March 6, 2014 – Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative

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Drifters staged on deck of the R/V Walton Smith, ready for deployment in the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists launched over 300 drifters as part of the Grand Lagrangian Deployment, or GLAD, in the summer of 2012. (Picture courtesy of CARTHE)

Smithsonian Publicizes CARTHE Drifters Research

The Smithsonian Ocean Portal posted a story on the GoMRI-funded CARTHE project, a multi-year research effort to study how the ocean moves.