Skip to page contentLink to AMD home page Photograph by: Jeff Kietzmann, National Science Foundation
Link to AMD web site Link to AMD advanced search Link to GCMD data services Link to AMD metadata authoring tools Link to National Antarctic Data Centers Link to more information on AMD SCAR projects Link to GCMD web site
bullet Agriculture
bullet Atmosphere
bullet Biological Classification
bullet Biosphere
bullet Climate Indicators
bullet Cryosphere
bullet Human Dimensions
bullet Land Surface
bullet Oceans
bullet Paleoclimate
bullet Solid Earth
bullet Spectral/Engineering
bullet Sun-Earth Interactions
bullet Terrestrial Hydrosphere
bullet Data Centers
bullet Locations
bullet Instruments
bullet Platforms/Sources
bullet Projects

Record Search Query: [Sensor_Name: Short_Name='ARGOS']
Meteorological buoy and drifter data in the Weddell Sea, North Atlantic and the Baltic Sea (1989-)
Entry ID: FIMR_METEO_BUOY_SINCE_1989

[ Update this Record ]

Summary
Abstract: Drifters have been used to track the sea ice movement in the Weddell Sea and as
current followers in the North Atlantic and the Baltic Sea, during separate
periods. From 1989 on going.

Buoys from different manufacturers tracked by CLS Argos satellite positioning
system.
Related URL
Link: GET RELATED DATA SET METADATA (DIF)
Description: European Directory of Marine Environmental Data (EDMED) original DIF
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1989-01-01
Location Keywords
Science Keywords
ISO Topic Category
Platform
BUOYS Ancillary Description
Instrument
DRIFTING BUOYS Ancillary Description
ARGOS > ARGOS Data Collection and Position Location System Ancillary Description
Project
Access Constraints RESTRICTED
Data Set Progress
IN WORK
Originating Center
FIMR
Data Center
Finnish Institute of Marine Research, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Finland Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.fimr.fi/

Data Center Personnel
Name: TIMO VIHMA
Phone: +358 9 1929 4173
Email: timo.vihma at fmi.fi
Contact Address:
PO Box 503
City: Helsinki
Postal Code: 00101
Country: Finland
Personnel
JOUKO LAUNIAINEN
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: +358-9-613 941
Fax: +358-9-323 2970
Email: jouko.launiainen at fimr.fi
Contact Address:
P.O.Box 2
City: Helsinki
Postal Code: FIN-00561
Country: FINLAND
View entire list
Publications/References
Launiainen et al. (1991): Air-sea interaction experiment in the Weddell Sea:
Argos-Buoy Report from FINNARP-5/89, 1990-1991. Antarctic Reports in Finland, Report No. 2.

Launiainen et al. (1994): Air-sea interaction experiment in the Weddell Sea:
2nd Meteorological Argos-Buoy Report from FINNARP, 1991-1993. Antarctic Reports in Finland, Report No. 3.
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2005-09-15
Last DIF Revision Date: 2005-09-28

  Reformat as FGDC document
  View Text Only Format

Link to NASA website
Responsible NASA Official:   Lola Olsen
Webmaster:   Monica Holland   ·  Contact GCMD User Support for assistance