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EcoFOCI Drifters
Animation and data links

EcoFOCI drifters are drogued at 40 meters and released during various research cruises each year, especially late Winter into Spring, and in the Fall.  Once released, the drifter transmitter sends position information via satellite to Argos.  These coordinates are delivered daily to EcoFOCI via email, and processed into drifter animations.  Eventually the data are processed and analyzed, then posted to our Drifter Data web site.


Click on one of the areas and years below to view an animation of our drifter tracks. Each segment in the animation is 5 days long. .*The movies are animated gifs, and may take some time to load into your browser.*

Drifter Movies:
Aleutian Islands: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 2008
Gulf of Alaska: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 2008
Pribilof Islands: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 2008
Shelikof Strait: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 2008
Haida/Sitka: 2005, 2006 2007 2008
Kayak drifters:     Jul 25-Aug 17, 2005

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