Arctic Buoy Exploratory Data Analysis

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Total Observations 519583
Total Features 15
Total Buoys 1604
Total Daily Drift Days for All Buoys 519583
Observation Period 01-01-2021 to 08-16-2026

Header of downloaded CSV file from UW IABP (only necessary columns kept from original download)

buoy_id formatted_date formatted_time day_of_year hour latitude longitude surface_temp has_surface_temp air_temp has_air_temp bp has_bp buoy_type buoy_owner buoy_program
1401617 2026-07-20 15:00:00 201.62500 15 57.378 -40.533 9.20 yes NaN no 1022.1 yes SVP Météo France ROSE DES GLACES
1401617 2026-07-20 16:00:00 201.66667 16 57.373 -40.531 9.18 yes NaN no 1021.8 yes SVP Météo France ROSE DES GLACES
1401617 2026-07-20 16:59:59 201.70833 17 57.367 -40.532 9.21 yes NaN no 1021.9 yes SVP Météo France ROSE DES GLACES
1401617 2026-07-20 18:01:47 201.75124 18 57.362 -40.534 9.20 yes NaN no 1021.2 yes SVP Météo France ROSE DES GLACES
1401617 2026-07-20 19:00:00 201.79167 19 57.357 -40.537 9.20 yes NaN no 1021.0 yes SVP Météo France ROSE DES GLACES