Here is a more comprehensive deployment plan proposal: Let's leave it up for a few days for comments by the group and then we can go ahead with the simulation. 1)deploy 10 SVPS and 10 SVP from the Strasse cruise inside the ~150KmX150Km Strasse box centered at 25N, 36.5W. We hope these drifters will advect westward and enter the small SPURS box in time for the Knorr cruise; 2)deploy 5 SVPS and say 15 SVPs from the Pirata cruise (Lumpkin and Schmid) in September say 23N, 32W tentatively. Again, they should drift N Westward and will enter the SPURS domain; 3)deploy 9 SVPS from VOSs Colibri and Toucan between November and February at ~25N,38W; say one deployment in November (3) one in January(3) and one in February (3) 4)deploy 15 SVPS will by Ray (Knorr cruise) inside the small SPURS box in October say 5 triplets evenly distributed along the north-south eastern side of the box; 5)deploy 7 SVPS east of the Small SPURS domain (25N and 35.5W) at the end of the Knorr cruise; Best, Luca and Gilles
wonderful plan, and add in 1 additional 5 SVP and 5 SVPS (from French/Spain funding), that will be deployed in a batch, roughly 15-20 days after the 10 SVPS + 10 SVP array. We are not sure on where those batch deployments will be done, but probably still in the 150 kmx150 km box centered at 25N/36.5W. Cheers, Gilles.
