Table 1.
Archived Drifter Data
| Project | Region | Primary Purpose | Years | Months deployed | Number of drifters | Drogue Depths (m) | Satellite system |
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| SCOPEX | G.S. Channel | Calanus spp., Whales | 1988–9 | 3,6 | 34 | 5,50 | ARGOS |
| Mass Bays | Mass Bay | Nutrients | 1990–1 | 2–10 | 6 | 6 | ARGOS |
| RMRP | Eastern GoM | Circulation patterns | 1994–6 | 4,5,8 | 16 | 10,40 | ARGOS |
| ECOHAB | Mid-coast | Alexandrium | 1998–2001 | 5,6 | 37 | 1 | ARGOS |
| NATO | Mass Bay | Model validation | 2001 | 6 | 6 | 1 | ARGOS |
| MERHAB | Mid-coast | Alexandrium | 2003–4 | 5,6 | 19 | 1,13 | GPS |
| eMOLT | GoM | Lobster | 2003–4 | 5,6 | 16 | 1 | GPS |
| WHCOHH | GoM & BoF | Alexandrium | 2005 | 5,6 | 18 | 1,15 | GPS |
| NEC | Mid-Coast | Lobster | 2005 | 7,8 | 16 | 5 | GPS |
| USCG | NE Shelf | Search& Rescue | 2005–6 | 2,3,8,12 | 5 | 1 | ARGOS |
| NOAA | G.S. Channel | Calanus spp., Whales | 2005–7 | 4,5 | 17 | 1 | GPS |
| GOMTOX | GoM & BoF | Alexandrium | 2007 | 5–7 | 37 | 1,15 | GPS |
| TOTAL | 227 | ||||||
SCOPEX=South Channel Ocean Productivity Experiment
RMRP=Regional Marine Research Program
ECOHAB= Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms
NATO=North Atlantic Trade Organization
MERHAB=Monitoring and Event Response for Harmful Algal Blooms
eMOLT= Environmental Monitors on Lobster Traps
WHCOHH= Woods Hole Center for Oceans and Human Health
NEC= Northeast Consortium
NOAA= National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
GOMTOX=Gulf of Maine Toxicity