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Designating Spatial Priorities for Marine Biodiversity Conservation in the Coral Triangle
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2018
Source: Frontiers in Marine Science, 5(400),
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Journal Title:Frontiers in Marine Science
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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.
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Source:Frontiers in Marine Science, 5(400),
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Rights Information:CC BY
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