Welcome to the
Adopt a Drifter
Tracking Page
(How to use this page?)
How to Adopt a Drifter
Application
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Invitation to Adopt a Drifter
Application
(.pdf)
Select WMO ID of Drifter
Select:
Pacific
Atlantic
Indian
51934
62928
23675
prin
32817
31703
56541
Adopted Drifters(WMO ID):
Adams School - Castine, Maine
St. Castin Elementary School - France*
*
March 2008 Atlantic Drifters
41622
41668
41954
41956
Congressional School, Virginia, USA
Elsies River High School, South Africa
Mary Cook's Drifter
Greencastle-Antrim High School
Viviana Zamorano's Drifter
Evanston High School's Drifter
Greenbrier Intermediate
Farnsworth Middle School's Drifter
Key Biscayne Community School
Searles Elementary School
Cabello School's Drifter
Grace B. Luhrs University Ele. School
University of Toronto Lab School
Westerly School Bay Village Ohio
Burlington Elementary
DBCP global drifter 1250
Castlerock Middle School
Smithtown High School
American Samoa Community College
Plainfield Elementary School
St. Pius X School and
Big Spring Middle School
Novi Meadows School
Nancy Grayson Elementary School
Bathurst Elementary School,
Australia
Northland College, Kaikohe, NZ
Riviera Beach Maritime Academy
Geelong Grammar School
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Southside Middle School
Shippensburg University
Waynesboro High School, Pennsylvania
St. Matthew's College, Argentina
October 2007 Pacific Drifters
71195
71185
71192
71200
Product:
Map showing measurements
Map showing drifter track dates
Table of measurements
Variable:
Sea Surface Temperature
Sea Level Pressure
Lesson Plans
Maps
Ocean Currents / Drifting Buoys
NOAA Research “Ocean Currents“ Page
Ocean Temperatures
NOAA Research “Ocean Temperatures“ Page
Drifting Buoys and Hurricanes
Global Drifter Status
Ocean Currents
Greetings, ocean enthusiasts!!
Thank you for joining us at the Adopt a Drifter Program web site! We are excited that you are interested in accessing information about drifting buoys (drifters) that move with the ocean currents around the globe. It floats in the ocean water and is powered by batteries located in the dome. The drifter data that are collected including location with a GPS, are sent to a satellite and then to a land station where we can all access the data.
Drifters are continually being deployed from ships around the world. They last for a number of years unless they collide with something like an island in the middle of the ocean or a continent. Each drifter receives a WMO ID # (World Meteorological Organization Identification Number) so the data can be archived. In 2005 the goal was reached to place 1250 drifters on the ocean but as the drifters go off-line the need to replenish that number arises.
Curious to know
how a drifting buoy is deployed
?
drifting buoy prior to deployment
drifting buoy being deployed
drifting buoy after deployment
You can use this Adopt a
Drifter Program web site by:
clicking on the circle beside a WMO ID number (or teachers name) or by entering a known WMO ID
selecting sea surface temperature or sea surface pressure
choosing to map the temperature or pressure measurements, show the drifter’s track, or display a table including the latitude and longitude of the drifter and all measurements taken since the time it was deployed.
Using the data in the table of measurements, you can plot the sea surface temperature (in °C) or sea level pressure (in millibars) on your own map of the Pacific Ocean and then compare your maps with those found on the web site. It’s easy, and it’s fun! Click on either image below for the full size image of a drifter at work.
Additional Information on the Adopt a Drifter Program:
Adopt a Drifter program background (available as
Word
or
PDF
)
NOAA's
Teacher at Sea
(TAS) Program information
TAS
Mary Cook's
web site
Woods Hole/USGS map generator
US Department of Commerce
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