Coastal Observing Research and Development Center

2004 Frances Jeanne » All Floats

 


Above: Goes IR Image - 9/2/04 0045Z
CBLAST Solo Float Positions During Hurricane Frances

 


Above: Image still taken from a video rendering of
float trajectories. Click on the image to download
the video (5.1 MB). An alternative Quicktime
download
is available as well (17.7 MB).

 


Above: Correspondence of sea surface height anomalies with float trajectories. The initial
deployment array is shown on the left and trajectories near the end of the experiment are
shown on the right. Blended altimetry obtained from Colorado Center for Astrodynamics
Research, Univ. Colorado, Boulder
http://e450.colorado.edu/realtime/gsfc_global-real-time_ssh

 


Above: All CBLAST Floats' Positions - Wide View

 


Above: All CBLAST Floats' Positions

 

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