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Oceanographic Features Revealed by the FGGE Drifting Buoy Array

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Oceanography from Space

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One of the Special Observing Systems established for the First GARP Global Experiment consisted of a network of satellite-tracked drifting buoys measuring barometric pressure and sea temperature. Although this network was designed for meteorological purposes, the resulting observations of buoy motion and sea temperature provide valuable oceanographic information. Some examples of uses of this data are shown.

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  1. Institute of Ocean Sciences, P.O. Box 6000, Sidney, B.C., V8L 4B2, Canada

    John Garrett

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  1. Institute of Ocean Sciences, P.O. Box 6000, V8L4B2, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada

    J. F. R. Gower

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Garrett, J. (1981). Oceanographic Features Revealed by the FGGE Drifting Buoy Array. In: Gower, J.F.R. (eds) Oceanography from Space. Marine Science, vol 13. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3315-9_9

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