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Title: Surface currents and temperature data from satellite-tracked drifters in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas from 2011-08-07 to 2014-03-06 (NODC Accession 0126984)
Abstract: Drifters were deployed from vessels in the Chukchi Sea during the ice-free seasons of 2011-2013. Drifter positions were determined via GPS, and positions were relayed via Iridium communications to on-shore data centers. Drifters were tracked from their release until they a) were picked up at sea for redeployment; b) beached on-shore; or c) died at sea because of battery failure or other causes. Many drifters remained active as sea ice re-formed in the region, and 3 drifters were frozen in the ice and released the following spring. Drifters also recorded Sea Surface Temperature (SST) from 2012 onward. Drifters were of various types (Davis, SVP, and Microstar) and were drogued at various depths (1 m and 10 m).
Date received: 20150330
Start date: 20110807
End date: 20140306
Seanames: Arctic Ocean, Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea, Chukchi Sea - NW Coast of Alaska
West boundary: -178.3104
East boundary: -134.5346
North boundary: 76.1892
South boundary: 69.171
Observation types: current measurements - surface currents, drifting buoy, physical
Instrument types: buoy - drifting buoy
Datatypes: CURRENT SPEED, CURRENT SPEED - EAST/WEST COMPONENT (U), CURRENT SPEED - NORTH/SOUTH COMPONENT (V), SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
Submitter: Dobbins, Elizabeth
Submitting institution: University of Alaska Fairbanks; Institute of Marine Science
Collecting institutions: University of Alaska Fairbanks; Institute of Marine Science
Contributing projects:
Platforms:
Number of observations: 115248
Supplementary information:
Availability date:
Metadata version: 4
Keydate: 2015-03-31 11:20:43+00
Editdate: 2015-04-01 14:35:47+00