UpTempO


Measuring the Upper layer Temperature of the Polar Oceans

DATA SUMMARY PAGE

Available Data
Click on “GO” to see more info, basic graphics, and to download data for each buoy. The following quantities (reported hourly) are available:
1) Temperature at nominal depths (typically between 2.5 and 60 m).
2) Ocean Pressure at 1 or 2 nominal depths (typically 20m and 60m).
3) Sea Level Pressure
Data Format
There is one ASCII data file available for each buoy, updated weekly. The columns of the file are as follows: Year, Month, Day, Hour (UMT), Latitude, Longitude, Ocean pressure 1, Ocean Pressure 2 (if exists), Temperature at nominal depth 1, Temp at nominal depth 2, etc…, Sea Level Pressure, Battery Voltage. More specific details are given in the heading of each data file, and specifics are also given for each buoy via links in the tables below.
Caution!
We provide raw UpTempO buoy data here as a "rapid data service" to the community. However, as of October 2011 we are working through our quality control (QC) procedure. Preliminary analysis indicates that buoy thermistor data may have a warm bias of a few tenths of a degree Celsius, with a bias-corrected RMS error relative to CTD data of less than a tenth of a degree. We will have the QC'd data available ASAP. Thanks for your understanding.
These plots show satellite derived sea surface temperature from NOAA and ice concentration from NSIDC for the date stated. The 2.5m (or 0m when 2.5 does not exist) UpTempO temperatures are plotted and numbered. A gray dot indicates that the buoy is reporting an unrealistic ocean temperatue value.

