The Copernicus Surface Velocity Platform drifter with Barometer and Reference Sensor for Temperature (SVP-BRST):  genesis, design, and initial results

Poli, Paul; Lucas, Marc; O'Carroll, Anne; Le Menn, Marc; David, Arnaud; Corlett, Gary K.; Blouch, Pierre; Meldrum, David; Merchant, Christopher J.; Belbeoch, Mathieu; Herklotz, Kai

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-199-2019

Articles | Volume 15, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-199-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-199-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 1

Research article

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01 Mar 2019

Research article |

| 01 Mar 2019

The Copernicus Surface Velocity Platform drifter with Barometer and Reference Sensor for Temperature (SVP-BRST): genesis, design, and initial results

Paul Poli, Marc Lucas, Anne O'Carroll, Marc Le Menn, Arnaud David, Gary K. Corlett, Pierre Blouch, David Meldrum, Christopher J. Merchant, Mathieu Belbeoch, and Kai Herklotz

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RC1: 'Comments on "Copernicus SVP drifter"', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Nov 2018
- AC1: 'Reply to Comments 1', Paul Poli, 05 Dec 2018
RC2: 'Review of the submitted paper “The Copernicus Surface Velocity Platform drifter with Barometer and Reference Sensor for Temperature (SVP-BRST): Genesis, design, and initial results” by Poli et al. to Ocean Science.', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Dec 2018
- AC2: 'Reply to Comment#2', Paul Poli, 17 Jan 2019

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AR by Paul Poli on behalf of the Authors (17 Jan 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (04 Feb 2019) by Piers Chapman

AR by Paul Poli on behalf of the Authors (13 Feb 2019)

Short summary

Earth observation satellites routinely monitor sea-surface temperature. However, they require in situ references for calibration and validation. To support this step, drifting buoys carrying sensors with improved calibration were deployed. This paper finds that sea state and immersion depth are important to better understand the buoy measurements. A new drifting buoy was designed as a result, in the framework of the European Union Copernicus program, with an accuracy found to be within 0.01 °C.