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Horstmann, Jochen; Navarro, Wendy; Carrasco, Ruben; Brandt, Peter; Hans, Anna Christina; Prigent, Arthur (2023): Surface Drifter Data of the Equatorial Atlantic: Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifters deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181 [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955925

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Abstract:
During the Transatlantic Equatorial Cruise II (TRATLEQ II) with the R/V METEOR (M181) from 17. April to 28. May 2022 (Brandt, 2022), 44 Lagrangian drifters were deployed along the Equator (between 7°W and 37°W) to monitor the surface flow in the upper meter. The equatorial section covered the region of the Atlantic cold tongue that seasonally develops during boreal summer east of 23°W and the western equatorial Atlantic characterized by warmer surface waters and deeper mixed layer depths. In particular, the cruise M181 took place during the warm phase with relatively homogeneous warm surface layer in the whole equatorial Atlantic. Drifters were deployed every 1° longitude (~111 km) between 7°W and 37°W. The drifters were designed and built at Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon to follow the upper surface flow (approx. 50 cm). The main body of these Hereon drifters consists of a 7.5 cm x 20 cm long tube with a floatation ring at the top. It is attached to a drogue of 35 cm in both length and diameter through a flexible cord within a distance of 20 cm to the tube. When deployed about 5 cm of the tube protrude from the water surface, resulting in a ratio of drag area inside to drag area outside the water of 21. The tube contains a battery pack and an electronic board, which acquires and reports the GPS position every 5 minutes via a global satellite network in near real time. Table 1 provides some information on the 44 deployed Hereon Drifters, which consists of deployment and working time, total covered distance and number of recorded GPS positions.
Related to:
Brandt, Peter (2022): Master track of METEOR cruise M181 in 1 sec resolution (zipped, 18.2 MB) [dataset]. GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.948038
Brandt, Peter (2022): Master tracks in different resolutions of METEOR cruise M181, Cape Town - Mindelo, 2022-04-17 - 2022-05-27 [dataset]. GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.948039
Horstmann, Jochen; Carrasco, Ruben; Calil, Paulo H R; Iudicone, Daniele; Pesant, Stephane; Erta, J M (2022): Drifter position data from the eastern coast of Brazil during the project Mission Microbiomes with the RV Tara [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.948261
Documentation:
Horstmann, Jochen; Navarro, Wendy; Carrasco, Ruben; Brandt, Peter; Hans, Anna Christina; Prigent, Arthur (2023): Surface Drifter Data of the Equatorial Atlantic: Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifters deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. Drifter_description_Hereon_Drifters_M181.pdf
Project(s):
Tropical and South Atlantic climate-based marine ecosystem predictions for sustainable management (TRIATLAS)
Tropical Atlantic Deoxygenation: gateway dynamics, feedback mechanisms and ecosystem impacts (MOPGA-TAD)
Funding:
Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), grant/award no. ANR-19-MPGA-0012: Make Our Planet Great Again grant
Horizon 2020 (H2020), grant/award no. 817578: Tropical and South Atlantic climate-based marine ecosystem predictions for sustainable management
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 4.051699 * Median Longitude: -22.306571 * South-bound Latitude: -5.660850 * West-bound Longitude: -70.946560 * North-bound Latitude: 17.447060 * East-bound Longitude: -7.010440
Date/Time Start: 2022-05-04T13:18:32 * Date/Time End: 2022-10-14T03:16:20
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Size:
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Datasets listed in this publication series

  1. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-121 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955905
  2. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-122 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955909
  3. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-123 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955911
  4. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-124 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955912
  5. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-125 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955929
  6. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-126 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955930
  7. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-127 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955931
  8. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-128 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955913
  9. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-129 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955914
  10. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-130 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955932
  11. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-131 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955933
  12. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-132 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955915
  13. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-133 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955934
  14. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-134 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955916
  15. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-135 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955935
  16. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-136 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955917
  17. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-137 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955936
  18. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-138 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955918
  19. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-139 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955937
  20. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-140 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955938
  21. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-141 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955919
  22. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-142 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955920
  23. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-143 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955939
  24. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-144 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955940
  25. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-145 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955941
  26. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-146 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955921
  27. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-147 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955942
  28. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-148 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955943
  29. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-149 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955944
  30. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-150 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955945
  31. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-151 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955946
  32. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-152 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955922
  33. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-153 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955947
  34. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-154 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955923
  35. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-155 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955948
  36. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-156 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955949
  37. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-157 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955924
  38. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-158 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955950
  39. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-159 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955951
  40. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-160 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955952
  41. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-161 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955953
  42. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-162 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955954
  43. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-163 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955955
  44. Horstmann, J; Navarro, W; Carrasco, R et al. (2023): Positions of Lagrangian Hereon Drifter D-164 deployed in the Equatorial Atlantic during METEOR Cruise M181. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955956