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OAS platform Detail for Blue
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platforms_id: 12418
Title:
Name: Blue
ICES Code: 33YA
Callsign:
Countries: UNITED STATES
Comments: Updated information from ICES for the vessel BLUE from UNITED STATES(US).

Name : BLUE
Country(s) : UNITED STATES(US) (ISO Country Code)
Platform Class : 27 sub-surface gliders (buoyancy-based propulsion capable at variable depths not constrained to be near sea surface)
Commissioned Date : 2013-09-06
Current Length : 1.8
WOD Code: 10887
Notes : Underwater Slocum glider operated by University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Glider BLUE was active as of 2013.

Information Sources:
- http://maracoos.org/blogs/main/?p=448
- http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/stations/station_table.txt
- http://gliders.ioos.us/users/rutgers/deployments
- http://maracoos.org/blogs/main/?p=454

Confirmed by NOAA on 2016-07-18.
Submitted to ICES 2014-10-28.
Deprecated: false
Metadata version: 2
Keydate: 2014-10-28 15:48:05+00
Editdate: 2016-07-18 21:22:41+00