Rossby, H Thomas (2006): Water temperature and current velocity from RAFOS float RGS18 [dataset]. Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island at Narragansett, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.398812
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Further details:
Bower, A S; O'Gara, R; Rossby, H Thomas: RAFOS float pilot studies in the Gulf Stream 1984-1985. Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, 86-7, rgs.htm
Project(s):
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 36.762678 * Median Longitude: -68.495356 * South-bound Latitude: 35.081000 * West-bound Longitude: -74.803000 * North-bound Latitude: 37.646000 * East-bound Longitude: -64.870000
Date/Time Start: 1984-07-29T16:04:00 * Date/Time End: 1984-08-28T07:55:00
Event(s):
RGS18 * Latitude Start: 35.080000 * Longitude Start: -74.800000 * Latitude End: 37.640000 * Longitude End: -64.870000 * Date/Time Start: 1984-07-30T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1984-08-28T00:00:00 * Location: South Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: Floater * Method/Device: RAFOS float (RAFOS) * Comment: Nominal depth: 800m
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 | Temperature, water | Temp | °C | Rossby, H Thomas | Subsurface float | |
| 5 | Current velocity, east-west | Cur vel U | cm/s | Rossby, H Thomas | Subsurface float | |
| 6 | Current velocity, north-south | Cur vel V | cm/s | Rossby, H Thomas | Subsurface float | |
| 7 | Pressure, maximum | Press max | dbar | Rossby, H Thomas | Subsurface float | |
| 8 | Comment | Comment | Rossby, H Thomas |
License:
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Size:
353 data points
Data
| 1 Date/Time | 2 Latitude | 3 Longitude | 4 Temp [°C] | 5 Cur vel U [cm/s] | 6 Cur vel V [cm/s] | 7 Press max [dbar] | 8 Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984-07-29T16:04 | 13.71 | 501 | no position | ||||
| 1984-07-30T00:00 | 12.42 | 509 | no position | ||||
| 1984-07-30T07:55 | 35.081 | -74.803 | 11.95 | 466 | |||
| 1984-07-30T16:04 | 35.229 | -74.588 | 12.19 | 59.77 | 53.18 | 481 | |
| 1984-07-31T00:00 | 35.357 | -74.424 | 12.29 | 61.18 | 54.19 | 497 | |
| 1984-07-31T07:55 | 35.510 | -74.199 | 12.10 | 66.74 | 62.19 | 493 | |
| 1984-07-31T16:04 | 35.679 | -73.998 | 12.19 | 59.70 | 78.33 | 496 | |
| 1984-08-01T00:00 | 35.917 | -73.818 | 12.00 | 74.12 | 94.77 | 477 | |
| 1984-08-01T07:55 | 36.171 | -73.523 | 12.12 | 81.87 | 104.10 | 491 | |
| 1984-08-01T16:04 | 36.457 | -73.291 | 12.19 | 66.15 | 115.58 | 499 | |
| 1984-08-02T00:00 | 36.771 | -73.096 | 11.94 | 70.11 | 98.74 | 472 | |
| 1984-08-02T07:55 | 36.969 | -72.837 | 11.79 | 80.80 | 77.18 | 447 | |
| 1984-08-02T16:04 | 37.171 | -72.572 | 12.02 | 91.78 | 49.77 | 455 | |
