Atlantic Hurricane Drifters: 2021–2024

DESCRIPTION

These datasets encompass observations from surface drifters from the Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory (LDL) at Scripps Institution of Oceanography that reported to the Global Telecommunications Service (GTS) during the Atlantic hurricane seasons. Each dataset begins on June 1 and ends on November 30, for each respective year. The geographic range 0°N to 40°N and 100°W to 40°W. The data are from a suite of drifter types, including Surface Velocity Program (SVP) drifters, with and without barometers; MiniMet (SVPBW) drifters; and Directional Wave Spectra Drifters without barometers (DWSD) and with barometers (DWSBDs). The drifters were deployed by ship and air. Reported variables include surface temperature, sea level pressure, wind speed and direction, and wave properties.

HOW TO USE THESE DATA

The data are available via the ERDDAP framework, with links for each of the citations.

The data are available for your use only.
As you proceed with your analysis, please track the portion of the data that will be used in publications and communicate that information to us.
Please cite the data as in CITATION and provide us with the full reference(s) associated with the data DOI.

The datasets are separated by year. The citation for each dataset, its DOI and its on the ERDDAP server are provided below

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Additional Info

Atlantic Hurricane Drifters 2024 Dataset

CITATION: Centurioni, L.R., T. Paluszkiewicz, M.C. Schönau, and J. Sienkiewicz. 2024. Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory at Scripps Institution of Oceanography GTS Atlantic Hurricane 2024 Data. Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.57969/S9QP4CD

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Atlantic Hurricane Drifters 2023 Dataset

CITATION: Centurioni, L.R., T. Paluszkiewicz, M.C. Schönau, and J. Sienkiewicz. 2023. Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory at Scripps Institution of Oceanography GTS Atlantic Hurricane 2023 Data. Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.57969/S9VC7N

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Atlantic Hurricane Drifters 2022 Dataset

CITATION: Centurioni, L., T. Paluszkiewicz, M.C, Schönau, and J. Sienkiewicz. 2023. Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory at Scripps Institution of Oceanography GTS Atlantic Hurricane 2022 Data. Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Dataset https://doi.org/10.57969/S9RP4P

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Atlantic Hurricane Drifters 2021 Dataset

CITATION: Centurioni, L., T. Paluszkiewicz, M.C. Schönau, and J. Sienkiewicz. 2023. Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory at Scripps Institution of Oceanography GTS Atlantic Hurricane 2021 Data. Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Dataset https://doi.org/10.57969/S9WC7Z

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Additional Information

CREATORS: Luca R. Centurioni, Theresa Paluszkiewicz, Martha Schönau, and Joseph Sienkiewicz

POC: ldl_datasets@ucsd.edu

PUBLISHER: Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

RESOURCE TYPE: Dataset

GEOLOCATIONS: Atlantic Ocean (0°–40°N, 40°–100°W)

FUNDING REFERENCES:

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) award NA20OAR4320278 “The Global Drifter Program”
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) award NA20OAR4600265
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) award NA21OAR4590374 “WPO”

RELATED LITERATURE

Centurioni, L., L. Braasch, E. Di Lauro, P. Contestabile, F. De Leo, R. Casotti, L. Franco, and D. Vicinanza. 2017. A new strategic wave measurement station off Naples port main breakwater.Coastal Engineering Proceedings1(35), waves.36, https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v35.waves.36.

Centurioni, L., A. Horányi, C. Cardinali, E. Charpentier, and R. Lumpkin. 2017. A global ocean observing system for measuring sea level atmospheric pressure: Effects and impacts on numerical weather prediction.Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society98(2):231–238, https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-15-00080.1.

Centurioni, L.R. 2018. Drifter technology and impacts for sea surface temperature, sea-level pressure, and ocean circulation studies. Pp. 37–57 inObserving the Oceans in Real Time. R. Venkatesan, A. Tandon, E. D’Asaro and M.A. Atmanand, eds, Springer International Publishing, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66493-4_3.

Centurioni, L., S. Thurston, and T. Paluszkiewicz. 2021. Sustained open access global wave observations for science and society.Marine Technology Society Journal55(3):94–95,https://doi.org/10.4031/MTSJ.55.3.21.

Horányi, A., C. Cardinali, and L. Centurioni. 2017. The global numerical weather prediction impact of mean-sea-level pressure observations from drifting buoys.Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society143(703):974–985,https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2981.

Hormann, V., L.R. Centurioni, L. Rainville, C. M. Lee, and L.J. Braasch. 2014. Response of upper ocean currents to Typhoon Fanapi.Geophysical Research Letters41(11):3,995–4,003, https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GL060317.

Klenz, T., H.L. Simmons, L. Centurioni, J.M. Lilly, J.J. Early, and V. Hormann. 2022. Estimates of near- inertial wind power input using novel in situ wind measurements from Minimet surface drifters in the Iceland Basin.Journal of Physical Oceanography, https://doi.org/10.1175/jpo-d-21-0283.1.

Poulain, P.-M., L. Centurioni, and T. Özgökmen. 2022. Comparing the currents measured by CARTHE, CODE and SVP drifters as a function of wind and wave conditions in the southwestern Mediterranean Sea.Sensors 22:353, https://doi.org/10.3390/s22010353.

Schönau, M., T. Paluszkiewicz, L. Centurioni, W.A. Komaromi, H. Jin, and J.D. Doyle. 2024. In situ observations at the air-sea interface by expendable air-deployed drifters under Hurricane Michael (2018). Geophysical Research Letters, accepted.

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