Application of collected data
Presentations at the DBCP Technical Workshop
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 17-18 October 2005

Theme 2: Operational enhancements and practices

8. Network of Surface Salinity Drifters in Bay of Biscay

Author: Pierre Blouch, MeteoFrance

Abstract: Drifting buoy platforms for measuring the sea surface salinity have under development for the past several years. In order to test the validity of theses platforms over time in a biologically rich region of the ocean, 16 salinity drifting buoys were deployed in the Bay of Biscay. The results of this experiment are discussed as well as any conclusions that can be drawn from it.