| 1984-08-03T00:00 | 37.228 | -72.240 | 12.24 | 106.93 | 3.90 | 485 | |
| 1984-08-03T07:55 | 37.192 | -71.875 | 12.51 | 103.06 | -31.52 | 545 | |
| 1984-08-03T16:04 | 37.064 | -71.568 | 12.77 | 80.04 | -39.16 | 622 | |
| 1984-08-04T00:00 | 36.988 | -71.354 | 12.83 | 63.30 | -26.70 | 671 | |
| 1984-08-04T07:55 | 36.925 | -71.157 | 13.06 | 55.87 | -23.97 | 715 | |
| 1984-08-04T16:04 | 36.864 | -70.992 | 12.99 | 62.54 | -11.35 | 731 | |
| 1984-08-05T00:00 | 36.867 | -70.751 | 13.01 | 72.50 | -5.55 | 734 | |
| 1984-08-05T07:55 | 36.835 | -70.521 | 12.84 | 66.66 | -7.46 | 731 | |
| 1984-08-05T16:04 | 36.828 | -70.319 | 12.90 | 55.65 | -3.89 | 745 | |
| 1984-08-06T00:00 | 36.815 | -70.161 | 13.06 | 44.72 | -2.58 | 768 | |
| 1984-08-06T07:55 | 36.814 | -70.029 | 12.88 | 43.12 | -3.23 | 766 | |
| 1984-08-06T16:04 | 36.798 | -69.881 | 13.04 | 39.08 | 0.72 | 786 | |
| 1984-08-07T00:00 | 36.818 | -69.776 | 12.91 | 36.93 | 6.18 | 784 | |
| 1984-08-07T07:55 | 36.830 | -69.642 | 12.99 | 34.86 | 6.19 | 792 | |
| 1984-08-07T16:04 | 36.850 | -69.550 | 12.76 | 35.73 | 7.31 | 805 | |
| 1984-08-08T00:00 | 36.868 | -69.410 | 12.90 | 38.40 | 9.02 | 814 | |
| 1984-08-08T07:55 | 36.897 | -69.301 | 13.00 | 29.58 | 11.01 | 817 | |
| 1984-08-08T16:04 | 36.925 | -69.218 | 12.83 | 23.22 | 9.34 | 814 | |
| 1984-08-09T00:00 | 36.946 | -69.150 | 12.83 | 27.42 | 14.60 | 812 | |
| 1984-08-09T07:55 | 37.001 | -69.040 | 12.80 | 30.64 | 9.31 | 805 | |
| 1984-08-09T16:04 | 36.994 | -68.951 | 12.74 | 25.31 | 9.99 | 809 | |
| 1984-08-10T00:00 | 37.053 | -68.876 | 12.57 | 32.54 | 32.30 | 800 | |
| 1984-08-10T07:55 | 37.162 | -68.740 | 12.57 | 33.90 | 19.49 | 803 | |
| 1984-08-10T16:04 | 37.154 | -68.655 | 12.66 | 26.91 | 8.22 | 805 | |
| 1984-08-11T00:00 | 37.204 | -68.564 | 12.53 | 31.24 | 13.25 | 796 | |
| 1984-08-11T07:55 | 37.223 | -68.451 | 12.57 | 26.26 | 6.01 | 804 | |
| 1984-08-11T16:04 | 37.235 | -68.393 | 12.55 | 18.86 | -8.20 | 800 | |
| 1984-08-12T00:00 | 37.180 | -68.328 | 12.62 | 23.88 | -5.52 | 805 | |
| 1984-08-12T07:55 | 37.207 | -68.238 | 12.62 | 22.43 | 5.06 | 804 | |
| 1984-08-12T16:04 | 37.207 | -68.182 | 12.62 | 25.67 | 4.85 | 806 | |
| 1984-08-13T00:00 | 37.232 | -68.070 | 12.63 | 17.84 | -3.94 | 803 | |
| 1984-08-13T07:55 | 37.186 | -68.066 | 12.61 | 14.60 | -16.99 | 806 | |
| 1984-08-13T16:04 | 37.144 | -67.975 | 12.57 | 22.57 | -7.93 | 804 | |
| 1984-08-14T00:00 | 37.145 | -67.919 | 12.66 | 18.47 | -4.19 | 809 | |
| 1984-08-14T07:55 | 37.122 | -67.855 | 12.53 | 9.96 | -22.27 | 799 | |
| 1984-08-14T16:04 | 37.029 | -67.854 | 12.74 | 7.19 | -26.31 | 804 | |
| 1984-08-15T00:00 | 36.985 | -67.808 | 12.60 | 17.52 | -17.08 | 806 | |
| 1984-08-15T07:55 | 36.941 | -67.741 | 12.56 | 11.37 | -28.83 | 800 | |
