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Facilitating Access to Global Observing Systems Data and Information

Data Buoy Cooperation Panel (DBCP)

Data Access

Data Buoy Cooperation Panel (DBCP) data are available online at the Global Drifter Program (GDP), Responsible National Oceanographic Data Centre for Drifting Buoy Data (RNODC-Drifters), Data Assembly Center (DAC), Earth System Research Lab (ESRL), and NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory.

DBCP Program Overview

(in the process of being updated - March 4, 2009)

  • The Earth System Research Lab (ESRL) provides information about current sea surface temperatures.
  • The Data Assembly Center (DAC) assembles and provides uniform quality control of sea surface temperature (SST) and surface velocity measurements. These measurements are obtained as part of an international program designed to make these data available in an effort to improve climate prediction.
  • The Responsible National Oceanographic Data Centre for drifting buoy data (RNODC - Drifting Buoys) operates a data base for real time drifting buoy data from the GTS, and for delayed mode drifting buoy data from other sources. The RNODC is a data center of the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) system and is operated by the Marine Environmental Data Service (MEDS) in Canada.
  • The Global Drifter Program (GDP) provides satellite-tracked surface drifting buoy observations of currents, sea surface temperature, atmospheric pressure, winds and salinity.