Prater, Mark D; Rossby, H Thomas (2006): Water temperature and current velocity from PALACE float LSU400 [dataset]. Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island at Narragansett, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.397598
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Further details:
Labrador Sea experiment: Deployed float table & tracked float table. University of Rhode Island launches, lsuri.htm
Project(s):
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 57.849500 * Median Longitude: -43.819500 * South-bound Latitude: 57.711000 * West-bound Longitude: -43.946000 * North-bound Latitude: 57.973000 * East-bound Longitude: -43.644000
Date/Time Start: 1997-05-20T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1997-05-23T07:55:00
Event(s):
LSU400 * Latitude Start: 57.941000 * Longitude Start: -44.023000 * Latitude End: 57.970000 * Longitude End: -44.050000 * Date/Time Start: 1997-05-19T16:04:00 * Date/Time End: 1997-05-23T07:55:00 * Location: South Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: Floater * Method/Device: Profiling auto. lagrangian circulation explorer (PALACE) * Comment: Nominal depth: 390m
Comment:
Data have been checked by the WOCE Subsurface Float Data Assembly Center. See hdl:10013/epic.32931.d001 for further information.
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Geocode | |||
| 2 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Geocode | |||
| 3 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Geocode | |||
| 4 | Current velocity, east-west | Cur vel U | cm/s | Prater, Mark D | Subsurface float | |
| 5 | Current velocity, north-south | Cur vel V | cm/s | Prater, Mark D | Subsurface float | |
| 6 | Temperature, water | Temp | °C | Prater, Mark D | Subsurface float | |
| 7 | Pressure, maximum | Press max | dbar | Prater, Mark D | Subsurface float | |
| 8 | Comment | Comment | Prater, Mark D |
License:
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Size:
41 data points
Data
| 1 Date/Time | 2 Latitude | 3 Longitude | 4 Cur vel U [cm/s] | 5 Cur vel V [cm/s] | 6 Temp [°C] | 7 Press max [dbar] | 8 Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-05-20T00:00 | 57.973 | -43.946 | 7.91 | 3.56 | 2.887 | 257.9 | |
| 1997-05-20T07:55 | 57.960 | -43.945 | 2.17 | -5.29 | 2.868 | 399.5 | |
| 1997-05-20T16:04 | 57.945 | -43.925 | 9.97 | -9.56 | 2.871 | 398.4 | |
| 1997-05-21T00:00 | 57.910 | -43.848 | 6.97 | -15.58 | 2.863 | 400.5 | |
| 1997-05-21T07:55 | 57.865 | -43.857 | 5.95 | -15.76 | 2.870 | 400.5 | |
| 1997-05-21T16:04 | 57.828 | -43.790 | 8.11 | -12.06 | 2.867 | 400.5 | |
| 1997-05-22T00:00 | 57.802 | -43.778 | 2.22 | -12.34 | 2.870 | 403.5 | |
| 1997-05-22T07:55 | 57.764 | -43.768 | 8.68 | -12.44 | 2.882 | 400.3 | |
| 1997-05-22T16:04 | 57.737 | -43.694 | 12.76 | -10.22 | 2.890 | 404.9 | |
| 1997-05-23T00:00 | 57.711 | -43.644 | 2.872 | 404.6 | |||
| 1997-05-23T07:55 | 2.881 | 405.7 | no position |