Clearsat-1 ADOS drifters outfitted with GPS, thermistor strings, and acoustic current meters capable of vertical profiling have been deployed in the Southern East China Sea with the goal of sampling the Kuroshio Intrusion. Researchers also hope to better understand several other processes occurring at multiple scales in the region. View a fascinating realtime depiction of positions over ocean depth contours, and read more about the experiment, at the QPE website.
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