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Richardson, Philip L (2006): Water temperature and current velocity from RAFOS float MD172 [dataset]. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Physical Oceanography Department, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.398643

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Related to:
WOCE (2002): World Ocean Circulation Experiment, Global Data, Version 3.0. WOCE International Project Office, WOCE Report, Southampton, UK; published by U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center, Silver Spring, 180/02, DVD-ROM
Further details:
Richardson, Philip L; Tychensky, A: Meddy trajectories in the canary basin measured during the Semaphore experiment. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, semmed.htm
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 33.414145 * Median Longitude: -27.240094 * South-bound Latitude: 31.099000 * West-bound Longitude: -30.119000 * North-bound Latitude: 35.964000 * East-bound Longitude: -24.143000
Date/Time Start: 1993-07-29T08:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1995-01-19T08:00:00
Event(s):
MD172 * Latitude Start: 35.793000 * Longitude Start: -24.325000 * Latitude End: 35.186000 * Longitude End: -30.119000 * Date/Time Start: 1993-07-29T08:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1995-01-19T08:00:00 * Location: South Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: Floater * Method/Device: RAFOS float (RAFOS) * Comment: Nominal depth: 1000m
Comment:
Processing method: splined, velocity algorithm: splined. Data have been checked by the WOCE Subsurface Float Data Assembly Center. See hdl:10013/epic.32931.d001 for further information.
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1DATE/TIMEDate/TimeGeocode
2LATITUDELatitudeGeocode
3LONGITUDELongitudeGeocode
4Temperature, waterTemp°CRichardson, Philip LSubsurface float
5Current velocity, east-westCur vel Ucm/sRichardson, Philip LSubsurface float
6Current velocity, north-southCur vel Vcm/sRichardson, Philip LSubsurface float
7Pressure, maximumPress maxdbarRichardson, Philip LSubsurface float
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