Deployment plans of the
International
Arctic Buoy Programme (IABP)
for
2007 & for the International Polar Year
(IPY, March 2007 –
March 2009, http://www.ipy.org)
The
IABP and Collaborators plan to deploy about 140 buoys at 50 different
locations. The IABP is deploying more buoys than usual in order to provide a
complete, well spaced array of buoys for the IPY.
A table listing
all of the deployments can be obtained here: XLS or PDF.
A
list of acronyms and other descriptions has been included at the end.
These
deployments listed by date are:
- US Navy Ice Camp (35 buoys): See
details below.
- EC, April (4 buoys):
Environment Canada (EC) and Polar Continental Shelf plans to deploy 4 buoys by landing a
Twin Otter on the sea ice northwest of Eureka (1 Cold Regions Research and
Engineering Lab (CRREL) Ice Mass Balance (IMB) Buoy provided by the US
Interagency Arctic Buoy Program** (USIABP), and 3 met. buoys provided by
USIABP and the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI).
- FRAMZY, Burghard Bruemmer of Centre
for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (ZMAW, www.zmaw.de),
- CMR/Statoil, March (7 buoys):
Christian Michelsen Research (CMR), Statoil
Corporation and the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) plan to deploy 7 buoys
in the Barents Sea with the help of the Norwegian Air Force.
- GreenICE, April (2 Buoys): AWI plans to deploy
2 met. buoys during their GreenICE Camp north of
- NPEO, April (12+ buoys): The North
Pole Environmental Observatory (NPEO,
http://psc.apl.washington.edu/northpole/) plans to deploy a few ADS* in
the vicinity of the North Pole.
The
ADS’ will be composted of:
§
1
meteorological station provided by PMEL to be deployed at the main NPEO ADS,
§
3 IMB
Buoys provided by CRREL, PMEL and PSC,
§
3
Ocean Buoy buoys provided by JAMSTEC and WHOI,
§
a
Naval
§
5 SVP
(met) buoys provided by the USIABP will also be deployed at the ends of the CTD
runs,
§
1
Metocean Canister met. Buoy provided by AWI.
- DAMOCLES, Spring and Summer (9+
buoys): The Developing Arctic Modelling and
Observing Capabilities for Longterm
Environmental Studies (DAMOCLES) project plans to deploy 7 ocean buoys (2
POPS, 5 ITP), 2 IMB buoys provided by CRREL, and 3 meteorological buoys
provided by USIABP using the
Russian Ice Breaker Akademik Federov.
- ZMAW: 16 Met. buoys
deployed upstream from the North Pole to study synoptic storms as part of
DAMOCLES. Please do not distribute
this data onto the GTS!
- Polarstern: At least 8 ocean buoys will be
deployed (ITAC, WHOI ITP, and POPS), 3 ocean buoys (ITP provided by AWI
and WHOI), 1 IMB provided by USIABP, 2 met. buoys
provided by AWI, as well as 7 met. buoys provided
by AWI, and the European Meteorological Network (EUMETNET) .
-
- USCG Healy, Summer (4 buoys): The US
Ice Breaker Healy plans to deploy 4 met. buoys provided by the USIABP.
- CCCG Louie St. Laurent, Summer (7
buoys): The Institute of Ocean Sciences and the Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institute plans to deploy 3 ocean buoys, collocated with 2 IMB buoys
provided by CRREL, and 1 Ocean Flux buoy provided by NPS, forming 2
ADS’.
US Navy Ice Camp 2007
(Primary contacts for buoy deployments: Jenny Hutchings, IARC; Max
Coon, NWRA; and Ignatius Rigor, PSC)
Ice Thickness Campaign (Collaborators:
CRREL, IARC, SAMS)
At the camp they will deploy:
§
1 IMB
§
6 Stress buoy
§
1 Tilt-meter buoy.
In a 10km radius about camp we will deploy buoys at 6 sites
(hexagon):
§
4 sites will have a stress buoy and GPS ice-drifter
§
2 sites will have GPS ice-drifter only
In a 100km radius from camp, at 6 sites (hexagon):
§
we will deploy a GPS ice-drifter
Lead Processes Campaign (NWRA): 11 GPS buoys will be deployed to
study small scale ice dynamics around a lead.
And within 200 km from the camp,
5 meteorological buoys provided by the USIABP will be deployed to support the
analysis of geostrophic winds.
Acronyms and other Descriptions:
ADS: An Automated Drifting
Station (ADS) is a cluster of buoys, each with different sensors, but in close
proximity, thus providing a wealth of geophysical information at a various
points across the
Ice Beacon: Meteorological buoy built by Metocean, which have large
floatation collars for marginal ice conditions. Sensors: Barometer, Air
Thermistor (2-m).
ICEXAIR: Air droppable meteorological
buoy built by Christian Michelsen Research, deployed
by the Naval Oceanographic Office and Norwegian Air Force. This buoy typically
comprises 50% of the IABP meteorological network since they have life spans of
2 - 4 years. Sensors: Barometer, Air Thermistor (@ 1.1-m height), some have GPS
and thermistor @ bottom of buoy (which may measure ice, snow, or ocean
temperature depending on conditions).
IMB: Ice Mass Balance buoy
traditionally built by CRREL, but manufacture has been transferred to Metocean.
These buoys monitor snow, sea ice and meteorological conditions, and are often
deployed with POPS and ITP buoys to monitor air, ice, and ocean conditions to
form ADS’.
ITP: Ocean buoy built by WHOI. Sensors:
CTD on a string extending down to 800-m which yoyos up and down mechanically. These
buoys typically report via Iridium, and are often deployed with IMB buoys to
monitor air, ice, and ocean conditions to form ADS’.
POPS: Ocean & Meteorological
buoy built by Metocean, which have large floatation collar like the Ice Beacons.
Sensors: Argo type CTD extending down to 300-m which yoyos up and down via
buoyancy, Barometer, Air Thermistor (2-m). These buoys typically report via
Iridium, and are often deployed with IMB buoys to monitor air, ice, and ocean
conditions to form ADS’.
SVP: Small “basketball
sized” barometer buoys typically deployed in open ocean
by the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE). Some SVP buoys have GPS,
and a thermistor at the base (which may measure ice, snow, or ocean temperature
depending on conditions).
USIABP: The US Interagency
Arctic Buoy Program (USIABP) is managed by the