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Rossby, H Thomas (2006): Water temperature and current velocity from SOFAR float LD58 [dataset]. Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island at Narragansett, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.399164

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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
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 30.885720 * Median Longitude: -71.248161 * South-bound Latitude: 29.194000 * West-bound Longitude: -72.910000 * North-bound Latitude: 32.096000 * East-bound Longitude: -68.805000
Date/Time Start: 1978-05-14T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1978-11-15T00:00:00
Event(s):
LD58 * Latitude Start: 30.984000 * Longitude Start: -69.243000 * Latitude End: 32.073000 * Longitude End: -72.321000 * Date/Time Start: 1978-05-14T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1978-11-15T00:00:00 * Location: South Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: Floater * Method/Device: SOFAR float (SOFAR) * Comment: Nominal depth: 900m
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
DATE/TIMEDate/TimeGeocode
LATITUDELatitudeGeocode
LONGITUDELongitudeGeocode
Current velocity, east-westCur vel Ucm/sRossby, H ThomasSubsurface float
Current velocity, north-southCur vel Vcm/sRossby, H ThomasSubsurface float
Size:
372 data points

Data

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Date/Time

Latitude

Longitude

Cur vel U [cm/s]

Cur vel V [cm/s]
1978-05-14T00:0030.984-69.24319.3121.805
1978-05-15T00:0030.991-69.07218.090-0.916
1978-05-16T00:0030.967-68.92613.465-4.687
1978-05-17T00:0030.922-68.8356.668-6.896
1978-05-18T00:0030.862-68.8050.014-8.146
1978-05-19T00:0030.803-68.836-7.066-6.327
1978-05-20T00:0030.771-68.923-10.965-1.575
1978-05-21T00:0030.780-69.018-9.5703.775
1978-05-22T00:0030.829-69.098-8.9188.802
1978-05-23T00:0030.916-69.178-7.90913.367
1978-05-24T00:0031.034-69.229-2.93016.643
1978-05-25T00:0031.162-69.2215.35814.759
1978-05-26T00:0031.249-69.13911.2797.089
1978-05-27T00:0031.273-69.0438.405-0.382
1978-05-28T00:0031.243-68.9923.716-7.871
1978-05-29T00:0031.146-68.976-1.109-17.026
1978-05-30T00:0030.990-69.030-11.885-21.418
1978-05-31T00:0030.834-69.190-22.360-17.404
1978-06-01T00:0030.730-69.411-25.249-9.050
1978-06-02T00:0030.691-69.630-22.949-1.443
1978-06-03T00:0030.700-69.816-17.6803.273
1978-06-04T00:0030.738-69.943-10.4516.443
1978-06-05T00:0030.794-70.007-4.0337.138
1978-06-06T00:0030.836-70.0200.9902.729
1978-06-07T00:0030.827-69.9983.063-5.351
1978-06-08T00:0030.748-69.9761.377-15.201
1978-06-09T00:0030.594-69.981-2.926-23.535
1978-06-10T00:0030.396-70.035-9.343-26.154
1978-06-11T00:0030.200-70.146-14.783-23.506
1978-06-12T00:0030.033-70.290-16.792-19.543
1978-06-13T00:0029.895-70.445-18.187-15.716
1978-06-14T00:0029.794-70.617-20.125-9.581
1978-06-15T00:0029.747-70.794-18.470-2.924
1978-06-16T00:0029.740-70.935-12.7960.493
1978-06-17T00:0029.747-71.020-6.2560.953
1978-06-18T00:0029.752-71.055-2.4860.313
1978-06-19T00:0029.751-71.071-0.929-0.668
