CD-ROM DBCP Technical Documents No. 21 — 2002

 

 

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FOREWORD

 

 

AGENDA

 

 

PRESENTATIONS

 

 

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

 

 

TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS

ISSUED WITHIN THE DATA BUOY

COOPERATION PANEL SERIES

 

 

PRESENTATIONS:

 

1.         Graham Warren, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia

Use of Buoy Data in The Bureau of Meteorology's

Meteorological and Oceanographic Systems

 

 

2.         Robert Caplikas, Manager, Vaisala Melbourne, Australia

R Hibbins, Instrument Engineering, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia

Reliable Wind Data From Ship Board AWS

 

 

3.         Andrew Watson, Supervising Meteorologist, Bureau of Meteorology,

South Australia Regional Office

A Moored Wave Rider Buoy off the Southern Coast of

Kangaroo Island, South Australia

 

 

4.         S. T. Gille, P. P. Niiler, S. K. Y. Elipot, and L. E. Romero

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California 92093-0230, USA

Surface and Mid-Depth Circulation of the Southern Ocean

From Drifters and Floats. (Abstract Only)

 

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5.         Susan Wijffels, CSIRO Marine Research, Hobart, Australia

Ming Feng, CSIRO Marine Research, Hobart, Australia

Results From a Pilot Argo Float Program in the East Indian Ocean

 

 

6.         Yutaka Michida1, Hiroyuki Yoritaka2 and Toru Suzuki3

1 Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo

2 Hydrographic Department, Japan Coast Guard

3 Marine Information Research Center, Japan Hydrographic Association

Surface Currents in the Subpolar Gyre of the North Pacific Observed with Surface Drifters

 

 

7.         David Meldrum1, Duncan Mercer1, Oli Peppe1 and Martin Doble2

1 Scottish Association for Marine Science

2 Scott Polar Research Institute

Results From Orbcomm Ice Buoy Deployments

 

 

8.         V.N. Eremeev*, E. Horton**, S.V. Motyzhev*, P.- M. Poulain***, S.G. Poyarkov****,

D.M. Soloviev*,  S.V. Stanichny*, A.G. Zatsepin****

            * Marine Hydrophysical Institute NASU, 99011, Kapitanskaya, 2, Sevastopol, Ukraine

**Naval Oceanographic Office, 1002 Balch Boulevard, Stennis Space Center,

MS 39522-5001, USA

*** Department of Oceanography, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 93943-5000

**** P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, RAS, 117851, Nakhimovsky, 36, Moscow, Russia

Studies of Black Sea Macro and Mesoscale  Circulation with Application of Svp and Svp-B

Drifters.  Present Results and Future Plans….

 

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9.         G. Loaec1, S. Le Reste1, F. Marchese1, A. Billant2, E. Le Marchand3, T. Swinamer4

1 IFREMER - Marine Technology and Information Systems Division - Brest - France

2 IFREMER - Physical Oceanography Laboratory - Brest - France

3 MARTEC - Brest - France

4 METOCEAN Data Systems - Darmouth - Canada

       PROVOR: A Range of Profiling Floats for Operational Oceanography

 

 

10.       S. Pouliquen, A. Billant, Y. Desaubies, G. Loaec, F. Gaillard , G. Maudire

IFREMER, BP70, 29280 Plouzané, France

       CORIOLIS: A French Project For In Situ Operational Oceanography 

 

 

11.       Peter Niiler: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla CA, USA

Andy Sybrandy: Pacific Gyre, Carlsbad, CA, USA

            Analysis and Improvement of Digital Minimet Performance. (Abstract Only)

 

 

12.       David B. Gilhousen, Meteorologist, NDBC Operations Branch,

            Leader, Data Products Team, USA

            Eric A. Meindl, Chief, NDBC Operations Branch, USA

An Update of Data Quality Control Techniques Used By

The National Data Buoy Center

 

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13.       Sergey Motyzhev – Marlin-Yug Ltd Venture, Ukraine.

