Drifting and moored buoy data observed since 1985 and assembled by the Global Data Assembly Center for Drifting Buoy Data, Canada
Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
| Metadata Last Checked: December 12, 2025
| Last Modified: 2023-02-16T00:00:00.000+00:00
As a Data Buoy Cooperation Panel (DBCP) Global Data Assembly Center (GDAC), and previously the Responsible National Oceanographic Data Center (RNODC), for Drifting Buoy Data, Marine Environmental Data Section (MEDS) submits a set of drifting buoy data to the U.S. NCEI each year.
Buoy data is available in real time to platform operators via telecommunications providers and distributed on the Global Telecommunications System (GTS) of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in real-time. MEDS decodes data transmitted on the GTS in buoy code form. This may include moored buoy data as well.
The DBCP 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.
MEDS is a part of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Ecosystem and Oceans Science, Oceans Science Branch (OSB). MEDS was previously known as Integrated Science Data Management (ISDM), Oceanography and Scientific Data (OSD).
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AIR TEMPERATURE
AIR TEMPERATURE - DRY BULB
BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
CURRENT DIRECTION
CURRENT METER - SPEED
CURRENT SPEED
DEPTH - OBSERVATION
DEPTH - SENSOR
DEWPOINT
HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE
ICE - MOVEMENT - DIRECTION
ICE - MOVEMENT - SPEED
POSITION - GEOGRAPHIC
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
SALINITY
SALINITY - SURFACE WATER
SEA STATE
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
SWELL HEIGHT
SWELL PERIOD
water depth
WATER TEMPERATURE
WAVE HEIGHT
WAVE PERIOD
WIND DIRECTION
WIND SPEED
buoy - drifting buoy
buoy - moored buoy
meteorological sensor
current measurements
current measurements - surface currents
drifting buoy
in situ
laboratory analyses
meteorological
moored buoy
physical
profile
surface measurements
time series
DRIFTING BUOYS OF CANADA
DRIFTING BUOYS OF NEW ZEALAND
DRIFTING BUOYS OF SOUTH AFRICA
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Institute of Ocean Sciences
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Data Section
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Institute of Ocean Sciences
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Data Section
FIRST GLOBAL GARP (Global Atmospheric Research Program) EXPERIMENT (FGGE)
GULF OF MEXICO NOAA/NDBO COOP. DRIFTING BUOY
International Arctic Buoy Programme (IABP)
Prediction and Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic (PIRATA)
Tropical Atmosphere Ocean/TRIANGLE TRANS-OCEAN BUOY NETWORK (TAO/TRITON)
Adriatic Sea
Aegean Sea
Alboran Sea
Andaman Sea or Burma Sea
Arabian Sea
Arafura Sea
Arctic Ocean
Baffin Bay
Balearic (Iberian) Sea
Bali Sea
Baltic Sea
Banda Sea
Barents Sea
Bass Strait
Bay of Bengal
Bay of Biscay (Golfe de Gascogne)
Bay of Fundy
Beaufort Sea
Bering Sea
Bismarck Sea
Black Sea
Bristol Channel
Caribbean Sea
Caspian Sea
Celebes Sea (Sulawesi Sea and Mindanao Sea)
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
Chukchi Sea
Coastal Waters of Alabama
Coastal Waters of Florida
Coastal Waters of Louisiana
Coastal Waters of Mississippi
Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
Coastal Waters of Texas
Columbia River estuary - Washington/Oregon
Coral Sea
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Davis Strait
East China Sea (Tung Hai)
East Siberian Sea
English Channel (La Manche)
Flores Sea
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
Great Australian Bight
Great Lakes
Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
Greenland Sea (including Iceland Sea and North Greenland Sea)
Gulf of Aden
Gulf of Alaska
Gulf of Bothnia (Bay of Bothnia and Bothnian Sea)
Gulf of California
Gulf of Finland
Gulf of Guinea
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Oman
Gulf of Riga, Sound Sea
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Gulf of Suez
Gulf of Thailand
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
Halmahera Sea
Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
Hudson Bay
Hudson Strait
Indian Ocean
Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
Ionian Sea
Irish Sea and St. George's Channel
Japan Sea
Jawa (Java) Sea
Kaneohe Bay
Kara Sea
Kattegat, The Sound, Storebælt, Lillebælt
Labrador Sea
Laccadive Sea
Laptev (or Nordenskjöld) Sea
Ligurian Sea
Lincoln Sea
Malacca Straits
Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
Molucca Sea
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Mozambique Channel
National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa
New York Bight
North Atlantic Ocean
North Greenland Sea
