MARINE OBSERVATION SOURCE · S020
International Programme for Antarctic Buoys (IPAB)
Discover marine observations available through International Programme for Antarctic Buoys (IPAB), including parameters, platforms, spatial and temporal coverage, metadata, and access methods.
- Operator
- IPAB / partners
- Role
- Polar drifting-buoy observations
- Platforms
- Drifting sea-ice buoys
- Observed variables
- Position; drift; surface temperature; air temperature; atmospheric pressure; platform-specific variables
- Spatial coverage
- Antarctic sea-ice zone / Southern Ocean
- Period
- Centralized live portal since ~2013; older pre-2012 data less centralized
- Depth coverage
- Surface/ice interface
- QC and data mode
- Live data often raw; campaign/operator QC varies
- Access method
- Use IPAB data page / Meereisportal; IABP-hosted Antarctic table provides standardized current fields
- Indexed download targets
- 3
Canonical parameters
- Sea-level / barometric pressure
air_pressure_at_sea_level - Air temperature
air_temperature - Sea-surface temperature
sea_surface_temperature
Discovery and access
Represent completeness/centralization as metadata: older Antarctic holdings are fragmented.