Citation:

PANGAEA.399140

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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:

Spain, D L; O'Gara, R; Rossby, H Thomas: SOFAR float data report of the POLYMODE local dynamics experiment. Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, 80-1, lde.htm

Project(s):

World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE)

Coverage:

Median Latitude: 31.156143 * Median Longitude: -68.486286 * South-bound Latitude: 31.115000 * West-bound Longitude: -68.626000 * North-bound Latitude: 31.180000 * East-bound Longitude: -68.384000

Date/Time Start: 1978-05-15T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1978-05-21T00:00:00

Event(s):

LD33 * Latitude Start: 31.115000 * Longitude Start: -68.626000 * Latitude End: 31.180000 * Longitude End: -68.384000 * Date/Time Start: 1978-05-15T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1978-05-21T00:00:00 * Location: South Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: * Method/Device: SOFAR float (SOFAR) * Comment: Nominal depth: 1500m

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):

#	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

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)

Size:

28 data points

Data

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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]
1978-05-15T00:00	31.115	-68.626	4.49	6.975	1.790	1458.74
1978-05-16T00:00	31.130	-68.567	4.48	5.591	2.195	1457.73
1978-05-17T00:00	31.149	-68.524	4.47	4.439	2.519	1456.73
1978-05-18T00:00	31.166	-68.480	4.46	5.459	1.587	1455.61
1978-05-19T00:00	31.174	-68.429	4.32	5.177	0.757	1454.49
1978-05-20T00:00	31.179	-68.394	4.17	2.304	0.389	1453.37
1978-05-21T00:00	31.180	-68.384	4.03	0.502	-0.002	1452.25