Rossby, H Thomas (2006): Water temperature and current velocity from SOFAR float LD68 [dataset]. Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island at Narragansett, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.399176
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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
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Coverage:
Median Latitude: 31.987306 * Median Longitude: -67.441447 * South-bound Latitude: 31.018000 * West-bound Longitude: -69.778000 * North-bound Latitude: 33.355000 * East-bound Longitude: -65.422000
Date/Time Start: 1978-08-02T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1978-10-25T00:00:00
Event(s):
LD68 * Latitude Start: 31.018000 * Longitude Start: -69.752000 * Latitude End: 32.740000 * Longitude End: -66.009000 * Date/Time Start: 1978-08-02T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1978-10-25T00:00:00 * Location: South Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: Floater * 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 |
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Size:
340 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] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978-08-02T00:00 | 31.018 | -69.752 | 12.19 | 0.187 | 2.920 | 702.13 |
| 1978-08-03T00:00 | 31.039 | -69.752 | 12.23 | -0.374 | 2.244 | 701.67 |
| 1978-08-04T00:00 | 31.052 | -69.759 | 12.26 | -1.013 | 1.193 | 701.22 |
| 1978-08-05T00:00 | 31.059 | -69.769 | 12.35 | -1.208 | 0.682 | 700.76 |
| 1978-08-06T00:00 | 31.064 | -69.778 | 12.43 | -0.450 | 0.697 | 700.68 |
| 1978-08-07T00:00 | 31.072 | -69.775 | 12.51 | 1.019 | 1.536 | 700.59 |
| 1978-08-08T00:00 | 31.088 | -69.762 | 12.58 | 1.674 | 2.400 | 700.25 |
| 1978-08-09T00:00 | 31.107 | -69.744 | 12.65 | 2.553 | 2.337 | 699.91 |
| 1978-08-10T00:00 | 31.124 | -69.715 | 12.71 | 3.684 | 2.110 | 699.46 |
| 1978-08-11T00:00 | 31.142 | -69.679 | 12.76 | 4.238 | 2.696 | 699.00 |
| 1978-08-12T00:00 | 31.170 | -69.640 | 12.80 | 4.196 | 4.813 | 698.71 |
| 1978-08-13T00:00 | 31.216 | -69.603 | 12.83 | 4.136 | 6.540 | 698.42 |
| 1978-08-14T00:00 | 31.268 | -69.564 | 12.85 | 4.404 | 6.754 | 699.00 |
| 1978-08-15T00:00 | 31.322 | -69.521 | 12.86 | 5.360 | 7.249 | 699.58 |
| 1978-08-16T00:00 | 31.381 | -69.466 | 12.87 | 6.544 | 7.750 | 700.42 |
| 1978-08-17T00:00 | 31.441 | -69.404 | 12.90 | 7.111 | 7.561 | 701.25 |
| 1978-08-18T00:00 | 31.498 | -69.337 | 12.92 | 7.596 | 7.046 | 701.75 |
