Composition of the Global Drifter Array on 23-May-2022:
| Pacif.Gyre: | 453 |
| DBi : | 386 |
| SIO : | 252 |
| Metocean: | 121 |
| Unknown: | 25 |
| NKE : | 23 |
| Marlin Yug: | 5 | TOTAL: | 1265 |
Number of Iridium drifters: 1260
Fraction of array that is Iridium: 99.6 percent
Array size on 16 May 2022: 1265 drifters
Added IDs (10):
300234063782900 300234065606540 300234065701190 300234066437370 300234067878310 300534061286390 300534061659910 300534061659920 300534062024730 300534062024770
Lost IDs (10):
220831 220834 300234065605530 300234066719040 300234067878250 300534061288050 300534061652480 300534061700380 300534061751170 300534061781280
Net change: 10 - 10 = 0
New array size on 23 May 2022: 1265 drifters.
Death rate: 9.9 deaths per 1250 drifters per 7 days (515 deaths per 1250 per year).
Mean age of dead drifters: 389 days. Median: 173 days.
Deplog information for dead drifters (underlined: aground/picked up):
| ID | WMO# | DepDate | DepLat | DepLon | Ship | Manufacturer | Type | Prgm
| 300534061288050 | | 5201750 | | 10-Sep-2021 | | 0.0 | | 170.0 | | BLUEFIN | DBi | | SVP3GI | | 32212 | 300534061652480 | | 4601831 | | 14-Jan-2021 | | 47.6 | | -142.8 | | Air deployed | SIO | | BD2GHI | | 21312 | 300234066719040 | | 3401624 | | 21-Apr-2019 | | -17.9 | | -93.0 | | STRATUS | DBi | | SVP3GI | | 21312 | 300234065605530 | | 2301597 | | 15-Jul-2018 | | -14.0 | | 113.0 | | RONALD BROWN | Pacific Gy | | SVP3GI | | 21312 | |
Specification sheet info for dead drifters not in deployment log (underlined: aground/picked up):
| ID | MANUFACTURER | TYPE | TRANSMISSION| 300234067878250 | | Pacific Gy | | BD2A3 | | 300534061781280: | | not in spec sheet220834 | | Marlin-Yug | | MAR012 | | MT105AM | 300534061751170 | | DBi | | | | SBD 9602 | 300534061700380 | | DBi | | | | SBD 9602 | 220831 | | Marlin-Yug | | MAR012 | | MT105AM | |