British Columbia North Coast Drifter Buoy Deployed 2016-08-16

The Institute of Ocean Sciences Drifter SN 493 was deployed on 2016-08-16 on British Columbia North Coast. These are drifter deployments that were deployed at a latitude greater than 50 degrees along the British Columbia coast. This device is a Drifter Buoy. Drifter buoys float on the sea surface and are used to investigate ocean currents and other parameters like temperature and salinity. It was deployed on a mobile platform. Data from this deployment were archived and made available through Ocean Networks Canada's Oceans 3.0 digital infrastructure, with quality assurance and derived data products following established practices.

海洋科学研究所（Institute of Ocean Sciences）漂流浮标SN 493于2016年8月16日在不列颠哥伦比亚省北海岸部署。此类漂流浮标部署于不列颠哥伦比亚省海岸纬度50度以北区域。该设备为漂流浮标（Drifter Buoy）。漂流浮标漂浮于海面，用于研究洋流及温度、盐度等其他参数。其部署于移动平台之上。此次部署产生的数据已归档，并通过加拿大海洋网络（Ocean Networks Canada）的Oceans 3.0数字基础设施开放获取；数据质量保证及衍生数据产品均遵循既定规范。