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Cheney et al. 1980

Cheney, R.E., Richardson, P.L. and Blumenthal, B.P. (1980). Air deployment of satellite-tracked drifters. Journal of Geophysical Research 85: doi: 10.1029/JC085iC05p02773. issn: 0148-0227.

Six free-drifting buoys tracked by the Nimbus 6 satellite were successfully launched by C-130 aircraft in a series of deployments during 1977-1979. The buoys were launched in Gulf Stream rings which had been identified with airborne XBT surveys and satellite infrared images. This is the first operational test of these air-deployable buoys.

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