments and Lost Buoys
Highlights in January 2016
• During the month of January 2016 the total number of operational drifting buoys reduced slightly compared to the previous months
• 53% of the drifting buoys operational in January provided barometric pressure measurements
• Average delay for data delivery showed unusual spike for number of Iridium drifting buoys in South East Pacific and Bay of Bengal. This occurred during January 23-27 and the problem has been fixed
• 95% (1414) of the Drifting Buoys reported data to the GTS in BUFR format. 89% (1322) of Drifting buoys reported data in both TAC and BUFR formats while only 5%(75) of Drifting buoys reported data only in TAC format to the GTS
• Drifting Buoys, percent coverage of 5x5 degree boxes (excluding marginal seas, latitude>60N/S) was 55% (calculated based on the last location during the month)
• 65 new Drifting Buoys were deployed during January 2016 and 128 drifting buoys stopped transmitting data to the GTS (no GTS transmissions for last 30 days)
• Moored Buoy Metadata files are updated with NDBC moored buoy platform information and are available on http://www.jcommops.org/FTPRoot/DBCP/metadata/CSV/
