,
buoys are deployed by the following Action Groups and national agencies. Some
of the ship deployment opportunities that can be used to deploy sub-surface
floats are detailed here:
SOOP Ships - Line Sampling from 2006
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Figure 1: Recommended frequently repeated XBT network.
Figure 2: Recommended high-density XBT network.
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Drifting buoys:
The EUCOS Surface
Marine Programme (E-SURFMAR),
· Area of interest: North Atlantic, East of 55W, 20N to 65N.
· About 50 buoys deployed yearly
· E-SURFMAR Data Buoy Technical Advisory
Group (DB-TAG): Jean Rolland (jean.rolland-at-meteo.fr)
· E-SURMAR Programme Manager: Pierre Blouch (blouch-at-shom.fr)
The
International South
Atlantic
Buoy Programme (ISABP)
· Area of interest: South Atlantic
Ocean 55S to 20N.
· Over 100 buoys deployed yearly
·
Coordinator: Lithakazi "Shine" Mkatshwa. Email: lithakazi.mkatshwa@weathersa.co.za
The
Global Drifter Programme
· Atlantic ocean
· Western Tropical Atlantic for the
hurricane array (10 drifters/year during hurricane event)
· Contact: Shaun Dolk (Shaun.Dolk-at-noaa.gov)
Moored buoys (normally,
servicing every 6 months):
E-SURFMAR
(UK, French, Irish, Spanish moored buoys in the N Atlantic Ocean)
· E-SURFMAR Data Buoy Technical Advisory
Group (DB-TAG): Jean Rolland (jean.rolland-at-meteo.fr)
· E-SURMAR Programme Manager: Pierre Blouch (blouch-at-shom.fr)
PIRATA
Tropical Atlantic array (http://www.cmcd.inpe.br/pirata/,
http://www.brest.ird.fr/pirata/piratafr.html)
·
Contact Jacques Servain (servain-at-ird.fr)
National Data Buoy Center, http://seaboard.ndbc.noaa.gov/
·
Contact: Bill Burnett (Bill.Burnett-at-noaa.gov)
Environment
Canada (8 moored buoys in the NW Atlantic Ocean)
· Contact: Mike McNeil (Mike.McNeil-at-ec.gc.ca
)
Annex A: planned
scheme according the the Upper Ocean Thermal Review when
Argo will be fully implemented.