| 1978-08-19T00:00 | 31.552 | -69.267 | 12.96 | 7.700 | 6.988 | 702.25 |
| 1978-08-20T00:00 | 31.607 | -69.197 | 13.00 | 7.761 | 6.967 | 702.08 |
| 1978-08-21T00:00 | 31.659 | -69.121 | 13.06 | 9.362 | 6.338 | 701.91 |
| 1978-08-22T00:00 | 31.706 | -69.024 | 13.11 | 11.762 | 5.793 | 701.49 |
| 1978-08-23T00:00 | 31.748 | -68.912 | 13.15 | 12.383 | 4.754 | 701.08 |
| 1978-08-24T00:00 | 31.777 | -68.797 | 13.20 | 13.392 | 2.527 | 700.79 |
| 1978-08-25T00:00 | 31.788 | -68.664 | 13.22 | 15.617 | 0.540 | 700.50 |
| 1978-08-26T00:00 | 31.789 | -68.517 | 13.24 | 16.222 | -0.067 | 699.58 |
| 1978-08-27T00:00 | 31.788 | -68.372 | 13.26 | 15.522 | -0.273 | 698.66 |
| 1978-08-28T00:00 | 31.782 | -68.233 | 13.28 | 15.085 | -1.537 | 698.38 |
| 1978-08-29T00:00 | 31.764 | -68.098 | 13.30 | 14.255 | -2.819 | 698.09 |
| 1978-08-30T00:00 | 31.743 | -67.977 | 13.31 | 12.107 | -2.203 | 697.92 |
| 1978-08-31T00:00 | 31.732 | -67.877 | 13.33 | 10.030 | -0.688 | 697.75 |
| 1978-09-01T00:00 | 31.729 | -67.790 | 13.34 | 9.306 | -0.436 | 698.21 |
| 1978-09-02T00:00 | 31.725 | -67.706 | 13.34 | 9.016 | -0.262 | 698.66 |
| 1978-09-03T00:00 | 31.729 | -67.627 | 13.33 | 8.271 | 1.483 | 698.87 |
| 1978-09-04T00:00 | 31.748 | -67.557 | 13.32 | 6.931 | 3.184 | 699.08 |
| 1978-09-05T00:00 | 31.775 | -67.499 | 13.31 | 6.117 | 3.490 | 699.59 |
| 1978-09-06T00:00 | 31.800 | -67.444 | 13.31 | 5.769 | 2.877 | 700.09 |
| 1978-09-07T00:00 | 31.822 | -67.395 | 13.30 | 5.007 | 3.098 | 700.59 |
| 1978-09-08T00:00 | 31.850 | -67.352 | 13.32 | 4.449 | 3.982 | 701.08 |
| 1978-09-09T00:00 | 31.881 | -67.314 | 13.34 | 3.816 | 3.689 | 700.63 |
| 1978-09-10T00:00 | 31.905 | -67.282 | 13.37 | 3.283 | 2.436 | 700.17 |
| 1978-09-11T00:00 | 31.920 | -67.254 | 13.40 | 2.760 | 1.582 | 699.76 |
| 1978-09-12T00:00 | 31.930 | -67.231 | 13.43 | 2.424 | 0.860 | 699.34 |
| 1978-09-13T00:00 | 31.934 | -67.209 | 13.45 | 2.319 | 0.366 | 699.38 |
| 1978-09-14T00:00 | 31.939 | -67.191 | 13.44 | 1.435 | 1.140 | 699.41 |
| 1978-09-15T00:00 | 31.950 | -67.182 | 13.44 | 0.805 | 1.234 | 699.79 |
| 1978-09-16T00:00 | 31.956 | -67.171 | 13.44 | 1.912 | 0.469 | 700.17 |
| 1978-09-17T00:00 | 31.957 | -67.146 | 13.45 | 3.361 | -0.416 | 700.66 |
| 1978-09-18T00:00 | 31.948 | -67.115 | 13.47 | 3.025 | -1.886 | 701.16 |
| 1978-09-19T00:00 | 31.930 | -67.091 | 13.48 | 2.594 | -2.436 | 700.50 |
| 1978-09-20T00:00 | 31.911 | -67.061 | 13.50 | 4.330 | -2.615 | 699.84 |
| 1978-09-21T00:00 | 31.888 | -67.013 | 13.52 | 5.706 | -3.276 | 700.00 |
