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November 6, 2020

2020 Ocean Observing System Report Card and OceanOPS 5-Year Strategic Plan Released

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2020 Ocean Observing System Report Card and OceanOPS 5-Year Strategic Plan Released The 2020 Ocean Observing System Report Card has been released, providing an update on the status of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on ocean observations, the advances in observing measurements and initiatives, and the connection with vital services resulting from the […]

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Hurricane Drifters Deployed Ahead of Epsilon

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Hurricane Drifters Deployed Ahead of Epsilon On October 22, 2020 a C-130J of the US Air Force Reserve 53rd squadron “Hurricane Hunters” deployed 12 drifters ahead of Hurricane Epsilon northeast of Bermuda. The drifters, designed and built at Scripps’ Lagrangian Drifter Lab and funded by the Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing Program, are measuring directional

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Adrift NTAS Buoy Successfully Recovered

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Adrift NTAS Buoy Successfully Recovered On October 20, 2020, after a 450 mile drift lasting over 5 months, the Northwest Tropical Atlantic Station Mooring (NTAS, located at 15°N, 51°W, 5055 meter water depth) buoy and all of its subsurface instrumentation were successfully recovered. The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) science team was able to prepare the replacement

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