At the end of August there were 263 satellite-tracked drifting buoys, of which 80% had subsurface drogues intact, in operation for the WOCE/CLIVAR Surface Velocity Program in the tropical Pacific Ocean. The three major currents are all well-established with the currents in the eastern part of the basin remaining strong. SST anomalies at the end of the month are near normal in the equatorial strip.

FIGURE A1.1 - Movements of drifting buoys in the tropical Pacific Ocean during August 1995. The linear segments of the trajectories represent two week displacements. Red (solid) paths show buoys drogued to 15-m depth; blue (dotted) paths show undrogued buoys.