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| The primary goal of this project is to assemble and provide uniform quality control of sea surface temperature (SST) and surface velocity measurements. These measurements are obtained as part of an international program designed to make this data available in an effort to improve climate prediction. Climate prediction models require accurate estimates of SST to initialize their ocean component. Drifting buoys provide essential ground truth SST data for this purpose. The models also require validation by comparison with independent data sets. Surface velocity measurements are used for this validation. Hansen, D.V. and P.-Marie Poulain, 1996. Quality Control and Interploations of WOCE/TOGA Drifter Data. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tec., 13, 900-909. |
Global Lagrangian Drifter: Diagram
Global Lagrangian Drifter: Photos
 AOML's
Global Drifter Center
AOML Data Server
(Interpolated Drifter Data)
Monthly Drifter Maps (Updated Weekly)
GTS Drifter Data (Near Real Time)
Altimeter & GTS NRT Data MEDS
Data Archive
Year Of The Ocean Drifter Tracks (YOTO)WOCE Data Assembly
Centers
Drifter Bibliography Research Papers
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DAC Manager and Computer Analyst: Quality Control: Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
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