Track Drifting Buoys

Choose Your Drifter! View Examples of Ocean Drifter Tracks View Past Adopted drifters

Select a school or teacher to see where their buoy is drifting in the ocean currents. You may also click the school's name to see photos of the deployment of their drifter. Add additional parameters by scrolling to the bottom of this form. Adopted Drifters(WMO ID): Ocean Drifter Deployment Date Atlantic Adams School - Castine, Maine St. Castin Elementary School - France* * March 2008 Atlantic Drifters 41622 41668 41954 41956 4 drifters: 1. Mar 12, 2008 - May 1, 2008 2. Mar 13, 2008 - Oct 11, 2008 3. Mar 12, 2008 - Apr 15, 2008 4. Mar 12, 2008 - present Pacific Castlerock Middle School May 10, 2007 - present Pacific Congressional School, Virginia, USA         Elsies River High School, South Africa May 10, 2007 - present Atlantic Evanston High School's Drifter May 30, 2007 - present Atlantic Grace B. Luhrs University Ele. School         University of Toronto Lab School Feb 12, 2008 - present Pacific Grandview Elementary School, Chambersburg, PA Université Nancy 2, Nancy, France Buoy Number: 78987, WMO ID: 32902 Nov 18, 2008 - present Atlantic Jacob Tanenbaum, Elementary School Teacher, New York Seoul American High School, Korea Buoy Number: 71044, WMO ID: 44910 Oct 10, 2008 - Present Atlantic Maryland Dept of Education University of Rhode Island Buoy Number: 59844, WMO ID: 44900 Aug 25, 2008 -Present Pacific October 2007 Pacific Drifters 71195 71185 71192 71200 1. Oct 22, 2007 - Present 2. Oct 22, 2007 - Apr 1, 2008 3. Oct 22, 2007 - Jan 10, 2008 4. Oct 22, 2007 - Present Atlantic Plainfield Elementary School         St. Pius X School and         Big Spring Middle School May 10, 2007 - Present Thunderbolt Elementary Marine Science Academy Thunderbolt, Georgia 88591 88593 June 9, 2009 - Present Atlantic Westerly School Bay Village Ohio Oct 22, 2007 - Present Select and option from "Maps or Measurements" to view a map of a drifter's track or measurements. Next, be sure to click “Sea Surface Temperature“ to view ocean temperature changes as your buoy drifts in cold or warm ocean currents. Finally, click on “View Results“ to see your results! [Note: Many drifters do not measure sea level pressure so this option may not work.]  View a Map or Measurements of your Drifter's Sea Surface Temperature! Maps or Measurements? Map showing measurements Map showing drifter track dates Table of measurements View a Drifter Variable! Sea Surface Temperature Sea Level Pressure

Examples of Ocean Drifter Tracks

Hide/Expand to view sample results Select a drifter number, then click on "View Results" to see the location of these sample drifters. Select WMO ID of Drifter Pacific Atlantic Indian 51934 62928 23675 prin 32817 31703 56541

Past Adopted drifters

Hide/Expand the list Drifter Deployment Date Mary Cook's Drifter Greencastle-Antrim High School Viviana Zamorano's Drifter American Samoa Community College Novi Meadows School Greenbrier Intermediate Farnsworth Middle School's Drifter Aug 18, 2005 - Dec 5, 2005 DBCP global drifter 1250 Sep 18, 2005 - Feb 21, 2007 Nancy Grayson Elementary School Bathurst Elementary School, Australia Feb 11, 2007 - Aug 19, 2008 Riviera Beach Maritime Academy Geelong Grammar School Feb 12, 2007 - Aug 10, 2007 Smithtown High School May 10, 2007 - May 16, 2007 Northland College, Kaikohe, NZ May 10, 2007 - Jul 2, 2007 Burlington Elementary May 10, 2007 - Aug 22, 2007 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Southside Middle School Shippensburg University May 10, 2007 - Nov 12, 2007 Evanston High School's Drifter May 30, 2007 Waynesboro High School, Pennsylvania St. Matthew's College, Argentina Oct 22, 2007 - Jun 4, 2008 Key Biscayne Community School Searles Elementary School Cabello School's Drifter Mar 12, 2008 - May 1, 2008