2002 ARCSS All-Hands Workshop

International Arctic Buoy Programme

Ignatius G. Rigor¹, Mark Ortmeyer^2
1Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, 1013 NE 40th St., Seattle, WA, 98105, USA, Phone (206) 685-2571, Fax (206) 616-3142, ignatius@apl.washington.edu
²Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory, 1013 NE 40th St., Seattle, WA, USA

The International Arctic Buoy Programme (IABP) has maintained a network of buoys in the Arctic Basin since 1979. These buoys measure sea level pressure (SLP), surface air temperature (SAT), and other geophysical quantities. The IABP data are used for both operations and research, e.g. forecasting weather and ice conditions, validation and forcing of climate models, validation of satellite data, and for studies of climate change. In our poster, we will highlight some of the projects, and research, which have benefited from the IABP data. The data and more information on the IABP can be obtained from http://IABP.apl.washington.edu/.

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