Overview    Background    Participants    Bibliography   Science    Historical    Hydrography    Marine mammal   Cruises    August 2004    February 2005   Photos    August 2004    February 2005		Science - Historical data The following data is presented as a historical framework for the experiment. GLOBEC drifter data shows how several drifters moved through the Cape Hatteras region. Mooring data from the OMP shows how the currents change over spring and late summer time periods. In addition, marine mammal survey data is available for previous years. GLOBEC drifter data (1995-2000), compliments of R. Limeburner, R. C. Beardsley, and K. Brink, WHOI Animated GIF movies Satellite-tracked drifters with holey sock drogues centered at 10, 15, and 40m depths were deployed over Georges Bank during 1995-1999 in support of U.S. GLOBEC/Georges Bank Program. The following plots are from drifters that became entrained in the shelfbreak front and traveled south along the length of the Middle Atlantic Bight. These movies show the fate of selected drifters that pass through the Cape Hatteras region. Select a drifter from the pulldwn menu below and click "Go" to display an animated GIF of the drifter track. The movie will repeat automatically. g11lp g15lp g23lp g24lp g28lp g31lp g33lp g34lp g36lp g39lp g41lp g48lp g50lp g52lp g53lp g56lp g57lp g59lp g64lp g67lp g71lp g73lp g75lp g77lp g81lp g84lp g89lp g93lp g94lp g96lp g102lp g104lp g105lp g110lp g112lp g118lp g120lp g122lp g138lp g148lp g161lp g164lp g177lp g183lp g184lp g187lp g188lp g190lp g192lp g198lp These jpeg plots show the final frame of the above movies. g11lp g15lp g23lp g24lp g28lp g31lp g33lp g34lp g36lp g39lp g41lp g48lp g50lp g52lp g53lp g56lp g57lp g59lp g64lp g67lp g71lp g73lp g75lp g77lp g81lp g84lp g89lp g93lp g94lp g96lp g102lp g104lp g105lp g110lp g112lp g118lp g120lp g122lp g138lp g148lp g161lp g164lp g177lp g183lp g184lp g187lp g188lp g190lp g192lp g198lp Mile 106 drifter data, compliments of J. Churchill, WHOI Thanks to Paul Dragos, Batelle Animated GIF movies A second drifter data set was from a study of transport from the vicinity of the 106 mile dump site used by the City of New York. The drifters were all launched at intervals over the dump site, on the continental slope, and many of them passed near Cape Hatteras. Select a drifter from the pulldwn menu below and click "Go" to display an animated GIF of the drifter track. The movie will repeat automatically. D320 D321 D322 D324 D326 D329 D731 D731A D732 D733 D733A D734 D734A D735 D735A D736 D737 D738 D739 D740 D741 D743 D744 D745 D746 D751 D752 D753 D754 D758 D759 D760 D762 D763 D764 D765 D768 D770 D773 D774 D776 F03 F04 F05 F06 F07 F08 F10 F11 F21 F22 F24 Ocean Margins Project (OMP) mooring data (1996), compliments of J. Churchill, WHOI Thanks to Charlie Flagg, SUNY-Stony Brook Animated GIF movies The OMP project, funded by the Department of Energy, studied the waters of the Cape Hatteras region using an array of moored instruments. These movies show the low-passed (1 day mean for OMPA, 2 day mean for OMPB) currents at seven moorings along the 70m isobath. The surface wind from National Data Buoy Center buoy # 44014 is shown concurrently in blue. Note the difference in scale between the current and wind vectors. OMPA, near-surface OMPA, 71m OMPB, near-surface OMPB, 71m Links to OBIS-SEAMAP marine mammal survey data SEFSC Southeast Atlantic surveys, 1992 SEFSC Southeast Atlantic surveys, 1998 SEFSC Southeast Atlantic surveys, 1999 SEFSC Mid-Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin Survey, 1995 No.1 SEFSC Mid-Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin Survey, 1995 No.2 SEFSC Mid-Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin Survey, 1995 No.3 UNCW Marine Mammal Surveys, Southeastern US 1998-1999 UNCW Marine Mammal Surveys, Southeastern US 2001 UNCW Marine Mammal Surveys, Southeastern US 2002