Composition of the Global Drifter Array on 30-Mar-2026:
| Pacif.Gyre: | 546 |
| Unknown: | 199 |
| DBi : | 165 |
| Metocean: | 124 |
| SIO : | 102 |
| NKE : | 32 | TOTAL: | 1168 |
Number of Iridium drifters: 1168
Fraction of array that is Iridium: 100.0 percent
Array size on 23 Mar 2026: 1169 drifters
Added IDs (11):
300534065280130 300534060719690 300534064293280 300534064497830 300534065470070 300534065471030 300534065471110 300534065472130 300534065950800 300534065950850
300534065951750
Lost IDs (12):
300534062094750 300534065285030 300234067173790 300534060526330 300534063011430 300534063014290 300534064598260 300534065072740 300534065160650 300534065168680
300534065661760 300534067589380
Net change: 11 - 12 = -1
New array size on 30 Mar 2026: 1168 drifters.
Death rate: 12.8 deaths per 1250 drifters per 7 days (669 deaths per 1250 per year).
Mean age of dead drifters: 555 days. Median: 486 days.
Deplog information for dead drifters (underlined: aground/picked up):
| ID | WMO# | DepDate | DepLat | DepLon | Ship | Manufacturer | Type | Prgm
| 300234067173790 | | 3401636 | | 20-Feb-2021 | | -19.4 | | -126.0 | | R/V ARAON | Pacific Gy | | BD2GI | | 21312 | |
Specification sheet info for dead drifters not in deployment log (underlined: aground/picked up):
| ID | MANUFACTURER | TYPE | TRANSMISSION| 300534065661760: | | not in spec sheet300534065160650 | | Pacific Gy | | SVP3A3 | | 300534067589380 | | Pacific Gy | | BD2A3 | | 300534065168680 | | Pacific Gy | | SVP3A3 | | 300534064598260 | | Pacific Gy | | BD2A3 | | 300534065072740 | | SIO | | BD2GHI | | 300534065285030: | | not in spec sheet300534063014290 | | Pacific Gy | | BD2A3 | | 300534063011430 | | Pacific Gy | | BD2A3 | | 300534060526330 | | Pacific Gy | | BD2A3 | | 300534062094750 | | Pacific Gy | | BD2A3 | | |