ALACE subsurface drifter data in South Pacific, for March 1995 (NODC Accession 9500149)
The ALACE (Autonomous LAgrangian Circulation Explorer) is a subsurface drifter, periodically rising to the surface to relay data to ARGOS. Instrument location is then obtained from ARGOS. An ALACE profiler collects data on ascent and relays a compressed data set to ARGOS. The amount of time spent at...
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NOAA NCEI Environmental Data Archive
2016
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Summary: | The ALACE (Autonomous LAgrangian Circulation Explorer) is a subsurface drifter, periodically rising to the surface to relay data to ARGOS. Instrument location is then obtained from ARGOS. An ALACE profiler collects data on ascent and relays a compressed data set to ARGOS. The amount of time spent at its neutrally-buoyant depth, and then at the surface, is variable, dependent upon the deployment site and the main scientific objective of the ALACE. Profiling ALACEs generally complete a cycle every 8-10 days, spending 24 hours at the surface transmitting to ARGOS. |
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