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Abstract: This study introduces a type of self-developed, GPS-based, simple and cheap Surface Current Experiment (SUCE) drifters designated for observing surface coastal currents. By examining trajectories of six drifters deployed in the Daya Bay and the drifter-derived velocities, we conclude that such drifters are generally capable of capturing the characteristics of wintertime surface coastal currents along the Guangdong coast.
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Key words:
- GPS drifter /
- trajectory /
- coastal current
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Figure 2. Trajectories of drifters deployed in the Daya Bay in January 2018. Blue lines denote the raw trajectories after deployment with the start and end times labeled; red lines denote trajectories along the Guangdong coast within which range the magnitudes of averaged velocity and its standard deviation are shown in black texts.
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