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Track of RAFOS float moving around the DWBC and the NAC.

Track of RAFOS float moving around the DWBC and the NAC.
Track of RAFOS float moving around the DWBC and the NAC.
Track of RAFOS float moving around the DWBC and the NAC.
Track of RAFOS float moving around the DWBC and the NAC.
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Cook, John E.
Track of RAFOS float moving around the DWBC and the NAC.
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12/01/2009
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Date is approximate.
Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 47, No. 3, Pg. 4:
1) Starting in 2003, oceanographers released 76 floats off Newfoundland at depths of either 700 or 1,500 meters in the Deep Western Boundary Current (DWBC), considered the main conduit for southward-flowing water from the northern North Atlantic.
2) They tracked the floats over two years using moored sound sources. Blue lines indicate the tracks for the first 40 floats; red dots indicate their last
reported location. Surprisingly, few floats were swept down the DWBC; instead, a number meandered southward through the interior region of the ocean.
Data courtesy of Amy Bower
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