What is PNBOIA?
The National Buoy Program (PNBOIA) is the Brazilian national program to implement an array of drifters and coastal moorings, both monitored by satellite, and to make the data available to the scientific community in near real time.
The focus of PNBOIA is to improve the knowledge of the oceanic circulation of the South Atlantic Ocean by analyzing the lagrangian trajectories and the data collected by drifting buoys and moorings.
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This is the Brazilian contribution to the GOOS. PNBOIA has been coordinating efforts of national institutions, in cooperation with international programs such as the ISABP and the DBCP.
PNBOIA has the logistic support of the DHN, part of the Brazilian Navy, for the operationalization of the process for deployment of the drifters in the ocean currents and the installation of the moored buoys in coastal regions.
Projects
The monitoring activities in the South Atlantic are performed by the following projects: