Initial drifter deployment positions from R/V Endeavor, R/V Albatross IV, R/V Oceanus, R/V Delaware, R/V Cape Hatteras, CCGS Cygnus, and R/V Parizeau in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank from 1995-1999

<p>Initial positions of drifters deployed from 1995 to 1999 in support of the U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank program. For drifter tracking, see the '<a href=\"http://osprey.bcodmo.org/dataset.cfm?id=14049&amp;flag=view\" target=\"_blank\">drifter_tracks</a>' dataset.</p>

<p>Notes:<br />
¹Drifters named with a leading 'g' were generally deployed in US terriorial waters and drifters identified with a leading 'n' were deployed in Canadian Waters by Peter Smith from the Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO). Also, drifter types containing a gps system reported positions every 30 minutes.</p>

<p>²'inst' parameter is a combination of:&nbsp; Manufacturer code (se = Seimac, cw = Clearwater, met = MEtocean, to = Technocean) + Center depth of drogue (10 or 40 meters) + Shape of drogue (W = wide, versus a square drogue) + Presence of gps system (gps)</p>

<p><strong>Contributor:</strong><br />
Richard Limeburner (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)<br />
Woods Hole, MA 02540<br />
<a href=\"mailto:[e-mail]\">[e-mail]</a><br />
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BCO-DMO updated: June 01, 2012</p>