Eighteenth Annual Meeting of theParticipants of the

International Arctic Buoy Programme [IABP] 

Hosted byCollecte Localisation Satellites (CLS)

Toulouse, France16 – 18 June 2008

Coordinator’s ReportCoordinator’s Report

• Status of the buoy array• Deployment plans and opportunities• IABP Web Pages

May 2007 DeploymentsMay 2007 Deployments• 106 buoys were reporting on May 11, 2007• not including 32+ buoys for DAMOCLES NWP study• many buoys deployed as clusters of Automated Drifting Stations

Summer 2007 DeploymentsSummer 2007 Deployments

56+ more deploys

White TridentWhite Trident

IABP Array September 2007IABP Array September 2007• 97+ buoys

reporting.• Many met. Buoys

and small GPS clusters of buoys ceased reporting.

• Observations from DAMOCLES NWP study not shown nor included in count (35+ buoys)

• Poor ice conditions during record summer minimum limited deployments.

DAMOCLES(Federov &Polarstern)

IABP Array September 2007IABP Array September 2007• Buoys provided by many different Participants.

IABP Array September 2007IABP Array September 2007• 26 of 53 buoys providing met. obs. were ICEXAIR buoys deployed by NAVO.

IABP Array by the End of October 2007IABP Array by the End of October 2007• 95+ buoys reporting.

• Ice Breakers finish up deployments.

• NP-35 deployed at 82.5N 104E.

NP-35

October 2007October 2007October 2007 Age of Sea Ice

NovemberNovemberNovember 2007 Age of Sea Ice

DecemberDecemberDecember 2007 Age of Sea Ice

JanuaryJanuaryJanuary 2008 Age of Sea Ice

FebruaryFebruaryFebruary 2008 Age of Sea Ice

MarchMarchMarch 2008 Age of Sea Ice

September 15 2007 – April 15 2008September 15 2007 – April 15 2008

• Lost 30 buoys from Sept. to April.• 68 buoys reporting before Spring deployments.• 10 buoys deployed by PSC and EC during March and

April owned by NIC and NOAA/AOML.

2) EC (March): 2 Ice Beacons Met. &2 SVP-B Buoys 4.) AWI, SAMS, &

Switchyard (April):3 Met. & 6 GPS buoys.

3.) NPEO (April):1 IMB, 1 Ocean ITP, 1 Met. Station,3 SVP (P), 1 Ocean Flux, & 1 Radiometerbuoys

1) PSC CTD Flights (March):3 SVP-B buoys.

ITP, IMB,O. Flux,

Met. Station,Radiometer

AWISVP-B Ice Beacon

SVP-B

IABP Deployment Plans for IPY in Spring 2008The small green dots show the location of drifting buoys reporting March 4, 2008.

The pink dots show the expected locations on April 15, 2008; and red dots for August 15, 2008.

SVP-B

SVP-B

SVP-B

SVP-B

Ice Beacon

SVP-BSVP-B

SVP-B

AITP,&Met. Buoys

AITP,&Met. Buoys

AITP,&Met. Buoys

AITP,&Met., Buoys

AITP,&Met. Buoys

Met. Buoy

IMB, AITP, &Met. Buoys

IMB, AITP, &Met. Buoys

IMB, AITP, &Met. Buoys

5.) DAMOCLES (April):3 IMB, 8 AITP, 1 Ice Thickness, & 9 Met. Buoys,

SVP-B

ITP, IMB,O. Flux,

Met. Station,Radiometer

AWI

SVP-B Ice Beacon

SVP-B

IABP Deployment Plans for IPY in Summer 2008The small green dots show the location of drifting buoys reporting March 4, 2008.

The pink dots show the expected locations on April 15, 2008; and red dots for August 15, 2008.

SVP-B

SVP-B

SVP-B

SVP-B

Ice BeaconSVP-B

SVP-B

SVP-B

AITP,&Met. Buoys

AITP,&Met. Buoys

AITP,&Met. Buoys

AITP,&Met., Buoys

AITP,&Met. Buoys

Met. Buoy

IMB, AITP, &Met. Buoys IMB, AITP, &

Met. Buoys

IMB, AITP, &Met. Buoys

SVP-B

ICEXAIR

ICEXAIR

ICEXAIR

ICEXAIR

ICEXAIR

ICEXAIR

POPS, SVP-B, etc.

SVP-B, etc.

POPS, SVP-B, etc.

ITP, SVP-B

9) Polarstern Cruise (Summer)3 Ocean, N SVP-E,& SVP-US, etc.

7) NABOS Cruise (Summer):10+ SVP-E & SVP-US Buoys

POPS, SVP-B

10) CCG Louie St. Laurent (Summer): 3 Ocean ITP & 2 IMB Buoys

ITPIMB

O. Flux

ITP,IMB

ITPIMB

O. Flux

6) DAMOCLES Cruise (Summer): 2 AITP, 4 ITP, N IMB, N SVP-US, etc.

