dbcp monthly report (january 2016)

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DBCP Monthly ReportJanuary 2016

Prepared ByDBCP Technical Coordinator

cgallage@jcommops.org

DBCP Platforms Operational During January 2016

2

Platform Operators

Platforms Measuring Barometric Pressure

06/20

01

11/20

01

04/20

02

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

08

12/20

08

05/20

09

10/20

09

03/20

10

08/20

10

01/20

11

06/20

11

11/20

11

04/20

12

09/20

12

02/20

13

07/20

13

12/20

13

05/20

14

10/20

14

03/20

15

08/20

15

01/20

160

500

1000

1500

2000

Number of operational buoys reporting on the GTS

DRIFTERS BAROMETER DRIFTERS MOORINGS TARGET (1250)

Num

ber o

f Buo

ys

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/

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