Monday, May 21, 2012

Drifter Release Objectives and Background


The overall objective of the SPURS drifter component is to maintain an optimal (i.e., uniform) coverage within a mesoscale box (e.g.,  150x150 km2) centered around the flux mooring at 25N and 38W.


We have 15 SVP (15-meter) salinity drifters to be released from the Frence Thalassa/Strasse cruise in August 2012, and 36 SVP-S drifters to be released from the US Knorr cruise in September 2012. 


The ideal deployment plan will have a relatively  uniform coverage within the SPURS mesoscale box from August/September 2012 to March 2013, when the 3rd cruise from US and/or Spanish will return to the SPURS box.


(on behalf of Gilles and Luca)

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