GoGo Luce - CARESAT

A project of Dept. of Biology - Univ. of Pisa.

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GoGo Luce, after a straight movement in north direction up to Capraia Island, reversed her route and moved along the east Corsican coast towards the Strait of Bonifacio. Currently she is wandering south-west of Sardinia.

Background

GoGo Luce is a juvenile loggerhead (38 cm CCL) recovered by the nautical team of the State Forestry Corps while anomalously floating near the Montecristo Island (Italy) in August 2014. After a short period of rehabilitation in the Parco della Maremma Rescue Center at Talamone (GR) she was released north Argentario promontory on 11 Ocober 2014

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• This map connects positions generated by the ARGOS system designated as location class (lc) '4', '3', '2', '1', '0', 'A'. Locations that have been "filtered" are displayed as small red dots.
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• Ocean currents and sea surface heights are derived from AVISO's Ssalto/Duacs Gridded Absolute Dynamic Topography & absolute geostrophic velocities data.

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