Bailly du Bois, Pascal; Dumas, F; Solier, L; Voiseux, C (2011): DISPRO drifter 72878 trackline [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.762193, In supplement to: Bailly du Bois, P et al. (2012): In-situ database toolbox for short-term dispersion model validation in macro-tidal seas, application for 2D-model. Continental Shelf Research, 36, 63-82, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2012.01.011
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Coverage:
Median Latitude: 49.776073 * Median Longitude: -1.812723 * South-bound Latitude: 49.647500 * West-bound Longitude: -2.116000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.852700 * East-bound Longitude: -1.422200
Date/Time Start: 2007-03-15T11:30:00 * Date/Time End: 2007-03-28T13:00:00
Event(s):
Drifter_72878 * Latitude Start: 49.715100 * Longitude Start: -2.057400 * Latitude End: 49.766400 * Longitude End: -1.880600 * Date/Time Start: 2007-03-15T11:30:16 * Date/Time End: 2007-03-28T13:00:11 * Location: La Hague Cape, English Channel * Campaign: DISPRO * Basis: Côtes de la Manche * Method/Device: Drifter (DRIFT)
Comment:
Two Argos drifters were released on 15 March 2007. These devices are described by Niiler et al. (1995) and validated as being reliable for tracking water-mass movements: they consist of a surface buoy with a GPS receiver and a transmission link towards the ARGOS system. A cable and a 5m holey sock are immersed at a depth 15 m. Their drift is representative of the surface currents in this layer. Theses two drifters were released at the same time at a distance of 100 m apart in the Blanchard race, and then tracked every 30 minutes over 13 days. They were separated by a distance of 54 km from each other at the time of their retrieval. The trajectories shown illustrate the variability of currents in the Cap de la Hague area.
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