DBCP GDAC for drifting buoys

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The DBCP – Data Buoy Cooperation Panel - is an international program coordinating the use of autonomous data buoys to observe atmospheric and oceanographic conditions, over ocean areas where few other measurements are taken. DBCP coordinates the global array of 1 600 active drifting buoys (August 2020) and historical observation from 14 000 drifting buoys. Data and metadata collected by drifting buoys are publically available in near real-time via the Global Data Assembly Centers (GDACs) in Coriolis-Ifremer (France) and MEDS (Canada) after an automated quality control (QC). In long term, scientifically quality controlled delayed mode data will be distributed on the GDACs. Disclaimer: the DB-GDAC is under construction. It is currently (January 2020) aggregating data from the Coriolis DAC (E-Surfmar, Canada). Additional DACs are considered. An interim provision from GTS real-time data to GDAC may be provided from Coriolis DAC.

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Drifting buoys GDAC NetCDF data and metadata format version 1.0

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Drifting buoys DAC data quality control manual version 1.0

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Proposal for drifting buoy metadata in the WIGOS Metadata Standard by EUMETNET (2017)

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GDAC (Open Access data)

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DOI of the product

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Seanoe

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Additional information

Date (publication)	2026-07-01
Date (revision)	2026-07-06
Status	onGoing
Update frequency	asNeeded
Metadata language	en
License	CC-BY (Creative Commons - Attribution)
Source metadata	ISO 19115 XML
Last updated	2026-11-04
Created	2026-11-04
API	package_show