Repository details
GDP Drifter Data
Name of repository
GDP Drifter Data
Additional name(s)
- Data from Global Drifter Program (GDP)
Repository URL
Subject(s)
Description
Satellite-tracked drifting buoys ("drifters") collect measurements of upper ocean currents and sea surface temperatures (SST) around the world as part of the Global Drifter Program.
Drifter locations are estimated from 16-20 satellite fixes per day, per drifter. The Drifter Data Assembly Center (DAC) at NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) assembles these raw data, applies quality control procedures, and interpolates them via kriging to regular six-hour intervals. The raw observations and processed data are archived at AOML and at the Marine Environmental Data Services (MEDS) in Canada.
Two types of data are available: "metadata" contains deployment location and time, time of drogue (sea anchor) loss, date of final transmission, etc. for each drifter. "Interpolated data" contains the quality-controlled, interpolated drifter observations.
Contact
- https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/gdp/contacts.php
- shaun.Dolk@noaa.gov
Content type(s)
Keyword(s)
Repository size
Data of 2.500 buoys; data and metadata from more than 30.000 drifters
Repository type(s)
- disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
Research data repository language(s)
- English
Data and/or service provider
- data provider
- service provider
Institution name
Additional name(s)
- PhOD
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- technical
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Additional name(s)
- NOAA
Identifier(s)
- ROR:02z5nhe81
- RRID:SCR_011426
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Policies (1)
Policy Name
Database access
Type of access to research data repository
open
Database licenses (1)
Database License
Data access (1)
Type of access to data
open
Data licenses (1)
DataLicense
Data upload (1)
Type of data upload
closed
Persistent identifier system(s)
- none
Name of the repository software
- unknown
Enhanced Publication
unknown
Quality management
yes
Application programming interfaces (2)
Remarks
Remarks
Data are available: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/envids/
Entry date
2013-01-11
Last update
2024-01-23
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