ALACE subsurface drifter data in South Pacific, for March 1995 (NCEI Accession 9500149)
The ALACE (Autonomous LAgrangian Circulation Explorer) is a subsurface drifter, periodically rising to the surface to relay data to ARGOS. Instrument location is then obtained from ARGOS. An ALACE profiler collects data on ascent and relays a compressed data set to ARGOS. The amount of time spent at its …