Data Object drifter_positions

# drifter_positions

## Initial Drifter Deployment Positions, 1998, Georges Bank

Parameter | Description | Units
--- | --- | ---
drifterid | drifter identification1 |
argosid | ARGOS drifter identification |
cruiseid | cruise identification |
month_gmt | month of year, GMT |
day_gmt | day of month, GMT |
year | year, GMT |
time_gmt | time of deployment, GMT | HHmm
lat | latitude, negative=south | decimal degrees
lon | longitude, negative=west | decimal degrees
status | drifter deployment status (e.g. new) |
inst | instrument, drifter deployment type2 (i.e. drogued at 10 or 40 meters) |
comments | comments pertaining to a specific drifer deployment |

DMO Notes:
1Drifters named with a leading "g" were generally deployed in US terriorial waters and drifters identified with a leading "n" were deployed in Canadian Waters by Peter Smith from the Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO). Also Drifter types containing a gps system reported positions every 30 minutes.

2Type parameter is a combination of:
Manufacture code, se = Seimac, cw = Clearwater, met = MEtocean, to = Technocean
Center depth of drogue, 10 or 40 meters
Shape of drogue, W = wide verses a square drogue
Presence of gps system = gps

    Contributor:
    Richard Limeburner
    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
    Woods Hole, MA 02540

    rlimeburner@whoi.edu

    updated:  December 09, 2004; GHeimerdinger