Global ocean drifter deployed off Santa Cruz Island in California
On May 1, two students from Oak Park High School in Oak Park, Calif. deployed a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ocean drifter into the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, contributing to a global array that yields vital environmental data. Calvin Earp and Nirupam Nigam deployed the buoy from the Sanctuary's research vessel Shearwater.Read more http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2012/20120502_santabarbaradrifter.html