Polar Science Center
International Arctic Buoy Programme (IABP)

The International Arctic Buoy Programme (IABP) is funded and managed by its participants. Representing eight countries, participants include operational and research agencies, meteorological and oceanographic institutes, and nongovernmental organizations. Participant contributions include equipment, services, and program coordination as well as funding.

• Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany
• Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Russia / Russian Federal Service of Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, Russia
• Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Agency (CAA), China
  
  representing the First Institute of Oceanology, SOA, Polar Research Institute of China,
  National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center, SOA, and Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences

  Christian Michelsen Research, Norway

  Meteorological Service of Environment Canada, Canada
  

  assisted by other agencies including Polar Continental Shelf Project , Canadian Coast Guard, Canadian Forces,
  

  and Institute of Ocean Sciences

  International Arctic Research Center, U.S. / Japan

  Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan

  Marine Environmental Data Service, Canada

  National Ice Center, U.S.
  

  representing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Science Foundation (NSF),
  

  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and Office of Naval Research (ONR)

  Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, U.S.

  Naval Oceanographic Office, U.S.

  Norsk Polarinstitutt , Norway

  Norwegian Meteorological Institute , Norway

  Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, U.S.

  Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, U.S.

  Service Argos, France, U.S.

  U.K. Meteorological Office, U.K.

  Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, U.S.

  World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) /
  

  Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) / International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU)

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Last Revised: October 11, 2000