Improving the knowledge of the seas
surrounding the Iberian Peninsula, Balearic
and Canary islands is one of the objectives for
the Spanish oceanographic community. For
that purpose, a number of fixed and drifting
buoys have been deployed in the last 25 years. Parameters measured included sea
surface temperature and salinity, ocean
current velocity, air temperature, humidity,
wave characteristic and wind velocity. The
national aim is to increase the quantity,
quality, coverage and timeliness of
atmospheric and oceanographic data. These
observations are used immediately to improve
forecast and therefore increase marine safety
