{"id":2355,"date":"2014-07-23T17:23:55","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T21:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/?p=2355"},"modified":"2024-05-02T15:17:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T19:17:25","slug":"successful-and-sunny-drifter-deployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/currents\/2014\/07\/successful-and-sunny-drifter-deployment\/","title":{"rendered":"Successful \u2014 and Sunny \u2014 Drifter Deployment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>* Updated July 24, 2014: Click on photos to download original jpg.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>North Carolina Sea Grant had a good day at Carolina Beach deploying drifters in the surf to monitor and track rip currents. To read more about this work, go <a title=\"NC Sea Grant, Partners Explore Rip Currents\" href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/news\/2014\/07\/north-carolina-sea-grant-partners-explore-rip-currents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We want to thank our partners for helping with this event.<\/p>\n<p>Overall project partners:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uncw.edu\/cms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UNC Wilmington Center for Marine Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"NOAA National Weather Service, Wilmington Forecast Office\" href=\"http:\/\/www.weather.gov\/ilm\/http:\/\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"broken_link\">NOAA National Weather Service, Wilmington Forecast Office<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Town Lifeguard Programs: <a title=\"Carolina Beach Lifeguards\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinabeach.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"broken_link\">Carolina Beach<\/a>, <a title=\"Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue\" href=\"http:\/\/www.townofwrightsvillebeach.com\/156\/Ocean-Rescue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wrightsville Beach<\/a> and <a title=\"Kure Beach Ocean Rescue\" href=\"http:\/\/www.townofkurebeach.org\/ocean-rescue.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kure Beach<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cooperating partners:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"UNCW Surf Club\" href=\"http:\/\/student.uncw.edu\/org\/surfclub\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UNC Wilmington Surf Club<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Wrightsville Beach Longboard Association\" href=\"http:\/\/wblasurf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wrightsville Beach Longboard Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Tony Silvagni Surf School, Carolina Beach\" href=\"http:\/\/www.surfschoolnc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tony Silvagni Surf School, Carolina Beach<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"CB Surf Shop, Carolina Beach\" href=\"http:\/\/cbsurfshop.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CB Surf Shop, Carolina Beach<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We&#8217;ll have more updates in a few days but we&#8217;ll leave you with some images from today. Credit for all images: Photo by Kurt Christiansen, courtesy North Carolina Sea Grant.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top\">\n<p><div id=\"attachment_2359\" style=\"width: 209px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/ncseagrant_images\/rip_currents\/20140723_images\/spencer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2359\" class=\"wp-image-2359 size-medium\" src=\"\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/spencer_web-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Spencer in waves with measuring tape.\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spencer Rogers, North Carolina Sea Grant coastal construction and erosion specialist, is leading the drifter deployments this summer. Photo by Kurt Christiansen, courtesy North Carolina Sea Grant.<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top\">\n<p><div id=\"attachment_2357\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/ncseagrant_images\/rip_currents\/20140723_images\/cobi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2357\" class=\"wp-image-2357 size-medium\" src=\"\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cobi_web-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"Man on surfboard retrieving drifter in ocean.\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cobi Christiansen, UNCW graduate student, retrieves a drifter that had been ejected by a rip current on Carolina Beach. He is part of a North Carolina Sea Grant research team. Photo by Kurt Christiansen, courtesy North Carolina Sea Grant.<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top\">\n<p><div id=\"attachment_2358\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/ncseagrant_images\/rip_currents\/20140723_images\/reinhart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2358\" class=\"wp-image-2358 size-medium\" src=\"\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/reinhart_web-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Brad walking on the shore with drifter on shoulder.\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brad Reinhart, meteorologist at National Weather Service in Wilmington, hauls a drifter back on shore. Photo by Kurt Christiansen, courtesy North Carolina Sea Grant.<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top\">\n<p><div id=\"attachment_2356\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/ncseagrant_images\/rip_currents\/20140723_images\/brander_bailey.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2356\" class=\"wp-image-2356 size-medium\" src=\"\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/brander_bailey_web-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"Rob showing Jerome parts of the drifter.\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2356\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rob Brander, a coastal geomorphologist at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, explains how the drifter works to Jerome Bailey, Jr., of the Associated Press. 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