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UpTempO Buoy Data and Graphics
UpTempO Reporting Buoys through 2/23/2015
IMEIWMO Buoy ID Deployment
Vessel		Date
Deployed		Position
Deployed		Graphics
Info., &
Data
30023401124595048541 2013-14Araon 8/30/201376.43N 178.87W
GO
30023406023815048681 2014-5Araon 8/13/201477.36N 146.14W
GO
30023406023918048682 2014-8Araon 8/15/201476.76N 148.91W
GO
30023406034139048675 2014-9Amundsen 8/27/201473.34N 128.28W
GO
30023406034037048673 2014-11Amundsen 8/30/201473.29N 128.55W
GO
30023406023315048679 2014-12Polarstern 9/ 2/201485.16N 144.59E
GO
30023406023615048678 2014-13Mirai 9/ 6/201474.38N 162.96W
GO
30023406023316048680 2014-16Polarstern10/ 2/201473.68N 29.88E
GO
UpTempO 2014 Non-Reporting Buoys
IMEIWMOBuoy ID
2014		 Deployment
Vessel		Date
Deployed		Position
Deployed		Date of last
Report		Position of last
Report		Graphics
info. &
Data
30023406023319048648 2014-1APLIS 4/ 1/2014 72.46N 149.20W 9/ 9/2014 74.01N 179.45W
GO
30023406023516048649 2014-2APLIS 4/ 1/2014 72.45N 149.01W 9/14/2014 74.71N 179.53W
GO
30023401188226048650 2014-3SIZRS 7/25/2014 72.01N 141.48W 8/15/2014 72.64N 148.40W
GO
30023406163965048651 2014-4SIZRS 7/24/2014 72.92N 139.81W 9/ 8/2014 73.92N 146.58W
GO
30023406187691048672 2014-6SIZRS 8/14/2014 71.93N 141.08W 8/22/2014 72.22N 140.90W
GO
30023406187094048655 2014-7SIZRS 8/15/2014 73.07N 140.98W12/21/2014 73.53N 174.30E
GO
30023406034539048674 2014-10Amundsen 8/28/2014 73.66N 127.97W 9/ 5/2014 73.60N 127.34W
GO
30023406023532048677 2014-14Mirai 9/14/2014 74.55N 162.51W10/ 6/2014 75.68N 163.43W
GO
30023406023717048676 2014-15Mirai 9/14/2014 74.91N 161.58W10/16/2014 76.62N 168.42W
GO
UpTempO 2013 Non-Reporting Buoys
IMEIWMOBuoy ID
2013		 Deployment
Vessel		Date
Deployed		Position
Deployed		Date of last
Report		Position of last
Report		Graphics
info. &
Data
300234011340110NA 2013-1Palmer 3/26/2013-67.07N 135.17W 4/12/2013-66.51N 135.74W
GO
300234011342110NA 2013-2Palmer 3/26/2013-67.13N 135.58W 6/17/2013-66.51N 135.90W
GO
300234011343110NA 2013-3Palmer 3/26/2013-67.20N 136.06W 4/ 9/2013-66.61N 134.89W
GO
300234060456620NA 2013-4Ukpik 8/ 4/2013 71.42N 149.49W10/15/2013 74.99N 170.20W
GO
300234060456740NA 2013-5Louis 8/12/2013 74.01N 150.08W 9/ 2/2013 73.23N 151.48W
GO
300234011884260NA 2013-6SIZRS 8/14/2013 72.70N 151.36W 8/29/2013 73.05N 158.79W
GO
30023401124297048540 2013-7Louis 8/17/2013 75.98N 160.06W 1/12/2015 81.47N 150.10W
GO
300234060451580NA 2013-8Louis 8/18/2013 77.01N 170.02W10/13/2013 76.78N 175.82E
GO
30023401124284048539 2013-9Louis 8/22/2013 77.52N 147.84W 9/14/2014 75.44N 134.69W
GO
30023401124196048538 2013-10Louis 8/26/2013 76.00N 139.75W 5/ 5/2014 76.77N 162.95W
GO
300234011244950NA 2013-11Araon 8/26/2013 75.50N 158.75W 2/23/2014 77.05N 174.34W
GO
30023401124596048542 2013-12Araon 8/27/2013 77.47N 164.11W 2/ 6/2015 75.61N 134.88W
GO
300234011244960NA 2013-13Healy 8/30/2013 71.19N 136.91W 9/ 3/2013 70.97N 136.29W
GO
30023401124674025584 2013-15Federov 8/30/2013 80.82N 132.62E 10/14/2014 82.31N 28.09E
GO
300234011244780NA 2013-16Healy 8/31/2013 70.23N 138.71W11/11/2013 72.34N 154.03W
GO
300234011242990NA 2013-17Healy 9/ 1/2013 70.59N 142.41W10/28/2013 72.50N 158.14W
GO
300234011243770NA 2013-18Healy 9/ 3/2013 71.40N 148.86W10/12/2013 73.49N 158.78W
GO
30023401124695025585 2013-19Federov 9/ 3/2013 80.25N 155.87E 12/15/2014 85.16N 59.31W
GO
30023401124780025586 2013-20Federov 9/ 7/2013 80.39N 126.39E 1/23/2015 83.51N 21.32E
GO
UpTempO 2012 Non-Reporting Buoys
IMEIBuoy ID
2012		 Deployment
Vessel		Date
Deployed		Position
Deployed		Date of last
Report		Position of last
Report		Graphics
info. &
Data
3002340112439502012-6Healy 9/ 9/2012 78.92N 161.90W10/13/2012 77.89N 155.75W
GO
3002340114687102012-2Louis 9/ 4/2012 76.78N 137.84W10/16/2012 76.53N 135.72W
GO
3002340112406002012-0600Louis 8/ 7/2012 72.51N 139.97W 8/ 8/2012 72.55N 140.00W
GO
3002340111621902012-1Louis 8/ 8/2012 72.60N 144.70W10/30/2012 72.91N 155.87W
GO
3002340112479802012-5PolarStern 9/10/2012 85.26N 124.27E 11/ 9/2012 83.78N 126.01E
GO
3002340112469902012-4PolarStern 9/ 5/2012 81.88N 130.88E 12/10/2012 81.84N 138.75E
GO
3002340112409902012-3Louis 9/ 5/2012 76.93N 139.48W 8/24/2013 74.18N 166.88W
GO
3002340119182402012-3Palmer 2/19/2012-70.98N 106.21W 5/22/2012-68.73N 100.84W
GO
UpTempO 2011 Non-Reporting Buoys
IMEIBuoy ID
2011		 Deployment
Vessel		Date
Deployed		Position
Deployed		Date of last
Report		Position of last
Report		Graphics
info. &
Data
3002340107320802011-1APLIS 3/22/2011 72.98N 146.71W12/ 4/2011 71.44N 169.92E
GO
3000340124888802011-3Healy 7/18/2011 72.85N 151.92W 9/18/2011 74.00N 172.20W
GO
3000340137079602011-5Louis 8/ 6/2011 77.00N 140.05W 6/ 1/2012 73.72N 162.89W
GO
3000340121968702011-4Louis 8/ 8/2011 76.09N 138.28W 3/30/2012 70.94N 172.01W
GO
3000340136105302011-2Healy 8/17/2011 71.59N 145.01W 6/ 3/2012 74.45N 179.44W
GO
3002340109576102011-6Amundsen 8/23/2011 74.88N 128.09W 9/ 4/2011 74.22N 129.54W
GO
3002340109536402011-7Amundsen 8/28/2011 71.60N 133.29W10/28/2011 72.61N 152.88W
GO
3002340108539102011-10Laurier 9/30/2011 72.81N 155.03W10/23/2011 74.92N 162.71W
GO
3002340109576302011-8Araon 8/16/2011 76.29N 167.15W 1/ 7/2012 0.00N 0.00E
GO
3002340109566302011-9Araon 8/ 8/2011 77.77N 162.29W 5/22/2013 71.96N 155.90W
GO
UpTempO 2010 Non-Reporting Buoys
IMEIBuoy ID
2010		 Deployment
Vessel		Date
Deployed		Position
Deployed		Date of last
Report		Position of last
Report		Graphics
info. &
Data
3000340127720202010-5Araon 7/26/2010 75.03N 159.48W 9/ 7/2011 79.61N 143.15W
GO
3000340125864202010-6Araon 8/ 9/2010 74.99N 165.00W12/ 9/2010 78.16N 169.22E
GO
3000340136186502010-2Amundsen 8/17/2010 71.16N 135.67W10/22/2010 74.29N 164.91W
GO