Arctic Buoy Exploratory Data Analysis

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Total Observations 500597
Total Features 15
Total Buoys 1582
Total Daily Drift Days for All Buoys 500597
Observation Period 01-01-2021 to 05-29-2026

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
2802244 2025-11-17 16:02:26 321.66836 16 44.525 -45.062 19.62 yes NaN no 1013.4 yes SVP EUMETNET GRAIN DE SAIL II
2802244 2025-11-17 16:02:35 321.66847 16 44.530 -45.056 14.22 yes NaN no 1014.2 yes SVP EUMETNET GRAIN DE SAIL II
2802244 2025-11-17 17:01:15 321.70921 17 44.535 -45.047 14.27 yes NaN no 1013.9 yes SVP EUMETNET GRAIN DE SAIL II
2802244 2025-11-17 18:01:43 321.75120 18 44.540 -45.038 14.35 yes NaN no 1014.1 yes SVP EUMETNET GRAIN DE SAIL II
2802244 2025-11-17 19:03:01 321.79377 19 44.544 -45.027 14.48 yes NaN no 1014.5 yes SVP EUMETNET GRAIN DE SAIL II