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This study introduces a type of self-developed, GPS-based, simple and cheap Surface Current Experiment (SUCE) drifters designated for observing surface coastal currents. By examining trajectories of six drifters deployed in the Daya Bay and the drifter-derived velocities, we conclude that such drifters are generally capable of capturing the characteristics of wintertime surface coastal currents along the Guangdong coast.
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We appreciated comments from two reviewers which improved an early version of the manuscript. All the cruise participants are appreciated.
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Foundation item: The National Basic Research Program of China under contract No. 2015CB954004; the National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos 41606009, 41776027, 91858201 and 41890801; the Xiamen University Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities under contract No. 20720180099; the municipal project of Huizhou City under contract No. F2017-01-1; the Laboratory for Regional Oceanography and Numerical Modeling, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao) under contract No. 2017A02.
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Lin, H., Sun, Z., Chen, Z. et al. Wintertime Guangdong coastal currents successfully captured by cheap GPS drifters. Acta Oceanol. Sin. 39, 166–170 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-019-1425-3
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