Composition of the Global Drifter Array on 02-Mar-2026:
| Pacif.Gyre: | 540 |
| Unknown: | 209 |
| DBi : | 172 |
| Metocean: | 130 |
| SIO : | 112 |
| NKE : | 31 | TOTAL: | 1194 |
Number of Iridium drifters: 1194
Fraction of array that is Iridium: 100.0 percent
Array size on 23 Feb 2026: 1178 drifters
Added IDs (34):
300534060719650 300534063486270 300534063486280 300534063681850 300534063682820 300534063682830 300534063900060 300534063903010 300534064291950 300534065163480
300534065163520 300534065168680 300534065373490 300534065568790 300534065661760 300534065665720 300534065950760 300534065950780 300534065950790 300534065951790
300534065951800 300534065952750 300534065952760 300534065952770 300534068015910 300534068017490 300534068111360 300534068114360 300534068117370 300534068640650
300534068645590 300534068646630 300534068647630 300534068649640
Lost IDs (18):
300534064596260 300534064596270 300534065064980 300234067241780 300234067878740 300534060719690 300534061392960 300534061397960 300534062368640 300534063389170
300534063902010 300534064034970 300534064290680 300534064298360 300534065366180 300534065370750 300534065476200 300534065478180
Net change: 34 - 18 = 16
New array size on 2 Mar 2026: 1194 drifters.
Death rate: 19.0 deaths per 1250 drifters per 7 days (989 deaths per 1250 per year).
Mean age of dead drifters: 720 days. Median: 539 days.
Deplog information for dead drifters (underlined: aground/picked up):
| ID | WMO# | DepDate | DepLat | DepLon | Ship | Manufacturer | Type | Prgm
| 300234067878740 | | 6203773 | | 07-Feb-2021 | | 26.0 | | -18.4 | | NRP ALMIRANTE G | Pacific Gy | | BD2GI | | 21321 | 300234067241780 | | 5501637 | | 01-Dec-2019 | | -20.7 | | -177.9 | | R/V L ATALANTE | Pacific Gy | | BD2GI | | 21312 | |
Specification sheet info for dead drifters not in deployment log (underlined: aground/picked up):
| ID | MANUFACTURER | TYPE | TRANSMISSION| 300534063389170: | | not in spec sheet300534064596260 | | Pacific Gy | | BD2A3 | | 300534065478180 | | Pacific Gy | | BD2A3 | | 300534064596270 | | Pacific Gy | | BD2A3 | | 300534065064980 | | Pacific Gy | | BD2A3 | | 300534064298360 | | Pacific Gy | | BD2A3 | | 300534065370750 | | Pacific Gy | | SVP3A3 | | 300534065366180 | | Pacific Gy | | SVP3A3 | | 300534065476200 | | Pacific Gy | | BD2A3 | | 300534064034970 | | SIO | | BD2GHI | | 300534064290680 | | Pacific Gy | | BD2A3 | | 300534060719690 | | Pacific Gy | | BD2A3 | | 300534061397960 | | SIO | | SVPGHI | | 300534063902010 | | Pacific Gy | | SVP3A3 | | 300534062368640 | | Pacific Gy | | SVP3A3 | | 300534061392960 | | SIO | | | | SBD 9602 | |