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Coral Ecosystem Connectivity from Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys: Surface Drifting Buoy Position Data from 2012-08-08 to 2016-05-12 (NCEI Accession 0178107)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 29, 2026 | Last Modified: 2018-12-04T00:00:00.000+00:00
This dataset contains satellite-tracked drifting buoy data collected around the southwest Florida Shelf. CODE/DAVIS (Coastal Dynamics Experiment drifters described by Davis, 1985) and mini SVP (Surface Velocity Program drifters described by Lumpkin and Pazos, 2007) buoys were deployed around Pulley Ridge, Dry Tortugas, and southwest Florida Shelf on project cruises between 2012 and 2015. Drifting buoys are designed to float freely with ocean surface currents and report their position back to shore via satellite. Data includes drifter time and position.

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0178107 CURRENT DIRECTION POSITION - GEOGRAPHIC buoy - drifting buoy in situ R/V F.G. Walton Smith Oregon State University University of Miami NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Gulf of Mexico North Atlantic Ocean Straits of Florida oceanography DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce NCCOS Project, "Understanding Coral Ecosystem Connectivity in the Gulf of Mexico from Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys" US DOC; NOAA; Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) US DOC; NOAA; Cooperative Institute for Ocean Exploration, Research, and Technology EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS Marine Spatial Ecology > Regional Ecosystem Science Field Observation Drifter Position DRIFTING BUOYS > DRIFTING BUOYS F. G. Walton Smith (call sign: WCZ6292, ICES code: 33WA, 1999-) Continent > North America > United States Of America > Florida Continent > North America > United States Of America > Florida > Florida Keys OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO U.S. States and Territories > Florida Waterbodies > Atlantic Ocean Waterbodies > Gulf of Mexico Dry Tortugas Dry Tortugas Ecological Reserve North Dry Tortugas Ecological Reserve South Florida Keys Reef Tract Pulley Ridge Pulley Ridge Habitat Area of Particular Concern Southwest Florida Shelf West Florida Shelf 030DFW

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