WMO-IOC Data Buoy Cooperation Panel

DBCP Technical Document No. 52

Annual report for 2014

• Foreword by the DBCP Chairperson (pdf) 

• Final report of the Thirtieth DBCP session (Weihai, China, 27-31 October 2014, pdf)
   

• Presentations made at the Scientific and Technical Workshop - DBCP TD No. 51 (Weihai, China, 27 October 2014)
   

• Technical Coordinator's report (report presented at DBCP-30, pdf)
   

• National reports (reports presented at DBCP-30)
  
  Compilation of written Reports submitted by Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the the United States of America: (pdf)
  
  Presentations:

• Action Group reports (reports and presentations at DBCP-30)

  Written reports (pdf)

  Presentations:
  

  European EUCOS Surface Marine Programme (E-SURFMAR)	Global Drifter Program (GDP)
  International Arctic Buoy Programme (IABP)	International Buoy Program for the Indian Ocean (IBPIO)
  International Programme for Antarctic Buoys (IPAB)	International South Atlantic Buoy Programme (ISABP)
  North Pacific Data Buoy Advisory Panel (NPDBAP)	Deep Ocean Multi-Disciplinary Ocean Reference Stations (OceanSITES)
  Tropical Moored Buoy Implementation Panel (TIP)	International Tsunameter Partnership (ITP)
  Tropical Pacific Observing System 2020 (TPOS)

• Reports by the Task Teams (reports and presentations DBCP-30)
   

  Task Team	Report	Presentation
  Data Management (TT-DM)	pdf	pdf
  Instrument Best Practices and Drifter Technology Developments (TT-IBP)	pdf	pdf
  Moored Buoys (TT-MB)	pdf	pdf
  Capacity-Building (TT-CB)	pdf	pdf

• Data Management Centre reports - GDACs/DB (report presented at DBCP-30, pdf) (Presentations: France, Canada)
   

• DBCP Implementation Strategy (as approved by DBCP-30, pdf)
   

• DBCP Operating Principles (as approved at DBCP-30, pdf)
   

• Argos System operations and developments (report presented at DBCP-30, pdf) (Presentation) 
   

• Status of the Pilot Projects (reports and presentations at DBCP-30)
   

  Pilot Project	Reports	Presentations
  Wave measurement Evaluation and Test from moored buoys (PP-WET)	pdf	pdf
  Evaluation of the Impact of SLP from Drifters on NWP (PP-SLP)	pdf	pdf
  High Resolution SST		pdf

• Report on Data Dissemination (October 2014, see report of the Technical Coordinator above)
   

• National Focal Points for buoy programmes (December 2014, pdf - See also up to date list on web here)
   

• Financial report for 2014 (December 2014, pdf) (Presentation made at DBCP-30)
   

• List of DBCP Technical Documents (pdf)
   

• List of JCOMM Meeting Reports (web)
   

• List of JCOMM Technical Reports (web)