International Arctic Buoy Programme (IABP) Marine Environmental ...

Ongoing.3.4 The Chair will send a letter to MEDS recognizing the CD as a significantcontribution to the IABP.A letter and plaque acknowledging these contributions were sent toMEDS.3.5 The Coordinator will contact the owners of buoys with incorrect GTSheaders and suggest corrections.Ongoing. This item should be considered for addition to the Terms ofReference for the Coordinator of the IABP.3.6 The Coordinator will provide information on deployment opportunities inthe Arctic to the DBCP Technical Coordinator for inclusion in theJCOMMOPS deployment opportunities web page. The Coordinator willalso add a link on the IABP web pages to this web page.Ongoing. This item should be considered for addition to the Terms ofReference for the Coordinator of the IABP.3.7 The Coordinator will request that the owners of position only buoyobservations to post their data on the GTS.Ongoing.3.8 The Coordinator will contact the buoy manufacturers and owners toinvestigate the use of the Argos frequency outside of the centralbandwidth to take advantage of the 10% discount and better datareception.Ongoing. Although this discount has been withdrawn, users areencouraged to use this bandwidth to avoid data dropouts.3.9 MEDS will investigate the feasibility of participating in the DBCP Buoy-QCGuidelines as a center responsible for quality control of position datadistributed on the GTS (Item 10.1).Completed. At the DBCP-17, MEDS agreed to participate as a PrincipalMeteorological or Oceanographic Center responsible for quality control ofGTS buoy data (PMOC) for location data.2