GPS Dropouts
Today there were more GPS dropouts. When that happens, I will plot the Iridium derived location (kms of accuracy vs meters) and signify...
Don't Cross the Streams!
Atlantic Buoy has gone full circle in two months. Overlaying the state of MD for a distance comparison. Rough diameter is 100 NM.
Lost GPS Today
For the first time in over 1100 reports, Atlantic Buoy didn't send a GPS coordinate this morning. The approximate location plotted is the...
Strange Attractor?
Atlantic Buoy seems to like the area near 43.5N and 22W. It's been within a 50 NM radius of that location for the past two months.
Interesting Pitch Profile
A few days ago the Atlantic Buoy went through an odd period of calm. Pitch values dropped to their lowest sustained values of ~11...
Curious past few days...
Not sure what to make of the path over the past few days. Appears to be in an CW eddy that itself is moving in a CCW direction. ...
Atlantic Buoy Passes 5000 Miles!
The Atlantic Buoy passed 268 days and 5000 NM of distance traveled today. It's back to reporting round-the-clock and everything appears...
Atlantic Buoy Surviving Nights Again
For the first time since 8 Nov 16, the Atlantic Buoy stayed alive through the night. Throughout most of winter the battery had run down...
V3 Buoy Introduction
Meet V3 of the off-the-shelf drifting buoy project! The latest buoy design simplifies the hardware by removing the 5V power converter,...
Atlantic Buoy Coming Back Strong
Today was the first day since mid-Nov that LantBuoy made reports over a 9 hr period. Earlier this week I moved up the first reporting...