Tiros-N/Argos: Canadian experience

Five Canadian programs which involve the use of satellites in the communication of data from remote sites are reviewed from an industrial viewpoint. The advantages offered by the Tiros-N/ARGOS data collection system are examined. Data acquisition interfaces include: (1) six automatic weather stations which monitor meteorological parameters in the Beaufort Sea area; (2) a thirty-six drogued drifter buoy configuration in the Baffin Bay and the Lancaster Sound; (3) a meteorological buoy in the northeast Pacific located at 50 deg N, 145 deg W; (4) remote water survey monitors in the McKenzie Delta area of the Northwest Territories and in the eastern Ontario area; and (5) First GARP Global Experiment drifter buoys deployed around the world.