20 drifting buoys deployed by 53rd WRS on
Sept 21, 48 hr ahead of Rita from a ÔstretchÕ
C-130J
Aircraft flying out of Dobbins AFB, GA
-12
Minimets with wind speed (inferred from
WOTAN),
wind direction, SST and surface
pressure
-8
ADOS buoys with 100m thermistor chain-
10
thermistors evenly spaced
Deployed into Loop Current warm eddy: all sucessfully turned on and reported in real time via GTS