DEPLOYMENT TEST FOR ALYESKA, GPS-POSITIONED DRIFTER BUOY

ABSTRACT The field test of a free-floating buoy system (the Oil Tracker) was conducted for the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company on November 15–17, 1994. During those three days, several buoy deployments were conducted in varying weather conditions. The Oil Tracker buoys transmitted their positions to both the response vessel and the command center in Valdez in real time.