Identification

Title

J-CAD Drifting Buoy Data, Arctic Ocean, 2000-2002

Alternative title(s)

106.ARCSS126

Abstract

This data set contains drifting buoy measurements taken from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) Compact Arctic Drifters (J-CADs). The J-CAD buoys drift with the ice pack, collecting navigational, atmospheric, and oceanographic measurements, and transmitting the data via satellite. Since 2000, investigators have been conducting operations of the J-CADs to measure the structure of upper-ocean currents and water properties under the multi-year ice of the Arctic Ocean for a better understanding of the role the Arctic Ocean plays in global climate. This data set contains measurements from J-CAD buoys 1, 3, and 4, from years 2000-2002. For each buoy it takes approximately one year to drift through the Arctic Ocean, pass through Fram Strait into the Greenland Sea, and reach the ice edge, where transmission ceases. This research was funded by the Arctic System Science (ARCSS) Program, grant number OPP-9910305.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.eol.ucar.edu//dataset/106.ARCSS126

protocol: https

description: Dataset homepage

Unique resource identifier

code

106.ARCSS126

codeSpace

Dataset language

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

dataset

originating controlled vocabulary

title

Resource Type

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2014-10-16

Keyword set

keyword value

Weather Stations

Buoys

Keyword set

keyword value

Buoy

Oceanography

Arctic

Water Sampling

CTD ocean cast

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY

EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH

EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY

EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SURFACE PRESSURE

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED

originating controlled vocabulary

title

Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2018-02-27

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-179.55000

East bounding longitude

-130.33000

North bounding latitude

89.68000

South bounding latitude

68.22000

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2000-04-01T00:00:00Z

End position

2002-04-26T23:59:59Z

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2009-07-13T14:38:26Z

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

none

Limitations on public access

none

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

organisation name

Polar Science Center

full postal address

Polar Science Center University of Washington 1013 NE 40th Street

Seattle

98105-6698

USA

telephone number

(206) 543-1394

email address

morison@apl.washington.edu

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-02-07T22:48:34Z

Metadata language

eng; USA