Thirteen years of drifting data. Surface currents in the Canary Islands region

Author

Cardona, L. ; Villagarcía, M. ; Perez-Marrero ; Santana, R. ; Cianca, A. ; Barrera, C. ; Llerandi, C. ; Vega-Moreno, D. ; Rueda, M.J. ; Llinás, O.

Author_Institution

Canary Inst. of Marine Sci., Telde, Spain

fYear

2011

fDate

6-9 June 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

During the last thirteen years 121 NOAA drifters have been deployed at the ESTOC site (European Station for Time-Series in the Ocean, Canary Islands), located in the North Atlantic (29°10´N, 15°30´W), ranging in time from 1998 to nowadays. The study of their trajectories has provided a good knowledge about the surface current system in this area. Wind and current data have also been added to improve the results. All this information has been implemented into a model intended to cover marine emergency situations in the Canarian archipelago waters, such as search and rescue operations and pollutant dispersal. The aim is to develop an Operational System, based in the combination of observations and analyses of oceanographic data with numerical simulation, in order to predict the drifting objects trajectories.

Keywords

numerical analysis; oceanographic equipment; oceanographic regions; oceanographic techniques; wind; Canarian archipelago waters; Canary Islands region; ESTOC site; European Station for Time Series in the Ocean; NOAA drifters; current data; drifting data; north Atlantic Ocean; numerical simulation; oceanographic data; operational system; surface current system; surface currents; wind data; Ocean temperature; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Trajectory; US Government agencies;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS, 2011 IEEE - Spain

Conference_Location

Santander

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0086-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/Oceans-Spain.2011.6003607

Filename

6003607