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Satellite-tracked Drifters

From 1986-1998 Fisheries Oceanography Coordinated
Investigations (a program of NOAA) deployed more than
200 drifters in the North Pacific and Bering Ocean. Most
drifters had drogues centered at 40m. In the following
animation, the latest 10 days of a trajectory are shown in
yellow, and the earlier history in red. The major current
systems (Alaskan Stream, Bering Slope Current, Aleutian North
Slope Current, Kamchatka Current and Alaska Coastal Current) are
clearly evident in the trajectories.

Funding for this project was provided by NOAA (COP, OCSEAP and OAR).

For further information contact P. Stabeno

Select animation...1986-1998 ...or 1991 only