ITP, SVP-B

POPS, SVP-B

ITP,IMB

Calib

Calib

Calib

11) CCG Sir Wilfred Laurier (Summer): 1 SVP12) CCG Amundsen (Summer): 3 Calib

13) CCG ice breaker (Summer): 4 Calib

CalibCalib

Calib

14-15) USCG Healy & Polar Sea (Summer): N AXIB, N SVP-US

16) CASIMBA (Summer):1 IMB, 3 Ice Canisters, 3 SVP, N SVP-US, N Ice Beacons.

17) SIZONET (Summer): 2 IMB, N SVP-US

18) McGill U. (Summer): 1 IMB, 1 Stress

8) US Naval Oceanographic OfficeWHITE TRIDENT Flight (August): 7 ICEXAIR, 6 SVP-TC80 Buoys

SVP-TC80SVP-TC80

SVP-TC80SVP-TC80

SVP-TC80

SVP-TC80

AprilAprilApril 2008 Age of Sea Ice

May 2008 Expected Age

June 2008 Expected Age

July 2008 Expected Age

August 2008 Expected Age

August 2008 Expected Age & Concentration

Lots of Open Water

FracturedOld Ice

August 2008 Expected Age & Concentration

8) US Naval Oceanographic OfficeWHITE TRIDENT Flight (August): 7 ICEXAIR, 6 SVP-TC80 Buoys

SVP-TC80SVP-TC80

SVP-TC80SVP-TC80

SVP-TC80

SVP-TC80

NABOS Cruise(15 SVP-B Buoys)

August 2008 Expected Age & Concentration

Polarstern Cruise (AWI, DAMOCLES, JAMSTEC)CASIMBA (AWI, CRREL, PSC)

POPS, SVP-B, etc.

SVP-B, etc.

POPS, SVP-B, etc.

ITP, SVP-B

9) Polarstern Cruise (Summer)3 Ocean, N SVP-E,& SVP-US, etc.

POPS, SVP-B

ITP, SVP-B

POPS, SVP-B

16) CASIMBA (Summer):1 IMB, 3 Ice Canisters, 3 SVP, N SVP-US, N Ice Beacons.

DAMOCLES Spring and SummerChinese ice breaker Xuelong

SVP-B

SVP-B

AITP,&Met. Buoys

AITP,&Met. Buoys

AITP,&Met. Buoys

AITP,&Met., Buoys

AITP,&Met. Buoys

Met. Buoy

IMB, AITP, &Met. Buoys IMB, AITP, &

Met. Buoys

IMB, AITP, &Met. Buoys

ICEXAIR

ICEXAIR

ICEXAIR

SVP-B

IABP Deployment Plans for IPY in Summer 2008

SVP-B

SVP-B

ICEXAIR

10) CCG Louie St. Laurent (Summer): 3 Ocean ITP & 2 IMB Buoys

ITPIMB

O. Flux

ITP,IMB

ITPIMB

O. FluxITP,IMB

Calib

Calib

Calib

11) CCG Sir Wilfred Laurier (Summer): 1 SVP12) CCG Amundsen (Summer): 3 Calib

13) CCG ice breaker (Summer): 4 Calib

CalibCalib

Calib

17) SIZONET (Summer): 2 IMB, N SVP-US

18) McGill U. (Summer): 1 IMB, 1 Stress

SVP-BSVP-B

SVP-B

14-15) USCG Healy & Polar Sea (Summer): 2 AXIB, 6-10 SVP-B

IMB

IMB

IABP Deployment Plans for IPY in Summer 2008120+ buoys at 80 separate points.

SVP-B

Calib

Calib

Calib CalibCalib

Calib

18) McGill U. (Summer): 1 IMB, 1 Stress

SVP-BSVP-B

SVP-B

IMB

IMB

New IABP Web PagesNew IABP Web Pages

SummarySummary1. 106 buoys were reporting in June 2007.2. 56+ buoys were deployed from June –

September 2007.3. 97+ buoys were reporting in September

2007.4. 68+ buoys were reporting in April 2008.5. We plan to deploy 120+ buoys at 80+

separate locations in 2008. More details can be found at http://iabp.apl.washington.edu/Deploy2008/.

6. Coordinator needs to collect buoy data from DAMOCLES projects to include in IABP databases.

7. Please send comments on our new web pages. I would like to add more content featuring the full breadth of the IABP.

8. Big Issue: Larger area of younger, thinner ice has taken a toll on the IABP array, highlighting the need for buoys which can survive in open water, survive freeze up, and pack ice conditions (i.e. seasonal ice buoys), especially in the Eurasian Arctic.