1978-06-20T00:0029.740-71.0633.513-2.262
1978-06-21T00:0029.713-71.00210.055-4.910
1978-06-22T00:0029.658-70.89114.063-9.657
1978-06-23T00:0029.562-70.76314.044-14.578
1978-06-24T00:0029.442-70.65210.179-15.162
1978-06-25T00:0029.336-70.5884.183-11.753
1978-06-26T00:0029.261-70.573-0.278-7.484
1978-06-27T00:0029.218-70.591-4.089-3.724
1978-06-28T00:0029.198-70.647-8.351-1.866
1978-06-29T00:0029.194-70.734-10.7931.953
1978-06-30T00:0029.240-70.833-11.28110.219
1978-07-01T00:0029.347-70.924-8.21416.055
1978-07-02T00:0029.473-70.968-1.39715.233
1978-07-03T00:0029.577-70.9534.02211.530
1978-07-04T00:0029.658-70.9075.8279.847
1978-07-05T00:0029.735-70.8487.9689.891
1978-07-06T00:0029.813-70.75812.34710.244
1978-07-07T00:0029.896-70.62916.14811.097
1978-07-08T00:0029.984-70.47617.63611.182
1978-07-09T00:0030.064-70.31917.1858.837
1978-07-10T00:0030.120-70.17414.7425.818
1978-07-11T00:0030.157-70.05910.8573.688
1978-07-12T00:0030.176-69.9806.7270.984
1978-07-13T00:0030.171-69.9373.039-2.235
1978-07-14T00:0030.134-69.926-0.823-8.209
1978-07-15T00:0030.048-69.961-7.786-12.271
1978-07-16T00:0029.966-70.063-13.923-7.368
1978-07-17T00:0029.941-70.191-13.6040.560
1978-07-18T00:0029.968-70.298-10.4295.898
1978-07-19T00:0030.022-70.379-7.6827.025
1978-07-20T00:0030.079-70.439-6.0758.726
1978-07-21T00:0030.163-70.484-3.17212.342
1978-07-22T00:0030.262-70.4921.03112.342
1978-07-23T00:0030.350-70.4761.71810.267
1978-07-24T00:0030.418-70.4641.4456.635
1978-07-25T00:0030.454-70.4491.5113.223
1978-07-26T00:0030.475-70.4400.5152.412
1978-07-27T00:0030.494-70.440-0.5702.526
1978-07-28T00:0030.515-70.450-1.5642.882
1978-07-29T00:0030.538-70.467-2.1702.885
1978-07-30T00:0030.560-70.489-2.7502.900
1978-07-31T00:0030.584-70.515-2.8193.221
1978-08-01T00:0030.611-70.543-3.9583.848
1978-08-02T00:0030.644-70.588-5.6534.484
1978-08-03T00:0030.679-70.639-5.3844.392
1978-08-04T00:0030.714-70.684-4.7554.894
1978-08-05T00:0030.762-70.729-5.5287.980
1978-08-06T00:0030.839-70.783-6.04011.302
1978-08-07T00:0030.932-70.832-4.52712.252
1978-08-08T00:0031.025-70.860-1.40911.291
1978-08-09T00:0031.103-70.8581.5368.410
1978-08-10T00:0031.154-70.8363.2114.729
1978-08-11T00:0031.178-70.8043.4971.547
1978-08-12T00:0031.181-70.7762.661-0.522
1978-08-13T00:0031.171-70.7542.412-2.152
1978-08-14T00:0031.146-70.7322.257-4.342
1978-08-15T00:0031.105-70.7170.808-5.888
1978-08-16T00:0031.056-70.716-0.190-6.752
1978-08-17T00:0031.000-70.719-0.712-7.524
1978-08-18T00:0030.942-70.734-2.933-7.035
1978-08-19T00:0030.892-70.771-4.814-5.910
1978-08-20T00:0030.847-70.815-4.702-5.895
1978-08-21T00:0030.801-70.861-6.270-5.541
1978-08-22T00:0030.763-70.933-9.430-4.276
1978-08-23T00:0030.734-71.027-11.196-3.145
1978-08-24T00:0030.713-71.134-12.628-2.390
1978-08-25T00:0030.696-71.255-14.126-1.922
1978-08-26T00:0030.683-71.384-14.035-1.471
1978-08-27T00:0030.673-71.507-13.578-1.046
1978-08-28T00:0030.669-71.634-14.8400.268
1978-08-29T00:0030.678-71.775-16.2401.900
1978-08-30T00:0030.697-71.921-15.6902.911
1978-08-31T00:0030.724-72.052-13.1464.162
1978-09-01T00:0030.763-72.162-11.8775.846
