 The drifters were deployed off the coast
of Oregon (near 44oN, 125oW). The figures below
show the
drifter tracks for the deployments overlaid on the local bathymetry. Further
figures from each drifter track can be accessed by selecting the drifter number
from below the figures.
June
2000 deployment
Figure 1: Drifter tracks for optical
drifters deployed off the coast of Oregon:
26910 (red),
26911 (green),
26912 (blue),
26913 (yellow),
27353 (cyan),
27354 (pink),
27355 (black),and 27356
(orange). Land is shown in dark
green. The locations of Newport and Florence are shown for reference. The
bathymetry data are ETOPO5 5x5 minute Navy bathymetry data (in meters).
August
2000 deployment
Figure 2: Drifter tracks for optical
drifters deployed off the coast of Oregon:
26910 (red),
26912 (green),
26913 (blue),
26914 (yellow),
27353 (cyan),
27356b (pink),
27357b
(orange). Not shown are the tracks for
drifters 27355, 27356a,
and 27357a (all relatively
short tracks). Land is shown in dark
green. The locations of Newport, Florence, and San Francisco
(S.F.) are shown for reference. The
bathymetry data are ETOPO5 5x5 minute Navy bathymetry data (in meters).
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