Brief description
Drift bottles and drift cards are two of the oldest methods used to trace ocean currents. Drift bottles were were released by CSIRO's division of Fisheries and Oceanography from various locations along Australia's eastern coast between 1938-40, and off Western Australia between 1954-57. Drift cards have been released from various locations around Australia, and off South Africa since about 1969. The PDF documents under the links section contain most of the information available via the Datacentre, No raw data is associated with this record.Lineage
Progress Code: completed
Maintenance and Update Frequency: asNeeded
Statement: Leaflets by CSIRO Division of Fisheries and Oceanography. Tasmanian Map - source unknown.
Data time period: 1938 to 1985
text: westlimit=20; southlimit=-90; eastlimit=180; northlimit=28
Subjects
Drift Bottles |
Drift Cards |
Earth Science | Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents |
Global / Oceans | Australasia |
Global / Oceans | Indian Ocean |
oceans |
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Identifiers
- Local : Anzlic Identifier: ANZCW0306005967
- Local : Marlin Record Number: 5967
- global : e141f0d2-124f-4141-aae5-74ec8561daa9