Hi Yi,
Thanks for running these. I also ran your interactive tool on the SPURS
site, as I was surprised at how there seems to be a dividing line
between ~20N and ~21N south of which the drifters go south and quickly
leave the domain, while just to the N they move N a bit before heading
W. The statistical runs don't do that, but both the dynamical and
statistical simulations indicate that the track line for the PNE cruise
will be too far south for getting drifters near the SPURS mooring site.
Given the cruise schedule (which appears to be ever-tightening ... I've
learned from Claudia that another day at sea has been removed from the
schedule for the cruise) and the fact that the proposed deployments will
be before all but one (20N 38W) PNE mooring, Claudia won't have
flexibility to divert further north for more optimal deployments. My
understanding based on the discussion so far is that we will be
proceeding with regular SVP drifters for PNE, leaving the salinity
drifters for more targeted cruises.
Best,
Rick
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