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Spray glider mission cruise track across the Gulf Stream.

Spray glider mission cruise track across the Gulf Stream.
Spray glider mission cruise track across the Gulf Stream.
Spray glider mission cruise track across the Gulf Stream.
Spray glider mission cruise track across the Gulf Stream.
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Doucette, Jayne H.
Spray glider mission cruise track across the Gulf Stream.
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02/14/2005
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Originally drawn for Breck Owens and Amy Nevala, Oceanus online, 2005.
Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 44, No. 1, Pg. 10:
The Spray glider was launched in September 2004 south of Nantucket and recovered seven weeks and 965 kilometers (600 miles) later off Bermuda. It was the first time a remote-controlled glider crossed the Gulf Stream.
Oceanus online caption: A 7-WEEK, 600-MILE JOURNEY
On Sept. 11, 2004, researchers launched Spray glider near a mooring located on the continental south of Nantucket Island. The yellow swath shows the average path of the Gulf Stream--a large, powerful ocean current that often forms strong vortices to its north and south. As sailors know, it is difficult to navigate through these vortices to reach Bermuda, a problem that also challenged Spray. As a result, the glider's path took a few unexpected turns before researchers retrieved Spray offshore Bermuda.
Oceanus article posted on line 03/24/2005.
Illustration by Jayne Doucette, WHOI Graphic Services
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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