The float was launched as a part of float group with NPS#72 , NPS#74 (deep float), and NPS#73 (Figure 1). The mid-depth floats were launched south of Point Sur in an across-shore row with the nearest to the shore point about 31 km distant from Pfeiffer Point, a distance between points in the row was about 18 km.
This is a recycled NPS#64 .
The float went northwestward for about 25 days and then turned offshore into the interior (Figure 2). It moved westward along a relatively smooth trajectory for ~80 days, then curved in a reverse direction. On June 29, 2000 the float started looping anticyclonically (Figure 4):
Number of loops 2 Diameter, km 103.4 Duration, days 49.5 Period, days 24.8 Swirl velocity, cm/s 15.2 Translation velocity, cm/s 2.4 Direction, degrees 217 Rossby number 0.03
Then it went southward and made two cyclonic loops with diameter of ~100 km and period of 26 days.
The float was ballasted for 275 dbar but during the mission it rose from ~210 to ~110 dbar (Figure 3).