A New Type of DBCP compliant drifting Buoy: the SVP-BRST

Abstract

The on-going efforts to improved remote sensing data quality, and in particular the retrieval of Sea Surface temperature though the use of the radiometer underlined the need for higher quality in situ calibrated reference temperature (O’Carroll 2008). This let to a first attempt at designing and deploying improved drifting buoys within the framework of the DBCP HR-SST Pilot Project. These improvements included an improved location accuracy through the use of GPS, an improved in situ temperature resolution (0.01 K) and the finally a new binary format to ensure that the improved resolution temperature was correctly fed into the WMO GTS system.