• DISCOVERY Yacht Shredder

Drifter Design Experiment

  • September 2014
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Project Overview

Aboard D/Y Shredder, The International SeaKeepers Society conducted a three-day expedition, which was generously provided to us by Fleet Miami. During the expedition SeaKeepers worked with researchers from the Consortium for Advanced Research on the Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment (CARTHE) that included an outreach program with the local non-profit organization StreetWaves.

Press Release – View Photos – Expedition Video

Publications

Carlson, D.F., Özgökmen, T., Novelli, G., Guigand, C., Chang, H., Fox-Kemper, B., Mensa, J., Sanchit, M., Fredj, E., Huntley, H., Kirwan Jr, A.D., Berta, M., Rebozo, M., Curcic, M., Ryan, E., Lund, B., Haus, B., Molemaker, J., Hunt, C., Chen, S., Bracken, L., Horstmann, J., 2018. Surface ocean dispersion observations from the ship-tethered aerostat remote sensing system. Frontiers in Marine Science (5) 1-22.