International
Arctic Buoy Program

Mission

Studying the increasingly dynamic Arctic environment provides essential insight for supporting growing strategic interests including: national defense, particularly in the maritime domain; commercial shipping; gas, oil, and mineral resource exploration and extraction; fisheries management, weather forecasting; and climate change mitigation and planning.

Recognizing the vital importance of in-situ observations, the International Arctic Buoy Program (IABP) was formed in 1991 to collectively maintain a network of floating buoys in the Arctic Ocean to provide open and real-time meterological and oceanographic data for operational and research purposes.


This unique source of data is critical for:


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