MERHAB drifters

Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Oceanography Branch

A Drifter Project Update

MERHAB 2004

"axtrack.m" MATLAB routine that processes the rachel data and, in addition, runs:

"arg2mat.m" MATLAB routine used to process the GPS data from the "blueones"
"argcmp2mat.m" MATLAB routine used to process the ARGOS data from the "blueones"

"animate.m" MATLAB routine that works on the output of axtrack.m, produces jpgs which get converted to ppms.

Summary Tracks (note: jpg posted but matlab "fig" and "ps"available in same location):

Velocity (id)	Tracks (sn)	Status (as of 7 Oct)
45380	16736	last heard 6/30
45381	24394	sighted aground "Morses Island" in Muscungus Bay
45382	12174	mid-gulf last heard 7/15
45383	22455	recovered in Kennebunkport
45384	12340	last heard 5/26
45385	20087	looping back & lost? ptt22455
45386	13700	recovered Cape Elizabeth
45387	20089	recovered in Monhegan
45388	15981	last heard 7/09
45389	20277	recovered in Portsmouth
453810	14524	last heard 7/09
453811	41630	recovered in Nova Scotia by Ralph Arimault in Digby Co.
453812	16353	recovered in Portland
453813	16831	last heard 7/13
453814	19845	recovered 59 miles off Yarmouth, NS by Ronnie Saulnier
453815	21414	last heard 7/10
453816	21420	Bay of Fundy last heard 10/4
453817	21585	circled the gulf last heard 9/17
453818	23055	mid-gulf last heard 7/22
453819	10238	last heard 7/22