North Pacific Ocean
North Sea
Northwestern Passages
Norwegian Sea
Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument
Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
Persian Gulf (Gulf of Iran), Strait of Hormuz
Philippine Sea
Red Sea
Rio de la Plata
Rose Atoll Marine National Monument
Ross Sea
San Diego Bay
Sawu Sea
Sea of Azov
Sea of Marmara
Sea of Okhotsk
Selat Makasar (Makasar Strait)
Seto Naikai (Inland Sea)
Singapore Strait
Skagerrak
Solomon Sea
South Atlantic Ocean
South China Sea (Nan Hai)
South Pacific Ocean
Southern Ocean
St. Lawrence River
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Strait of Gibraltar
Sulu Sea
Tasman Sea
Timor Sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
World-Wide Distribution
Yaquina Bay
Yellow Sea (Hwang Hai)
oceanography
CA/DFO > Fisheries and Oceans, Canada
CA/DFO/PR/SB/IOS > Institute of Ocean Sciences, Science Branch, Pacific Region, Fisheries and Oceans, Canada
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
GARP/FGGE > Global Atmospheric Research Program/First Garp Global Experiment (GARP/FGGE)
IABP > International Arctic Buoy Programme
PIRATA > Pilot Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic
TAO/TRITON > Tropical Atmosphere Ocean/TRITON
Data Buoy Cooperation Panel (DBCP)
Marine Climate Data System (MCDS) - Global Data Assembly Center for Buoys
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED
EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > ATMOSPHERIC/OCEAN INDICATORS > SURFACE SALINITY
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SEA STATE
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SWELLS
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE PERIOD
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > SEA ICE MOTION
DRIFTING BUOYS > DRIFTING BUOYS
BUOYS
FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS > FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS
DRIFTING BUOY (ICES code: 18DZ)
DRIFTING BUOY (ICES code: 61DB)
DRIFTING BUOY (ICES code: 91DB)
CONTINENT > ASIA > WESTERN ASIA > BLACK SEA
CONTINENT > ASIA > WESTERN ASIA > CASPIAN SEA
CONTINENT > EUROPE > EASTERN EUROPE > BLACK SEA
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA > GREAT LAKES, CANADA
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > GREAT LAKES
GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL OCEAN
OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN
OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > BARENTS SEA
OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > BEAUFORT SEA
OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > CHUKCHI SEA
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > BALTIC SEA
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > BAY OF FUNDY
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > DAVIS STRAIT
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF ST LAWRENCE
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > IRISH SEA
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > MEDITERRANEAN SEA
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > MEDITERRANEAN SEA > ADRIATIC SEA
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH SEA
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORWEGIAN SEA
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN
OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > ARABIAN SEA
OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > ARABIAN SEA > PERSIAN GULF
OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > BAY OF BENGAL
OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > RED SEA
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN > AMERICAN SAMOA
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN > HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > SEA OF JAPAN
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > SEA OF OKHOTSK
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > EAST CHINA SEA
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA AND EASTERN ARCHIPELAGIC SEAS
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA SEA
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > YELLOW SEA
OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > ROSS SEA
ERRBH6
Complete Metadata
| describedByType | application/octet-steam |
|---|---|
| identifier | gov.noaa.nodc:GDAC-Drifting-Buoy-MEDS |
| issued | 2001-04-16T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| landingPage | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact |
| language | [] |
| references |
[ "https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/data-donnees/drib-bder/index-eng.html", "https://doi.org/10.17882/57247" ] |
| rights | otherRestrictions |
| spatial | 180.0,-80.1,-180.0,90.0 |
| temporal | 1978-11-22T00:00:00+00:00/2015-12-31T00:00:00+00:00 |