drifter_positions

Data Object 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

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