dbcp monthly report (march 2016)
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DBCP Platforms Operational During March 2016
Platform Operators
Platforms Measuring Barometric Pressure
Growth of the Networks
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Number of operational buoys reporting on the GTS (2001/06 - 20016/03)
DRIFTERS BAROMETER DRIFTERS MOORINGS
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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 – March 2016Drifting Buoys
% coverage of 50X50 boxes( excluding marginal seas and 600N<latitude<600S areas) 68.8%
Number of active drifting buoys reporting (excluding polar regions) 1402Number of drifters deployed in March 2016 61% of drifters delivering data in real-time (average monthly delay <60minutes , excluding buoys in polar regions ) 39.4%
% of active drifters delivering air pressure data to the GTS (excluding polar regions) 53.1%
National/Coastal Moored Buoys
# of active moored buoys reporting data to the GTS 310% of active moored buoys with metadata available in JCOMMOPS 53.9%Number of countries operating moored buoys 12Variables disseminated to the GTS
Atmospheric variables (AT, AP, WD, WS each with25% weight) 67.8%Wave observations 83.5%Oceanographic variables (SST-50%, SubC-25%, SubT-25%) 44.2%% Network data availability 65.2%
Based on the GTS information from March 2016 received from MeteoFrance
Network Performance –March 2016
Arctic Buoys
# of active platforms reporting data to the GTS (North of 600N) 99
% of active platforms delivering data in real-time (average monthly delay <60minutes) 84.8 %
% of active platforms delivering air pressure data to the GTS 96.0 %
Antarctic Buoys
# of active platforms reporting data to the GTS (South of 500S) 131
% of active platforms delivering data in real-time (average monthly delay <60minutes) 26.7%
% of active platforms delivering air pressure data to the GTS 63.4%
GTS Data delivery format
• As of March 2016, 99.8% drifting buoys reporting on the GTS in BUFR format.
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Moored buoys reporting in BUFR/TAC - March 2016
TAC OnlyBUFR OnlyTAC/BUFR
0% 7%
93%
Drifting buoys reporting in BUFR/TAC - March 2016
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TAC/BUFR