Composition of the Global Drifter Array on 10-Mar-2025:
Pacif.Gyre: | 564 |
DBi : | 254 |
SIO : | 214 |
Metocean: | 150 |
Unknown: | 48 |
NKE : | 36 | TOTAL: | 1266 |
Number of Iridium drifters: 1266
Fraction of array that is Iridium: 100.0 percent
Array size on 3 Mar 2025: 1266 drifters
Added IDs (15):
300234065700160 300234066716520 300234066814340 300534064139270 300534064337610 300534064337620 300534064338600 300534064338610 300534064394480 300534064395280
300534064395440 300534064396340 300534064594750 300534065377960 300534065379940
Lost IDs (15):
300534060059070 300534060524190 300534062035040 300534062125870 300534062367310 300534063018370 300534064131130 300534064309830 300534064309900 300534064397440
300534064592700 300534064708670 300534064904990 300534064905270 300534065281020
Net change: 15 - 15 = 0
New array size on 10 Mar 2025: 1266 drifters.
Death rate: 14.8 deaths per 1250 drifters per 7 days (772 deaths per 1250 per year).
Mean age of dead drifters: 475 days. Median: 413 days.
Deplog information for dead drifters (underlined: aground/picked up):
ID | WMO# | DepDate | DepLat | DepLon | Ship | Manufacturer | Type | Prgm |
Specification sheet info for dead drifters not in deployment log (underlined: aground/picked up):
ID | MANUFACTURER | TYPE | TRANSMISSION300534064397440 | | Pacific Gy | | SVP3A3 | | 300534065281020: | | not in spec sheet300534064131130 | | SIO | | BD2VHI | | 300534063018370 | | Pacific Gy | | BD2A3 | | 300534064309830 | | SIO | | SVPGHI | | 300534064309900 | | SIO | | SVPGHI | | 300534064905270 | | SIO | | BD2VHI | | 300534064708670 | | SIO | | BD2GHI | | 300534064904990 | | SIO | | BD2GHI | | 300534060524190 | | Pacific Gy | | BD2A3 | | 300534060059070 | | Pacific Gy | | BD2A3 | | 300534064592700 | | Pacific Gy | | SVP3A3 | | 300534062367310 | | Pacific Gy | | SVP3A3 | | 300534062035040 | | Metocean | | | | SBD 9602N | 300534062125870 | | DBi | | | | SBD 9602 | |