| 1984-08-15T16:04 | 36.836 | -67.735 | 12.57 | 6.03 | -37.04 | 803 | |
| 1984-08-16T00:00 | 36.749 | -67.701 | 12.57 | 12.00 | -27.05 | 803 | |
| 1984-08-16T07:55 | 36.696 | -67.657 | 12.50 | 17.86 | -22.48 | 800 | |
| 1984-08-16T16:04 | 36.632 | -67.586 | 12.65 | 15.60 | -29.42 | 803 | |
| 1984-08-17T00:00 | 36.543 | -67.556 | 12.63 | 11.30 | -32.06 | 801 | |
| 1984-08-17T07:55 | 36.466 | -67.513 | 12.57 | 16.60 | -24.22 | 801 | |
| 1984-08-17T16:04 | 36.417 | -67.449 | 12.57 | 20.73 | -19.83 | 803 | |
| 1984-08-18T00:00 | 36.363 | -67.379 | 12.46 | 14.00 | -28.05 | 803 | |
| 1984-08-18T07:55 | 36.272 | -67.359 | 12.50 | 14.70 | -26.33 | 801 | |
| 1984-08-18T16:04 | 36.226 | -67.285 | 12.46 | 24.97 | -16.22 | 799 | |
| 1984-08-19T00:00 | 36.187 | -67.198 | 12.42 | 23.51 | -19.60 | 796 | |
| 1984-08-19T07:55 | 36.124 | -67.133 | 12.42 | 25.38 | -16.03 | 791 | |
| 1984-08-19T16:04 | 36.104 | -67.035 | 12.38 | 32.86 | -12.55 | 786 | |
| 1984-08-20T00:00 | 36.059 | -66.922 | 12.39 | 31.00 | -12.66 | 768 | |
| 1984-08-20T07:55 | 36.039 | -66.836 | 12.40 | 49.51 | 3.18 | 763 | |
| 1984-08-20T16:04 | 36.076 | -66.605 | 12.34 | 56.29 | 10.04 | 735 | |
| 1984-08-21T00:00 | 36.091 | -66.475 | 12.36 | 44.92 | 13.06 | 721 | |
| 1984-08-21T07:55 | 36.144 | -66.316 | 12.38 | 48.20 | 20.76 | 709 | |
| 1984-08-21T16:04 | 36.198 | -66.165 | 12.29 | 53.62 | 31.01 | 680 | |
| 1984-08-22T00:00 | 36.304 | -65.971 | 12.33 | 60.45 | 41.95 | 682 | |
| 1984-08-22T07:55 | 36.416 | -65.776 | 12.36 | 57.66 | 42.42 | 676 | |
| 1984-08-22T16:04 | 36.525 | -65.599 | 12.37 | 52.54 | 40.07 | 690 | |
| 1984-08-23T00:00 | 36.624 | -65.436 | 12.45 | 47.56 | 42.35 | 707 | |
| 1984-08-23T07:55 | 36.744 | -65.292 | 12.53 | 38.30 | 40.52 | 717 | |
| 1984-08-23T16:04 | 36.834 | -65.188 | 12.52 | 32.09 | 35.43 | 723 | |
| 1984-08-24T00:00 | 36.928 | -65.084 | 12.50 | 20.34 | 34.86 | 746 | |
| 1984-08-24T07:55 | 37.015 | -65.056 | 12.50 | 13.08 | 35.86 | 753 | |
| 1984-08-24T16:04 | 37.114 | -64.999 | 12.57 | 17.31 | 34.58 | 769 | |
| 1984-08-25T00:00 | 37.195 | -64.944 | 12.83 | 13.65 | 26.77 | 767 | |
| 1984-08-25T07:55 | 37.253 | -64.910 | 12.54 | 4.10 | 27.12 | 777 | |
| 1984-08-25T16:04 | 37.335 | -64.917 | 12.86 | -3.51 | 27.57 | 796 | |
| 1984-08-26T00:00 | 37.396 | -64.933 | 12.54 | 1.47 | 23.94 | 784 | |
| 1984-08-26T07:55 | 37.460 | -64.907 | 12.67 | -0.25 | 18.27 | 793 | |
| 1984-08-26T16:04 | 37.491 | -64.935 | 12.61 | 5.64 | 20.03 | 791 | |
| 1984-08-27T00:00 | 37.563 | -64.870 | 12.83 | 8.37 | 22.22 | 796 | |
| 1984-08-27T07:55 | 37.606 | -64.880 | 12.66 | 0.12 | 9.68 | 794 | |
| 1984-08-27T16:04 | 37.614 | -64.870 | 12.66 | 0.86 | 7.63 | 794 | |
| 1984-08-28T00:00 | 37.646 | -64.874 | 12.89 | 800 | |||
| 1984-08-28T07:55 | 12.77 | 795 | no position |