Six free-drifting buoys tracked by the Nimbus 6 satellite were successfully launched by C-130 aircraft in a series of deployments during 1977-1979. The buoys were launched in Gulf Stream rings which had been identified with airborne XBT surveys and satellite infrared images. This is the first operational test of these air-deployable buoys.
Air deployment of satellite-tracked drifters
1980-05-20
Miscellaneous
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English
Satellite tracked drifters and autonomous underwater vehicles: two novel applications for GPS
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