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# Drifter ID Tracker ID Date Time [UTC] Latitude Longitude Station
1. EDDY 2083 049 12 Aug 2024 06:19 59°30.11‘N 001°21.97‘W 085/GN053C
2. EDDY 2084 053 09 Aug 2024 03:47 57°50.02'N 007°59.92'E 065/GN040
3. EDDY 2085 073 12 Aug 2024 03:52 59°15.07'N 001°24.80‘W 084//GN053D
4. EDDY 2086 070 12 Aug 2024 00:42 58°59.95'N 001°59.99‘W 083/GN046A
5. EDDY 2087 061 11 Aug 2024 22:12 58°44.94'N 003°14.97‘W 082/GN046B
6. EDDY 2088 058 09 Aug 2024 01:11 57°37.50'N 007°59.89'E 064/GN040B
7. EDDY 2089 067 24 Jul 2024 02:51 53°56.13’N 006°24.95‘E 004/GN007
8. EDDY 2090 056 08 Aug 2024 23:01 57°24.92'N 008°00.05'E 063/GN039S
Table 7.4. Information on surface drifters deployed during cruise 067I033-1.
The drifters deployed during cruise 067I033-1 partly contribute to the CREATE project (Con-
cepts for Reducing the Effects of Anthropogenic pressures and uses on marine Ecosystems
and on Biodiversity), which is part of the scientific mission sustainMare within the German
Alliance for Marine Research (DAM). Drifters deployed in the Norwegian Trench will support
preparatory work for the SkaMix project, which aims to investigate water mass transformation
and mixing in the vicinity of fronts and filaments in the Skagerrak. The deployments near the
Orkney Islands further regionally extend the existing drifter data set, which has so far focused
on the central North Sea and the German Bight.
Figure 7.12. Surface trajectory of drifter EDDY 2089 in the period 24 July to 31 August 2024. The drifter
was deployed northwest of the island of Borkum.