Citation:

PANGAEA.399158

Always quote citation above when using data! You can download the citation in several formats below.

RIS Citation BibTeX Citation Text Citation Facebook TwitterShow Map Google Earth

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: 29.928587 * Median Longitude: -71.020813 * South-bound Latitude: 28.033000 * West-bound Longitude: -73.199000 * North-bound Latitude: 31.821000 * East-bound Longitude: -68.798000

Date/Time Start: 1978-05-13T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1978-07-26T00:00:00

Event(s):

LD52 * Latitude Start: 30.969000 * Longitude Start: -69.495000 * Latitude End: 28.033000 * Longitude End: -72.670000 * Date/Time Start: 1978-05-13T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1978-07-26T00:00:00 * Location: South Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: * Method/Device: SOFAR float (SOFAR) * Comment: Nominal depth: 700m

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:

300 data points

Data

Download dataset as tab-delimited text — use the following character encoding:

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]
1978-05-13T00:00	30.969	-69.495	11.90	-13.302	7.532	761.25
1978-05-14T00:00	31.047	-69.554	11.89	7.028	14.963	759.00
1978-05-15T00:00	31.162	-69.366	11.88	27.906	6.912	756.75
1978-05-16T00:00	31.127	-69.173	11.85	7.493	-11.813	754.50
1978-05-17T00:00	31.105	-69.220	11.81	-9.540	18.397	754.29
1978-05-18T00:00	31.358	-69.210	11.83	18.360	27.149	754.08
1978-05-19T00:00	31.410	-68.965	11.85	20.311	-9.579	754.21
1978-05-20T00:00	31.335	-68.944	11.82	-11.774	2.312	754.33
1978-05-21T00:00	31.480	-69.038	11.78	2.638	27.280	755.33
1978-05-22T00:00	31.640	-68.897	11.81	16.680	5.985	756.33
1978-05-23T00:00	31.577	-68.839	11.83	-3.808	-13.879	755.00
1978-05-24T00:00	31.543	-68.922	11.87	-9.701	12.185	753.67
1978-05-25T00:00	31.697	-68.928	11.91	13.245	11.335	752.84
1978-05-26T00:00	31.657	-68.798	11.93	-2.476	-13.637	752.00
1978-05-27T00:00	31.599	-68.989	11.94	-23.450	5.486	750.59
1978-05-28T00:00	31.716	-69.062	12.12	9.271	14.410	749.17
1978-05-29T00:00	31.744	-68.930	12.30	5.753	-7.301	747.88
1978-05-30T00:00	31.677	-69.031	12.27	-22.096	-0.221	746.58
1978-05-31T00:00	31.766	-69.202	12.24	-6.925	16.657	744.75
1978-06-01T00:00	31.821	-69.134	12.34	15.884	-10.967	742.92
1978-06-02T00:00	31.635	-69.057	12.44	-8.962	-23.224	742.21
1978-06-03T00:00	31.565	-69.260	12.55	-21.589	5.307	741.50
1978-06-04T00:00	31.640	-69.335	12.65	3.678	3.920	740.25
1978-06-05T00:00	31.552	-69.278	12.72	0.932	-25.991	739.00
1978-06-06T00:00	31.317	-69.389	12.79	-25.275	-24.305	737.88
1978-06-07T00:00	31.235	-69.650	12.83	-22.808	1.176	736.75
1978-06-08T00:00	31.260	-69.741	12.87	0.088	-2.342	736.17
1978-06-09T00:00	31.142	-69.730	12.84	-4.013	-27.611	735.58
