Drifter Data

Near-surface GPS drifters in the Red Sea

R. Limeburner, Y. Abualnaja, A. Bower and R. Beardsley

2008 Drifter Data Unedited

During April 2008 4 drifters were deployed offshore of Jeddah. The data format is
Year Month Day Hour Minute Second(UTC) Longitude Latitude Surface_Temperature(C) Drifter_ID

2008 Drifter 300034012530940 Data ascii file 300034012530940.dat

2008 Drifter 300034012530950 Data ascii file 300034012530950.dat

2008 Drifter 300034012533920 Data ascii file 300034012533920.dat

2008 Drifter 300034012636060 Data ascii file 300034012636060.dat

2008 All Drifter Data zip file all_2008drifters.zip

2008 Drifter Data Edited

The data gaps are linearly interpolated and the format is
Year Month Day Hour Minute Second(UTC) Longitude Latitude Surface_Temperature(C) Drifter_ID U_cm/s V_cm/s

2008 Drifter 300034012530940 Data ascii file d1.dat

2008 Drifter 300034012530950 Data ascii file d2.dat

2008 Drifter 300034012533920 Data ascii file d3.dat

2008 Drifter 300034012636060 Data ascii file d4.dat

2010 Drifter Data Unedited

During March 2010 29 drifters were deployed In the Red Sea. The data format is
Year Month Day Hour Minute Second(UTC) Longitude Latitude Surface_Temperature(C) Drifter_ID

2010 Drifter 300034012637660 Data ascii file rs5.dat

2010 Drifter 300034012630070 Data ascii file rs6.dat

2010 Drifter 300034012531950 Data ascii file rs7.dat

2010 Drifter 300034012634060 Data ascii file rs8.dat

2010 Drifter 300034012634600 Data ascii file rs9.dat

2010 Drifter 300034012255690 Data ascii file rs10.dat

2010 Drifter 300034012633070 Data ascii file rs11.dat

2010 Drifter 300034012632080 Data ascii file rs12.dat

2010 Drifter 300034012632580 Data ascii file rs13.dat

2010 Drifter 300034012639060 Data ascii file rs14.dat

2010 Drifter 300034012535920 Data ascii file rs15.dat

2010 Drifter 300034012636070 Data ascii file rs16.dat

2010 Drifter 300034012638060 Data ascii file rs17.dat

2010 Drifter 300034012632070 Data ascii file rs18.dat

2010 Drifter 300034012638590 Data ascii file rs19.dat

2010 Drifter 300034012536940 Data ascii file rs20.dat

2010 Drifter 300034012636600 Data ascii file rs21.dat

2010 Drifter 300034012637070 Data ascii file rs22.dat

2010 Drifter 300034012536990 Data ascii file rs23.dat

2010 Drifter 300034012635070 Data ascii file rs24.dat

2010 Drifter 300034012634080 Data ascii file rs25.dat

2010 Drifter 300034012536930 Data ascii file rs26.dat

2010 Drifter 300034012158640 Data ascii file rs27.dat

2010 Drifter 300034012633080 Data ascii file rs28.dat

2010 Drifter 300034012635320 Data ascii file rs29.dat

2010 Drifter 300034012633580 Data ascii file rs30.dat

2010 Drifter 300034012532950 Data ascii file rs31.dat

2010 Drifter 300034012634070 Data ascii file rs32.dat

2010 Drifter 300034012631080 Data ascii file rs33.dat

2010 Drifter Data ascii file rs_drifter_dat_all_2010.zip

2008 All Drifter Data zip file rs_drifter_all_dat_2010.zip

2010 Drifter Data Edited

The data gaps are linearly interpolated and the format is
Julian Day(UTC) Longitude Latitude Surface_Temperature(C) Drifter_ID U_cm/s V_cm/s Speed_cm/s Dir_wrt_East_(Math)

2010 Drifter 300034012637660 Data file d5.mat

2010 Drifter 300034012630070 Data file d6.mat

2010 Drifter 300034012531950 Data file d7.mat

2010 Drifter 300034012634060 Data file d8.mat

2010 Drifter 300034012634600 Data file d9.mat

2010 Drifter 300034012255690 Data file d10.mat

2010 Drifter 300034012633070 Data file d11.mat

2010 Drifter 300034012632080 Data file d12.mat

2010 Drifter 300034012632580 Data file d13.mat

2010 Drifter 300034012639060 Data file d14.mat

2010 Drifter 300034012535920 Data file d15.mat

2010 Drifter 300034012636070 Data file d16.mat