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Personal Author:
Asaad, I. ; Lundquist, C. J. ; Erdmann, M. V. ; Van Hooidonk, R. ; Costello, M. J. ;
Asaad, I. ; Lundquist, C. J. ; Erdmann, M. V. ; Van Hooidonk, R. ; Costello, M. J. ; Less -
NOAA Program & Office:
OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; AOML (Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory) ; CIMAS (Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies) ;
OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; AOML (Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory) ; CIMAS (Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies) ; Less -
Description:
Surface drifting buoys, or drifters, are used in oceanographic and climate research, oil spill tracking, weather forecasting, search and rescue operations, calibration and validation of velocities from high-frequency radar and from altimeters, iceberg tracking, and support of offshore drilling operations. In this review, we present a brief history of drifters, from the message in a bottle to the latest satellite-tracked, multisensor drifters. We discuss the different types of drifters currently used for research and operations as well as drifter designs in development. We conclude with a discussion of the various properties that can be observed with drifters, with heavy emphasis on a critical process that cannot adequately be observed by any other instrument: dispersion in the upper ocean, driven by turbulence at scales from waves through the submesoscale to the large-scale geostrophic eddies.
Source:
Frontiers in Marine Science, 5(400),
DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00400
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Journal Article ;
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CC BY
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