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Current measurements with surface and subsurface drifters

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An examination of behaviors of a subsurface drogue and a subsequent examination of current measurement with a drifter comprising the drogue as its important part are made in the channel between Oshima and Izu Peninsula. The drogue submerged to the anticipated depth of 300 m within 10 minutes after launching. Since then the drogue kept its depth and operated normally. From the comparison with the velocity measurement by the use of a currentmeter moored at a station in the vicinity of the drifter's track, it is verified that the drifter's motion well reflects the motion of a water parcel around the drogue.

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  1. Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Minamidai, Nakano-ku, 164, Tokyo, Japan

    Keisuke Taira, Toshihiko Teramoto & Kensuke Takeuchi

  2. Otsuchi Marine Research Center, Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Akahama, Otsuchi-cho, 028-11, Iwate, Japan

    Nobuyuki Shikama

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Taira, K., Teramoto, T., Shikama, N. et al. Current measurements with surface and subsurface drifters. Journal of the Oceanographical Society of Japan 34, 73–77 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02108661

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