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Topic: Buoys

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ARGO
Integrated Science Data Management (ISDM)

Argo is an international project and a major component of the oceans observing system. Approximately 3000 profiling floats will be deployed around the world. Once at sea, the float sinks to a preprogrammed target depth of 2000 meters for a preprogrammed period of time. It then floats to the surface, taking temperature and salinity values during its ascent at set depths. At the surface, the float drifts along for a day or two and transmits the data to a satellite run by Service Argos which then determines the position of the float. Service Argos sends the data to various data centers such as ISDM.

Buoy Weather Data
Pacific Region

Sixteen offshore weather buoys maintained by Environment Canada and Fisheries and Oceans Canada in association with Axys, a private company in Sidney, B.C. measure general weather information in the marine area around British Columbia and report their data to Environment Canada via satellite.

Drifting Buoys
Integrated Science Data Management (ISDM)

Global sea surface meteorological and oceanographic observations reported in daily and historical time frames.

Geoportal
Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS)

A Web Mapping application which allows the viewing of geospatial data and metadata, as well as the downloading of GeoSpatial Data

Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO)
Integrated Science Data Management (ISDM)

Reports including physical oceanographic inventories of profiles, drifting buoys, waves, tides and water levels collected in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) area annually. Link to official NAFO site.

Ocean Profiles
Integrated Science Data Management (ISDM)

Physical, chemical and biological profiles of oceanographic data from several National and International programmes.

On-Line Scientific Buoys
St. Lawrence Observatory

Oceanographic data collected at 19 fixed stations throughout the St. Lawrence since 1993 via the Gulf of St. Lawrence Thermograph Network.

Waves
Integrated Science Data Management (ISDM)

Databases containing over 6 million observed wave spectra from 500 locations in the Canadian area of interest (35 to 90 degrees north and 40 to 180 degrees west).