North Sea drifter trajectories 2024

<p>Trajectories of twelve oceanic drifters deployed in the Wadden Sea just north of the town of Moddergat on 25 April 2024.</p> <p>The drifters are so-called <strong>Stokes drifters</strong>, built by <a href="https://metocean.com/products/stokes-drifter/">MetOcean</a> in Canada. They are small, white, floating devices that are designed to follow the water motion in the Wadden Sea. The drifters are equipped with a GPS and a satellite transmitter, so that we can track their position in real time.</p> <p>The data have not been cleaned for outliers. Note that transmission frequencies change during the trajectories (as indicated in the time variable)</p> <p>An interactive visualisation of the drifters can be seen <a href="https://oceanparcels.org/driftermap.html?fn=waddendrifters2024_detailed.json&amp;anim_freq=0.2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p>