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Global Weather Experiment 1979 - Drifting Buoys, May 1979

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Global Weather Experiment 1979 - Drifting Buoys
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Deployment of drifting buoys from C141 aircraft, May 1979. The photograph shows project leader Ralph de la Lande (left) and two engineers from the Polar Research Labs of Santa Barbara, who developed this type of buoy (also shown) on board the flight.

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May 1979

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