Surface drifters launched near the Hercules 265 drilling rig site, northern Gulf of Mexico (July through September, 2013)

The Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment (CARTHE, www.carthe.org) launched nineteen GPS-tracked near-surface drifters, drogued at a depth of roughly 20 cm, near the site of the Hercules 265 drilling rig in July 2013. Drifter positions were reported at five-minute intervals in real-time via Globalstar satellite. These drifters used two different experimental drifter body designs: (1) type-a: plastic, tubular body roughly 50 cm high; (2) type-b: wood body (approx. 75 cm tall) consisting of four fins arranged in a plus sign shape. Thirteen type-a (tube style) drifters were launched. Six type-b (wood cross style) drifters were launched. This dataset supports the publication: Joye, S.B., J. Montoya, S. Murawski, T. Özgökmen, T. Wade, R. Montuoro, B. Roberts, D. Hollander, W. Jeffrey, and J. Chanton (2014).A Rapid Response Study of the Hercules Gas Well Blowout. Eos Trans. AGU, 95(38), 341–342, (23 September 2014). This dataset was created by the Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment (CARTHE). This research was made possible by a grant from BP/The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.

环境中烃类输运高级研究联盟（Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment，简称CARTHE，官网：www.carthe.org）于2013年7月在Hercules 265钻井平台附近海域，投放了19台经GPS追踪的近表层漂流浮标，该类浮标在约20厘米深度处配有曳航装置。浮标位置以5分钟为间隔，通过全球星（Globalstar）卫星实时上报。
本批次浮标采用两种实验性主体设计：(1) A型浮标：采用塑料管状主体，高度约50厘米；(2) B型浮标：采用木质主体（高约75厘米），带有4片呈十字形排列的鳍板。本次共投放13台A型（管式）浮标，6台B型（木质十字形）浮标。
本数据集支撑以下已发表学术成果：Joye, S.B.、J. Montoya、S. Murawski、T. Özgökmen、T. Wade、R. Montuoro、B. Roberts、D. Hollander、W. Jeffrey及J. Chanton于2014年发表于《Eos Trans. AGU》（《Eos：美国地球物理联合会会刊》）第95卷第38期，页码341–342（2014年9月23日刊出）的《Hercules气井喷井快速响应研究》（A Rapid Response Study of the Hercules Gas Well Blowout）。
本数据集由环境中烃类输运高级研究联盟（CARTHE）创建，本研究得到BP/墨西哥湾研究倡议计划的资助。