DBCP monthly report by TC for February 2016

1. DBCP Monthly Report
February 2016
Prepared By
DBCP Technical Coordinator
cgallage@jcommops.org

2. DBCP Platforms Operational During February 2016
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3. Platform Operators

4. Platforms Measuring Barometric Pressure

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NumberofBuoys
Number of operational buoys reporting on the GTS (June 2001 - Feb.2016)
DRIFTERS BAROMETER DRIFTERS MOORINGS
Growth of the Networks

6. Platforms Providing Wave Observations

7. Timeliness of Data Delivery – Drifting Buoys

8. Country Contribution in Drifting Buoy Deployments

9. Platforms in Polar Regions

10. Density of Drifting Buoys in 50X50 Grid

11. New Deployments and Lost Buoys

12. Network Performance – February 2016
Drifting Buoys
% coverage of 50
X50
boxes( excluding marginal seas and 600
N<latitude<600
S areas) 56.3%
Number of active drifting buoys reporting (excluding polar regions) 1396
Number 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 12
Variables 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

13. Network Performance – February 2016
Arctic Buoys
# of active platforms reporting data to the GTS (North of 600
N) 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 500
S) 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%