1978-06-10T00:00	30.893	-69.865	12.80	-25.163	-28.494	736.67
1978-06-11T00:00	30.759	-70.122	12.81	-25.498	-5.847	737.75
1978-06-12T00:00	30.736	-70.250	12.82	-0.803	-8.554	738.46
1978-06-13T00:00	30.570	-70.228	12.73	-6.542	-32.690	739.17
1978-06-14T00:00	30.312	-70.411	12.63	-26.728	-23.892	740.29
1978-06-15T00:00	30.227	-70.610	12.76	-14.121	-3.765	741.42
1978-06-16T00:00	30.166	-70.644	12.89	5.357	-17.242	741.67
1978-06-17T00:00	29.949	-70.625	12.65	-12.343	-34.267	741.92
1978-06-18T00:00	29.741	-70.865	12.40	-30.139	-9.270	742.46
1978-06-19T00:00	29.759	-71.022	12.39	-0.427	-1.782	743.00
1978-06-20T00:00	29.631	-70.982	12.38	-7.463	-25.937	743.46
1978-06-21T00:00	29.455	-71.204	12.55	-30.975	-11.469	743.92
1978-06-22T00:00	29.455	-71.398	12.72	-8.751	4.076	744.42
1978-06-23T00:00	29.429	-71.388	12.62	4.000	-14.842	744.92
1978-06-24T00:00	29.244	-71.430	12.52	-18.061	-25.913	745.75
1978-06-25T00:00	29.110	-71.681	12.58	-30.700	-4.271	746.58
1978-06-26T00:00	29.151	-71.877	12.63	-10.187	7.208	746.96
1978-06-27T00:00	29.139	-71.890	12.45	0.826	-13.400	747.33
1978-06-28T00:00	28.975	-71.962	12.27	-21.871	-21.338	746.29
1978-06-29T00:00	28.884	-72.230	12.36	-28.431	0.619	745.25
1978-06-30T00:00	28.945	-72.380	12.44	-5.966	7.316	746.75
1978-07-01T00:00	28.916	-72.393	12.28	-2.900	-17.567	748.25
1978-07-02T00:00	28.739	-72.493	12.13	-20.729	-16.322	748.04
1978-07-03T00:00	28.730	-72.698	12.20	-17.630	11.278	747.83
1978-07-04T00:00	28.806	-72.755	12.26	2.377	-3.006	748.13
1978-07-05T00:00	28.672	-72.751	12.16	-9.870	-21.571	748.42
1978-07-06T00:00	28.587	-72.918	12.07	-18.238	5.015	748.79
1978-07-07T00:00	28.683	-72.980	12.09	5.041	5.743	749.17
1978-07-08T00:00	28.606	-72.912	12.10	0.095	-20.675	748.63
1978-07-09T00:00	28.480	-73.016	12.05	-17.668	-1.161	748.08
1978-07-10T00:00	28.573	-73.117	11.99	0.875	12.618	748.46
1978-07-11T00:00	28.565	-73.036	11.97	7.357	-16.602	748.83
1978-07-12T00:00	28.406	-73.067	11.94	-13.339	-10.471	749.54
1978-07-13T00:00	28.446	-73.174	11.90	-0.967	12.693	750.25
1978-07-14T00:00	28.489	-73.087	11.85	10.395	-8.364	750.71
1978-07-15T00:00	28.356	-73.086	11.83	-10.707	-13.868	751.17
1978-07-16T00:00	28.345	-73.199	11.80	-5.707	8.424	751.71
1978-07-17T00:00	28.395	-73.142	11.77	14.466	-4.822	752.25
1978-07-18T00:00	28.271	-73.049	11.73	-1.119	-17.611	751.84
1978-07-19T00:00	28.208	-73.140	11.69	-9.332	3.310	751.42
1978-07-20T00:00	28.273	-73.122	11.66	13.554	5.140	751.92
1978-07-21T00:00	28.230	-72.971	11.59	12.687	-15.404	752.42
1978-07-22T00:00	28.101	-72.957	11.52	-8.084	-9.706	753.13
1978-07-23T00:00	28.116	-73.022	11.44	2.230	10.365	753.83
1978-07-24T00:00	28.187	-72.889	11.36	22.349	1.339	754.17
1978-07-25T00:00	28.125	-72.716	11.28	12.715	-12.256	754.50
1978-07-26T00:00	28.033	-72.670	11.20	1.491	-11.572	754.84