Designating Spatial Priorities for Marine Biodiversity Conservation in the Coral Triangle

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• Journal Title:
  Frontiers in Marine Science
• Personal Author:
  Asaad, Irawan ; Lundquist, Carolyn J. ; Erdmann, Mark V. ; Van Hooidonk, Ruben ; Costello, Mark J.
• NOAA Program & Office:
  OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; AOML (Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory) ; CIMAS (Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies)
• 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:
  https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00400
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Rights Information:
  CC BY
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:950b9978a30b9b0962433106596c70f613381cee4dbf9817e0065757f55ca42a
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/20087/noaa_20087_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 7.56 MB ]