1978-09-02T00:0030.815-72.274-13.1457.483
1978-09-03T00:0030.879-72.397-13.6228.875
1978-09-04T00:0030.952-72.513-11.7229.752
1978-09-05T00:0031.030-72.608-9.49810.242
1978-09-06T00:0031.112-72.689-8.63610.871
1978-09-07T00:0031.198-72.766-8.29210.948
1978-09-08T00:0031.280-72.835-6.51210.011
1978-09-09T00:0031.354-72.881-3.6899.063
1978-09-10T00:0031.422-72.904-1.5338.404
1978-09-11T00:0031.485-72.9100.2437.755
1978-09-12T00:0031.542-72.9011.5506.774
1978-09-13T00:0031.589-72.8793.7785.187
1978-09-14T00:0031.623-72.8297.0643.662
1978-09-15T00:0031.650-72.7549.1453.649
1978-09-16T00:0031.682-72.6708.7234.457
1978-09-17T00:0031.717-72.5996.9944.316
1978-09-18T00:0031.748-72.5377.0733.689
1978-09-19T00:0031.777-72.4697.4844.030
1978-09-20T00:0031.812-72.4095.0914.833
1978-09-21T00:0031.851-72.3791.7435.127
1978-09-22T00:0031.891-72.3720.0975.073
1978-09-23T00:0031.930-72.376-1.1434.996
1978-09-24T00:0031.968-72.394-2.7454.588
1978-09-25T00:0031.999-72.425-3.9603.219
1978-09-26T00:0032.017-72.458-2.4161.400
1978-09-27T00:0032.023-72.469-0.8110.420
1978-09-28T00:0032.024-72.486-3.525-0.386
1978-09-29T00:0032.016-72.532-5.755-1.571
1978-09-30T00:0032.000-72.578-3.637-2.568
1978-10-01T00:0031.977-72.598-1.353-3.171
1978-10-02T00:0031.951-72.609-1.123-3.614
1978-10-03T00:0031.921-72.617-0.392-3.932
1978-10-04T00:0031.891-72.6160.395-3.759
1978-10-05T00:0031.862-72.6120.455-3.748
1978-10-06T00:0031.831-72.6032.056-4.349
1978-10-07T00:0031.792-72.5753.484-5.808
1978-10-08T00:0031.740-72.5472.422-7.456
1978-10-09T00:0031.677-72.5272.618-8.643
1978-10-10T00:0031.606-72.4963.897-9.560
1978-10-11T00:0031.528-72.4632.884-10.479
1978-10-12T00:0031.443-72.4432.045-11.277
1978-10-13T00:0031.353-72.4203.128-11.783
1978-10-14T00:0031.260-72.3883.614-12.041
1978-10-15T00:0031.167-72.3592.588-11.657
1978-10-16T00:0031.082-72.3430.929-9.855
1978-10-17T00:0031.014-72.340-0.009-7.821
1978-10-18T00:0030.959-72.3390.436-6.211
1978-10-19T00:0030.918-72.3291.913-4.290
1978-10-20T00:0030.893-72.3101.535-2.036
1978-10-21T00:0030.886-72.308-1.0830.114
1978-10-22T00:0030.895-72.325-2.1842.349
1978-10-23T00:0030.922-72.345-2.4634.348
1978-10-24T00:0030.960-72.367-1.9025.278
1978-10-25T00:0031.005-72.381-1.8706.489
1978-10-26T00:0031.063-72.408-4.2138.415
1978-10-27T00:0031.134-72.454-5.4709.511
1978-10-28T00:0031.209-72.502-5.0379.746
1978-10-29T00:0031.286-72.546-4.82310.017
1978-10-30T00:0031.365-72.591-5.09710.239
1978-10-31T00:0031.444-72.634-3.8639.852
1978-11-01T00:0031.517-72.656-0.9098.871
1978-11-02T00:0031.583-72.6521.5588.177
1978-11-03T00:0031.647-72.6332.2538.471
1978-11-04T00:0031.716-72.6151.6189.145
1978-11-05T00:0031.789-72.607-0.1659.620
1978-11-06T00:0031.865-72.618-1.9409.741
1978-11-07T00:0031.937-72.634-0.9468.396
1978-11-08T00:0031.993-72.6292.1095.955
1978-11-09T00:0032.032-72.5993.9944.360
1978-11-10T00:0032.063-72.5604.5473.554
1978-11-11T00:0032.085-72.5155.3621.828
1978-11-12T00:0032.093-72.4664.8170.685
1978-11-13T00:0032.096-72.4245.195-0.332
1978-11-14T00:0032.087-72.3705.868-1.665
1978-11-15T00:0032.073-72.3215.099-1.863