DBCP monthly report by TC for January 2016

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

2. DBCP Platforms Operational During
January 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
DRIFTERS BAROMETER DRIFTERS MOORINGS TARGET (1250)

6. Platforms Providing Wave Observations

7. Timeliness of Data Delivery – Drifting Buoys

8. Country Contribution in Drifting Buoy
Deployments

9. Drifting Buoys in 50X50 Grid

10. New Deployments and Lost Buoys

11. 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/