DBCP Monthly Report January 2016 Prepared By DBCP Technical Coordinator

DBCP Platforms Operational During January

Platform Operators

Platforms Measuring Barometric Pressure

Platforms Providing Wave Observations

Timeliness of Data Delivery – Drifting Buoys

Country Contribution in Drifting Buoy Deployments

Drifting Buoys in 5 0 X5 0 Grid

New Deployments and Lost Buoys

Highlights in January 2016 During the month of January 2016 the total number of operational drifting buoys reduced slightly compared to the previous months 53% of the drifting buoys operational in January provided barometric pressure measurements Average delay for data delivery showed unusual spike for number of Iridium drifting buoys in South East Pacific and Bay of Bengal. This occurred during January and the problem has been fixed 95% (1414) of the Drifting Buoys reported data to the GTS in BUFR format. 89% (1322) of Drifting buoys reported data in both TAC and BUFR formats while only 5%(75) of Drifting buoys reported data only in TAC format to the GTS Drifting Buoys, percent coverage of 5x5 degree boxes (excluding marginal seas, latitude>60N/S) was 55% ( calculated based on the last location during the month ) 65 new Drifting Buoys were deployed during January 2016 and 128 drifting buoys stopped transmitting data to the GTS (no GTS transmissions for last 30 days) Moored Buoy Metadata files are updated with NDBC moored buoy platform information and are available on