These drifters were deployed with the aid of numerous oceanographic researchers, as well as the crew members aboard the R/V Wecoma.  The main scientific personnel involved included: Mark R. Abbott (PI) and Ricardo M. Letelier of Oregon State University.

Additional assistance with the drifter deployments was provided by: Dick Limeburner, Bob Beardsley and Ken Brink of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Mike Kosro, Jane Huyer, Jack Barth and Tim Cowles of Oregon State University; and Jeff Paduan of the Naval Postgraduate School.

Assistance with the data processing and database management were provided by: Brett Barksdale, Curt Vandetta, Ganesh Gopalan, Anand Sankaran and Jasmine Bartlett of Oregon State University.

This research was supported by the Office of Naval Research (N00014-92-J-1536) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NAS5-31360).

Webpage by Jasmine S. Bartlett, Oregon State University.