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Rossby, H Thomas (2006): Water temperature and current velocity from RAFOS float SY177 [dataset]. Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island at Narragansett, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.398897

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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:
Anderson-Fontana, S; Rossby, H Thomas: RAFOS floats in the SYNOP Experiment 1988-1990. Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, 91-7, synop.htm
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 36.684000 * Median Longitude: -72.560333 * South-bound Latitude: 36.204000 * West-bound Longitude: -73.182000 * North-bound Latitude: 37.027000 * East-bound Longitude: -71.757000
Date/Time Start: 1989-02-03T16:04:00 * Date/Time End: 1989-02-05T07:55:00
Event(s):
SY177 * Latitude Start: 36.204000 * Longitude Start: -73.182000 * Latitude End: 37.027000 * Longitude End: -71.757000 * Date/Time Start: 1989-02-03T16:04:00 * Date/Time End: 1989-02-05T07:55:00 * Location: South Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: Floater * Method/Device: RAFOS float (RAFOS) * Comment: Nominal depth: 450m
Comment:
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
DATE/TIMEDate/TimeGeocode
LATITUDELatitudeGeocode
LONGITUDELongitudeGeocode
Temperature, waterTemp°CRossby, H ThomasSubsurface float
Current velocity, east-westCur vel Ucm/sRossby, H ThomasSubsurface float
Current velocity, north-southCur vel Vcm/sRossby, H ThomasSubsurface float
Pressure, maximumPress maxdbarRossby, H ThomasSubsurface float
Size:
20 data points

Data

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Date/Time

Latitude

Longitude

Temp [°C]

Cur vel U [cm/s]

Cur vel V [cm/s]

Press max [dbar]
1989-02-03T16:0436.204-73.18214.806503.1
1989-02-04T00:0036.413-72.96014.54175.4585.91479.5
1989-02-04T07:5536.649-72.69514.57272.4081.28432.8
1989-02-04T16:0436.834-72.49214.61564.5863.04434.4
1989-02-05T00:0036.977-72.27614.731113.0837.12435.2
1989-02-05T07:5537.027-71.75714.860452.8