| 1978-09-22T00:00 | 31.862 | -66.961 | 13.53 | 5.696 | -3.148 | 700.16 |
| 1978-09-23T00:00 | 31.839 | -66.905 | 13.54 | 6.999 | -2.999 | 699.49 |
| 1978-09-24T00:00 | 31.817 | -66.831 | 13.53 | 9.037 | -2.183 | 698.83 |
| 1978-09-25T00:00 | 31.808 | -66.741 | 13.52 | 10.768 | -0.205 | 698.17 |
| 1978-09-26T00:00 | 31.812 | -66.633 | 13.47 | 12.987 | 1.077 | 697.50 |
| 1978-09-27T00:00 | 31.823 | -66.507 | 13.42 | 14.212 | 1.673 | 696.75 |
| 1978-09-28T00:00 | 31.842 | -66.380 | 13.36 | 13.334 | 3.780 | 696.00 |
| 1978-09-29T00:00 | 31.884 | -66.265 | 13.30 | 11.988 | 6.690 | 695.34 |
| 1978-09-30T00:00 | 31.943 | -66.161 | 13.26 | 10.659 | 8.344 | 694.67 |
| 1978-10-01T00:00 | 32.014 | -66.071 | 13.21 | 9.070 | 9.984 | 694.46 |
| 1978-10-02T00:00 | 32.101 | -65.996 | 13.16 | 7.193 | 12.551 | 694.25 |
| 1978-10-03T00:00 | 32.210 | -65.940 | 13.12 | 5.094 | 15.275 | 694.88 |
| 1978-10-04T00:00 | 32.338 | -65.901 | 13.14 | 3.535 | 17.598 | 695.50 |
| 1978-10-05T00:00 | 32.482 | -65.873 | 13.15 | 2.672 | 19.060 | 696.09 |
| 1978-10-06T00:00 | 32.628 | -65.849 | 13.20 | 2.751 | 17.821 | 696.67 |
| 1978-10-07T00:00 | 32.758 | -65.821 | 13.26 | 3.267 | 15.930 | 698.04 |
| 1978-10-08T00:00 | 32.881 | -65.793 | 13.32 | 2.403 | 15.879 | 699.41 |
| 1978-10-09T00:00 | 33.005 | -65.777 | 13.37 | 1.422 | 15.667 | 700.58 |
| 1978-10-10T00:00 | 33.116 | -65.759 | 13.39 | 2.940 | 11.947 | 701.75 |
| 1978-10-11T00:00 | 33.191 | -65.720 | 13.41 | 5.287 | 8.170 | 702.38 |
| 1978-10-12T00:00 | 33.254 | -65.669 | 13.47 | 5.055 | 8.514 | 703.00 |
| 1978-10-13T00:00 | 33.319 | -65.629 | 13.53 | 3.940 | 7.064 | 703.46 |
| 1978-10-14T00:00 | 33.355 | -65.592 | 13.65 | 4.083 | 2.124 | 703.92 |
| 1978-10-15T00:00 | 33.351 | -65.550 | 13.77 | 5.260 | -3.236 | 704.16 |
| 1978-10-16T00:00 | 33.302 | -65.492 | 13.92 | 7.204 | -9.589 | 704.41 |
| 1978-10-17T00:00 | 33.206 | -65.431 | 14.07 | 4.411 | -14.246 | 705.71 |
| 1978-10-18T00:00 | 33.084 | -65.422 | 14.20 | -2.195 | -17.374 | 707.00 |
| 1978-10-19T00:00 | 32.937 | -65.464 | 14.34 | -6.343 | -19.844 | 708.63 |
| 1978-10-20T00:00 | 32.786 | -65.533 | 14.42 | -8.489 | -18.002 | 710.25 |
| 1978-10-21T00:00 | 32.667 | -65.620 | 14.50 | -10.450 | -12.114 | 711.13 |
| 1978-10-22T00:00 | 32.602 | -65.726 | 14.59 | -12.570 | -4.390 | 712.00 |
| 1978-10-23T00:00 | 32.597 | -65.846 | 14.68 | -12.926 | 2.722 | 713.88 |
| 1978-10-24T00:00 | 32.644 | -65.950 | 14.77 | -8.735 | 9.674 | 715.76 |
| 1978-10-25T00:00 | 32.740 | -66.009 | 14.86 | -5.239 | 13.646 | 717.64 |