British Columbia North Coast Drifter Buoy Deployed 2017-07-12

The Xeos Technologies Osker SN 459 was deployed on 2017-07-12 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 2.0 digital infrastructure, with quality assurance and derived data products following established practices.