Surface drifter pair spreading in the North Atlantic

An edited version of this paper was published by AGU. Published 2010. Not subject to US Copyright Lumpkin, Rick Elipot, Shane National Science Foundation ; Environment and Climate EU ENACT project [EVK2-CT2001-00117]; CNES ; NASA ; AMSR-E Science Team Dave Fratantoni and John Lund deployed many of the CLIMODE drifters described in this paper, and numerous individuals and organizations are responsible for the historical deployments. The authors had valuable discussions with numerous colleagues; interactions with Angelique Haza, Tamay Ozgkmen, Shafer Smith, Joe LaCasce, Patrice Klein, John Toole, Kevin Speer, Carter Ohlmann, Javier Beron-Vera, Bill Dewer, and John Marshall were particularly enlightening. Mayra Pazos, Erik Vades, and Jessica Redman prepared the quality-controlled drifter data for this study. Shaun Dolk and Craig Engler managed worldwide drifter deployments and orchestrated the ADB drifter clusters. This work was supported by the National Science Foundation as part of the CLIMODE project. Additional support was provided by NOAA's Office of Climate Observations and the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory. The AVISO product was produced by the CLS Space Oceanography Division as part of the Environment and Climate EU ENACT project (EVK2-CT2001-00117) and with support from CNES. Microwave SST data are produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by the NASA Earth Science REASON DISCOVER Project and the AMSR-E Science Team. Data are available at http://www.remss.com. Amer geophysical union Washington