Posted: Fri, May 28, 1993   1:56 PM EDT              Msg: EGJD-5725-2295
From:   C.REID.WHOI
To:     EBC.ONR
Subj:   EBC Drifter deployment and data access

	To       EBC List
        From     Dick Limeburner     WHOI
	Subject  Deployment of 8 California Currrent Drifters
        Date     May 20, 1993

	I recently chartered a fishing boat out of Fort Bragg, CA and
	deployed 7 WHOI surface drifters and one of Mark Abbot's Metocean
	drifters along 39.5 N. Below are the deployment times and positions.

        Buoy ID   Date     Time   Latitude  Longitude   Wind    Wind Speed  
                            GMT      N         W      Direction   Knots

        12404    4 May 93   1416    39.5      125.0       NW      28
        20133       "       1721    39.5      125.5       NW      26 - Metocean
        12405       "       1725    39.5      125.5       NW      26
        12406       "       2031    39.5      126.0       NW      27
        12407       "       2324    39.5      126.5       NW      22
        12408    5 May 93   0229    39.5      127.0       NW      14
        12409       "       0541    39.5      127.5       NW      10
        12410       "       0816    39.5      128.0       SW       5

  ***** Easy Access to EBC ARGOS data and plots on the WHOI computer ********

  We have just changed our data access system on the WHOI computer where we
  store ARGOS data (Julio Candela's SUN Sparc 10). You can access and copy
  all the daily drifter data and a matlab plot file of all the drifters to
  date by means of FTP anonymous. The ARGOS drifter data in in ascii format
  and is updated daily about 0000z. The plot file is updated frequently and is
  called temp.met (standard matlab binary format).
  
  The internet address is 128.128.28.124, or you can now use the node address 
                             mar.whoi.edu    

  The  username is        anonymous
                          password is     your name or email address

  The data is in the ARGOS subdirectory:     cd argos
 
  Then get your data as you normally would using FTP
  Note: You will not be able to write in this directory, only copy.
  **********************************************************************

  For example you could type from your terminal

       ftp mar.whoi.edu
       username    anonymous
       password    rlimeburner@whoi.edu
       cd argos
       ascii
       get 930512.DAT              for the WHOI drifter data in ascii format
       get 930512.OSU              for Abbott's drifter data in ascii format
       bin
       get temp.met                for the recent plot file in binary format 
       quit

   Good Luck......... Dick Limeburner   WHOI     rlimeburner@whoi.edu