Global Drifter Program Future Plans: 1995 - 2000

1. COMPLETE GLOBAL SURVEY OF SURFACE VELOCITY
   • South Atlantic, Indian, and Southern Oceans
2. PROVIDE OPERATIONAL DATA ON GLOBAL SST and Pa
   • Operational global array of 700 drifters
3. LOW COST, AIR DEPLOYED "MINI-MET" DRIFTERS
   • Surface wind and precipitation: WOTAN
4. SCIENCE OF PROCESSES IMPORTANT TO PREDICTION OF ANNUAL AND INTER-ANNUAL GLOBAL CHANGE

5. GLOBAL VERIFICATION DATA SET FOR SATELLITE SENSING OF OCEAN SURFACE PARAMETERS

   PARTICIPANTS

   WOCE: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, India, Korea, Netherlands, Russia,Taiwan, USA

   TOGA: Australia, France, Japan, USA

   ATLANTIC CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAM: USA (newsletter)

   PROCESS STUDIES: Iceland, France, Japan, Portugal, NATO, USA

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