INTERNATIONAL ARCTIC BUOY PROGRAMME (IABP)

CHAIRMAN’S AND COORDINATOR’S REPORT

for the Seventeenth Session of the DATA BUOY CO-OPERATION PANEL

Perth, Australia, 22-26 October 2001

prepared 7 September 2001 by

This report summarizes activities of the IABP that have occurred since the report filed September 2000 for the 16th session of the Data Buoy Co-operation Panel.

INTERNATIONAL ARCTIC BUOY PROGRAMME (IABP) ELEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING, YOKASUKA, JAPAN -Members of the International Arctic Buoy Programme met 30 May to 01 June, Yokosuka, Japan, for the eleventh annual business meeting. Host for the year 2001 meeting was the Japan Marine Science and Technology Centre (JAMSTEC). Participants were honored to be the first users of JAMTEC’s International Guest House.

IABP EXECUTIVE AND COORDINATOR - The elected IABP executive and appointed coordinator:

Chairman:Tim Goos, Environment Canada,

Vice Chairman:Thor Kvinge, Christian Michelsen Research, Norway Member: Ivan Frolov, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Russia

Member:Christopher O’Connors, U.S. National Ice Centre, U.S.A.

Coordinator:Ignatius Rigor, Polar Science Centre, U.S.A

BUOY ARRAY STATUS 04 SEPTEMBER - The buoy array in place 04 September 2001 per the map and sheet posted on the IABP web page - - showed 32 buoys on the Global Telecommunication System (GTS) 26 of which gave both surface air pressure and surface air temperature, 5 of which gave surface air pressure only, and 1 of which provided temperature only. Another buoy was added to the array mid September near the north pole. The IABP strives to maintain an array of at least 25 buoys evenly distributed across the Arctic Ocean.

DEPLOYMENTS 2001 -The following outlines some of the deployment strategies that resulted in buoys being deployed 2001.

White Trident August 2001 - The annual White Trident Deployment was conducted by the Commander, (U.S.) Naval Meteorology and Oceanographic Command. This deployment remains the key deployment strategy of the IABP. ICEX-AIR buoys for this years White Trident Exercise were provided by:

(U. S.) National Ice Centre representing several agencies (3)

Alfred Wegner Institute for Polar and Marine Research (1)

Norwegian Meteorological Institute (1)

U. K. Meteorological Office (1) and

Meteorological Service of Environment Canada (1).

Buoys on Ice via Environment Canada - April 2001.

The photo shows one of the CES Zeno buoys deployed for US National Ice Service 23 and 24 April 2001 to the west of the Canadian Arctic Islands by Meteorological Service of Canada personnel via Twin Otter aircraft landing on ice. These deployments are an annual event and are supported by Polar Continental Shelf Project, Natural Resources, Canada.

Buoys on Ice via Icebreakers in Arctic Basin. - September 2001

The US Coast Guard icebreaker Healy and the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) for Polar and Marine Research vessel Polarstern were near the north pole summer 2001. An AWI buoy was deployed September as the Healy exited the area.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Papers

Rigor, I.G., J.M. Wallace, and R.L. Colony, On the Response of Sea Ice to the Arctic Oscillation, J. Climate, accepted, 2001.

Buoy reports

Rigor, I., and M. Ortmeyer, International Arctic Buoy Program 2000 Data Report, APL-- UW TM 4- 01, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, 2001.

Rigor, I., and M. Ortmeyer, International Arctic Buoy Program 1999 Data Report, APL- UW TM 6- 00, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, 2000.

Rigor, I., and M. Ortmeyer, International Arctic Buoy Program 1998 Data Report, APL- UW TM 3- 00, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, 2000.

CDs

IABP CD See

PARTICIPANTS OF IABP - Participants of the IABP remain a mix of operational agencies, meteorological and oceanographic institutes, research agencies and non-government organizations that are interested in the Arctic Ocean and who contribute actively to the program.

PROBLEMS WITH RESPECT TO LUT POSITION ACCURACY - A problem was noted with positions as given on GTS by Edmonton processed buoys. Investigation showed that a similar position problem exists with positions given by other LUTS such as Oslo’s.

Tim GoosIgnatius Rigor

Tim Goos, Chairman IABP Ignatius Rigor, Coordinator IABP

Director, Meteorological Service of CanadaPolar Science Center

Prairie and Northern RegionApplied Physics Laboratory

Environment CanadaUniversity of Washington

Twin Atria Bldg - 2nd Floor1013 NE 40th Street

Edmonton, Alberta, T6B 2X3Seattle, WA 98105

CanadaU.S.A

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