Composition of the Global Drifter Array on 17-Aug-2026:
| Pacif.Gyre: | 582 |
| SIO : | 181 |
| DBi : | 129 |
| Metocean: | 118 |
| Unknown: | 84 |
| NKE : | 31 | TOTAL: | 1125 |
Number of Iridium drifters: 1125
Fraction of array that is Iridium: 100.0 percent
Array size on 10 Aug 2026: 1100 drifters
Added IDs (33):
300534067610740 300534067618710 300534067615630 300534063013260 300534062360410 300534065061010 300534063012300 300534065272670 300534067582120 300534067585560
300534067585870 300534067586040 300534067586050 300534067586060 300534067586080 300534067586090 300534067586110 300534067586220 300534067586230 300534067586390
300534067586480 300534068018500 300534068112360 300534068112370 300534068113350 300534068115330 300534068118340 300534068119370 300534068640610 300534068645580
300534068647590 300534068648590 300534068649610
Lost IDs (8):
300534064900360 300234067879450 300534060716650 300534063900080 300534063902000 300534064396970 300534065161330 300534065367220
Net change: 33 - 8 = 25
New array size on 17 Aug 2026: 1125 drifters.
Death rate: 9.0 deaths per 1250 drifters per 7 days (469 deaths per 1250 per year).
Mean age of dead drifters: 940 days. Median: 760 days.
Deplog information for dead drifters (underlined: aground/picked up):
| ID | WMO# | DepDate | DepLat | DepLon | Ship | Manufacturer | Type | Prgm
| 300234067879450 | | 6402621 | | 05-Jun-2021 | | 44.1 | | -8.1 | | LAUDATO SI FRA | Pacific Gy | | BD2GI | | 21321 | |
Specification sheet info for dead drifters not in deployment log (underlined: aground/picked up):
| ID | MANUFACTURER | TYPE | TRANSMISSION| 300534065161330 | | Pacific Gy | | SVP3A3 | | 300534065367220 | | Pacific Gy | | SVP3A3 | | 300534064396970 | | Pacific Gy | | SVP3A3 | | 300534064900360 | | SIO | | BD2GHI | | 300534060716650 | | Pacific Gy | | BD2A3 | | 300534063902000 | | Pacific Gy | | SVP3A3 | | 300534063900080 | | Pacific Gy | | SVP3A3 | | |