Elizabeth Horton – Naval Oceanographic Office, USA.

            Practical Steps for Decreasing of Drifter Network Cost and

Increasing  of Buoy's Data Quality

 

 

14.       Gary S. Bahret, Electrical Engineer, NDBC Operations Branch,

            Leader, Network Support Team, USA

            David B. Gilhousen, Meteorologist, NDBC Operations Branch,

            Leader, Data Products Team, USA

            Eric A. Meindl, Chief, NDBC Operations Branch, USA

Moored Buoy Losses in Early 2001 as a Result of Severe

Winter Storms Around Alaska

 

 

15.       Michael K. Burdette, Oceanographer, NDBC Operations Branch,

            Manager, Alaska Buoy Project, USA

            Eric A. Meindl, Chief, NDBC Operations Branch, USA

            The United States’ Alaska Buoy Network Expansion

 

 

16.       Robert Heinmiller, OMNET, Inc., Staunton, Virginia, U.S.A and

            Ngoc Hoang, NAL Research Corp., Manassas, Virginia, U.S.A

            Stephen R. Piotrowicz, Ocean.US, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A

A System for the Delivery of Data from Remote, Unattended Platforms

Using the Iridium Low Earth Orbit Satellite System

 

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17.       Christian Ortega, CLS, Toulouse, France

Bill Woodward, Service Argos, USA

            Argos Data Transmission: Strategies and Performance

 

 

18.       Ron Fordyce, PMO Manager, Environment Canada, Hamilton, Canada

Tom Vandall, Director, AXYS Environmental Systems, Victoria, Canada

            Improving the Frequency and Reliability of

Global Meteorological Observations at Sea

 

 

19.       Simon Skey, Axys Technologies Inc., Sidney, B.C., Canada

Mark Blaseckie, Axys Technologies Inc., Sidney, B.C., Canada

Reo Phillips, Axys Technologies Inc., Sidney, B.C., Canada

Val Swail, Meteorological Service of Canada, Downsview, Ont., Canada

            Development of a High Accuracy Temperature Sensor

 

 

20.       Gary Williams, Clearwater Instrumentation, Inc., Watertown, MA 02472 USA

            Measurement Of Sea Surface Salinity From An Autonomous System

 

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21.       Mayra C Pazos, Drifter DAC NOAA/AOML, USA

            Techniques and Procedures Used to Quality Control

Drifter Data at the DAC at NOAA/AOML

 

 

22.       Jeffrey Wingenroth, Technocean, Inc., Cape Coral, Florida, USA

       SVP-Barometer Drifter Performance (pdf only)

 

 

23.       Pierre Blouch, Centre de Meteorologie marine, Meteo-France

       Evaluation of SVP-B and SVP-BW Drifters from an Operational Point of View

 

 

24.       K.Premkumar - Programme Director, National Data Buoy Programme,

National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai, India

            New Developments  for  the Data Buoy System in India

 

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25.       P.-M. Poulain1,2, A. Sybrandy3, M. Deponte2, L. Ursella2 and P. Niiler4

1Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, USA

2Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, Trieste, Italy, EU

3Pacific Gyre, Inc. San Diego, California, USA

4Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA

Direct Measurements of the Water-Following Characteristics of Surface Drifters

 

 

26.       Bernard G. Petolas, P.Eng., Metocean Data Systems, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

            J-CAD (JAMSTEC Compact Arctic Drifter)

 

 

27.       Peter K. Taylor,  Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK

Ewa Dunlap,  Weathervane Scientific Inc., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Val R. Swail,  Meteorological Service of Canada, Downsview, Ontario, Canada

       On the Accuracy of Wind and Wave Measurements from Buoys

 

 

28.       Tetsuya Uwai, Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan

            Drifting Wave Buoy Using Orbcomm Data Transmission

 

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