2012 Plots of Drifter Data from the Chukchi Sea

Description of available plots

  • Map of locations color-coded by measured temperature. A green triangle marks the deployment location, and a red star marks where the deployment ended because of beaching, battery failure, or at-sea retrieval. A black dot marks where the drogue likely came off of drogued drifters.
  • Timeseries of measured and filtered east-west (U) and north-south (V) velocities and sea surface temperature (SST)
  • Deployments during 2012 by the North Slope Borough, Department of Wildlife Management (NSBW) and by UAF as part of our BOEM sponsored project (AK NSL 12-03).
  • Plots are over a standard region. If the drifter leaves this regions or is active for longer, there is a 2nd plot of the full drifter deployment.
  • Many individual drifters were retrieved and redeployed a second or third time.
 example summary plot

Deployed by Tom Weingartner, UAF:

Pacific Gyre Microstar Drifters
Drogued at 1 m

UAFSFOS-MS-0001:    Standard
UAFSFOS-MS-0003:    Standard
UAFSFOS-MS-0004:    Standard
UAFSFOS-MS-0005:    Standard
UAFSFOS-MS-0006:    Standard
UAFSFOS-MS-0007:    Standard
UAFSFOS-MS-0008:    Standard
UAFSFOS-MS-0009:    Standard
UAFSFOS-MS-0011:    Standard
UAFSFOS-MS-0012:    Standard

Pacific Gyre SVP Drifters
Drogued at 10 m

UAFSFOS-SVP-0001:    Standard    Full Range
UAFSFOS-SVP-0002:    Standard    Full Range
UAFSFOS-SVP-0003:    Standard    Full Range
UAFSFOS-SVP-0004:    Standard    Full Range
UAFSFOS-SVP-0005:    Standard    Full Range
UAFSFOS-SVP-0006:    Standard    Full Range
UAFSFOS-SVP-0007:    Standard    Full Range
UAFSFOS-SVP-0008:    Standard    Full Range
UAFSFOS-SVP-0009:    Standard
UAFSFOS-SVP-0010:    Standard    Full Range
UAFSFOS-SVP-0011:    Standard    Full Range
UAFSFOS-SVP-0012:    Standard    Full Range

Deployed by Peter Winsor, UAF:

Pacific Gyre Microstar Drifters
Drogued at 1 m

SFOS-MS-0007:    Standard
SFOS-MS-0007-2:    Standard
SFOS-MS-0008:    Standard
SFOS-MS-0008-2:    Standard
SFOS-MS-0009:    Standard
SFOS-MS-0009-2:    Standard
SFOS-MS-0010:    Standard
SFOS-MS-0010-2:    Standard
SFOS-MS-0011:    Standard
SFOS-MS-0011-2:    Standard
SFOS-MS-0012:    Standard
SFOS-MS-0012-2:    Standard
SFOS-MS-0013:    Standard
SFOS-MS-0013-2:    Standard
SFOS-MS-0014:    Standard
SFOS-MS-0014-2:    Standard
SFOS-MS-0015:    Standard
SFOS-MS-0015-2:    Standard
SFOS-MS-0016:    Standard
SFOS-MS-0016-2:    Standard
SFOS-MS-0017:    Standard
SFOS-MS-0018:    Standard
SFOS-MS-0019:    Standard
SFOS-MS-0020:    Standard
SFOS-MS-0021:    Standard
SFOS-MS-0022:    Standard
SFOS-MS-0023:    Standard
SFOS-MS-0024:    Standard
SFOS-MS-0025:    Standard
SFOS-MS-0026:    Standard

From the North Slope Borough, Department of Wildlife:

Pacific Gyre Microstar Drifters
Drogued at 1 m

NSBW-I-0001:    Standard    Full Range
NSBW-I-0002:    Standard
NSBW-I-0003:    Standard    Full Range
NSBW-I-0004:    Standard    Full Range
NSBW-I-0005:    Standard
NSBW-I-0006:    Standard
NSBW-I-0007:    Standard
NSBW-I-0008:    Standard
NSBW-I-0009:    Standard
NSBW-I-0010:    Standard
NSBW-I-0011:    Standard
NSBW-I-0012:    Standard
NSBW-I-0013:    Standard
NSBW-I-0014:    Standard
NSBW-I-0014-2:    Standard
NSBW-I-0015:    Standard
NSBW-I-0015-2:    Standard
NSBW-I-0016:    Standard
NSBW-I-0016-2:    Standard    Full Range
NSBW-I-0017:    Standard
NSBW-I-0017-2:    Standard
NSBW-I-0018:    Standard
NSBW-I-0018-2:    Standard
NSBW-I-0019:    Standard
NSBW-I-0019-2:    Standard    Full Range
NSBW-I-0020:    Standard
NSBW-I-0020-2:    Standard
NSBW-I-0021:    Standard
NSBW-I-0021-2:    Standard
NSBW-I-0022:    Standard
NSBW-I-0022-2:    Standard    Full Range
NSBW-I-0023:    Standard
NSBW-I-0024:    Standard
NSBW-I-0025:    Standard
NSBW-I-0026:    Standard

MetOcean iSPHERE Drifters
Spherical, without a drogue

160180:    Standard    Full Range
160190:    Standard    Full Range
161190:    Standard
163180:    Standard    Full Range
164180:    Standard
165180:    Standard
165190:    Standard
161180:    Standard    Full Range
162300:    Standard    Full Range
166180:    Standard
166190:    Standard    Full Range
167190:    Standard
168180:    Standard    Full Range
160300:    Standard
161200:    Standard
161300:    Standard
163190:    Standard
163300:    Standard
164190:    Standard
165300:    Standard
166290:    Standard
 166290-2:    Standard
167180:    Standard
 167180-2:    Standard
167290:    Standard
 167290-2:    Standard
167290-3:    Standard    Full Range
169180:    Standard
 169180-2:    Standard
169180-3:    Standard
169290:    Standard
 169290-2:    Standard
169290-3:    Standard
561080:    Standard
 561080-2:    Standard
561080-3:    Standard


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Last modified: April 26 2018 01:36:22.