IPAB Antarctic Drifting Buoy Data, Version 1

Through participating research organizations in various countries, the World Climate Research Programme's (WCRP) International Programme for Antarctic Buoys (IPAB) maintains a network of drifting buoys in the Antarctic sea ice zone to support a better understanding of sea ice motion, meteorology, and oceanography. The IPAB Antarctic Drifting Buoy Data archive, spanning the years 1995 to 1998, includes measurements of buoy position, atmospheric pressure, air temperature, and sea surface temperature. Data are organized by daily and three-hour averages and are provided as raw, instantaneous, non-interpolated data values. Data were collected from buoys initially deployed in the following three study regions: East Antarctica; the Weddell Sea; and the Bellingshausen, Amundsen, and Ross Seas.

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Maintainer Earthdata Forum
Last Updated August 25, 2026, 09:59 (UTC)
Created April 1, 2025, 16:43 (UTC)
accessLevel public
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modified 2026-08-17T22:16:02Z
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temporal 1995-01-01/1998-12-31
theme {"Earth Science"}