Not logged in
PANGAEA.
Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science

Rossby, H Thomas (2006): Current velocity from SOFAR float MO40 [dataset]. Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island at Narragansett, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.399222

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

RIS CitationBibTeX CitationShow MapGoogle 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:
Dow, D L; Rossby, H Thomas; Signorini, Sergio R: SOFAR floats in MODE: Final report of the float trajectory data. Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, 77-3, mode.htm
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 27.744479 * Median Longitude: -68.535562 * South-bound Latitude: 27.430000 * West-bound Longitude: -68.771000 * North-bound Latitude: 28.135000 * East-bound Longitude: -68.201000
Date/Time Start: 1973-06-07T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1973-10-30T00:00:00
Event(s):
MO40 * Latitude Start: 27.712000 * Longitude Start: -68.620000 * Latitude End: 28.135000 * Longitude End: -68.240000 * Date/Time Start: 1973-06-07T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1973-10-30T00:00:00 * Location: South Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: Floater * 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):
#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:
292 data points

Data

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


Date/Time

Latitude

Longitude

Cur vel U [cm/s]

Cur vel V [cm/s]
1973-06-07T00:0027.712-68.6203.9900.834
1973-06-08T00:0027.717-68.603-2.1560.256
1973-06-09T00:0027.718-68.650-5.6390.451
1973-06-10T00:0027.726-68.6730.7401.404
1973-06-11T00:0027.736-68.6493.0190.857
1973-06-12T00:0027.739-68.6301.9050.169
1973-06-13T00:0027.742-68.6160.6620.777
1973-06-14T00:0027.750-68.617-0.1020.956
1973-06-15T00:0027.754-68.6121.1130.014
1973-06-16T00:0027.752-68.6011.125-0.244
1973-06-17T00:0027.751-68.5921.232-0.191
1973-06-18T00:0027.748-68.5830.110-0.531
1973-06-19T00:0027.743-68.588-0.299-0.762
1973-06-20T00:0027.735-68.5821.427-1.424
1973-06-21T00:0027.721-68.573-0.275-2.008
1973-06-22T00:0027.706-68.582-0.327-1.703
1973-06-23T00:0027.693-68.5741.243-1.954
1973-06-24T00:0027.675-68.571-0.875-2.409
1973-06-25T00:0027.657-68.581-0.141-2.263
1973-06-26T00:0027.641-68.5730.755-1.621
1973-06-27T00:0027.632-68.577-1.510-0.871
1973-06-28T00:0027.625-68.592-1.229-1.053
1973-06-29T00:0027.617-68.597-0.428-0.690
1973-06-30T00:0027.614-68.603-0.827-0.420
1973-07-01T00:0027.610-68.6070.309-0.322
1973-07-02T00:0027.612-68.6010.2770.939
1973-07-03T00:0027.622-68.608-1.7581.183
1973-07-04T00:0027.629-68.621-0.1000.870
1973-07-05T00:0027.638-68.6130.4461.493
1973-07-06T00:0027.650-68.623-2.3691.238
1973-07-07T00:0027.656-68.640-0.2220.480
1973-07-08T00:0027.659-68.6291.2010.304
1973-07-09T00:0027.661-68.632-1.8430.226
1973-07-10T00:0027.664-68.657-3.4230.713
1973-07-11T00:0027.670-68.680-0.9070.383
1973-07-12T00:0027.667-68.6760.540-1.092
1973-07-13T00:0027.657-68.682-1.940-1.017
1973-07-14T00:0027.652-68.701-1.345-0.612
1973-07-15T00:0027.644-68.706-0.906-1.536
1973-07-16T00:0027.630-68.722-2.229-1.708
1973-07-17T00:0027.618-68.739-1.486-1.636
1973-07-18T00:0027.604-68.750-1.424-1.752
1973-07-19T00:0027.592-68.764-1.388-1.359
1973-07-20T00:0027.582-68.771-0.222-1.276
1973-07-21T00:0027.571-68.7690.565-1.617
1973-07-22T00:0027.558-68.7640.363-1.490
1973-07-23T00:0027.548-68.7630.039-1.272
1973-07-24T00:0027.537-68.7620.165-1.502
1973-07-25T00:0027.525-68.7581.014-1.571
1973-07-26T00:0027.513-68.7461.266-1.448
1973-07-27T00:0027.501-68.7380.786-1.872
1973-07-28T00:0027.485-68.7281.770-1.839
1973-07-29T00:0027.474-68.7092.087-1.161
1973-07-30T00:0027.465-68.6951.207-1.213
1973-07-31T00:0027.456-68.6851.321-0.914
1973-08-01T00:0027.450-68.6731.060-0.903
1973-08-02T00:0027.441-68.6641.647-1.247
1973-08-03T00:0027.433-68.6422.995-0.652
1973-08-04T00:0027.431-68.6191.8230.006
1973-08-05T00:0027.431-68.6062.073-0.141
1973-08-06T00:0027.430-68.5793.6180.173
1973-08-07T00:0027.436-68.5512.3361.374
1973-08-08T00:0027.449-68.5361.7981.639
1973-08-09T00:0027.461-68.5172.1421.687
1973-08-10T00:0027.476-68.4992.3322.002
1973-08-11T00:0027.491-68.4752.9441.846
1973-08-12T00:0027.505-68.4493.0501.772
1973-08-13T00:0027.519-68.4223.0401.840
1973-08-14T00:0027.534-68.4040.2262.026
1973-08-15T00:0027.549-68.413-0.8581.599
1973-08-16T00:0027.559-68.4072.1761.196
1973-08-17T00:0027.568-68.3871.0700.928
1973-08-18T00:0027.573-68.3870.4020.478
1973-08-19T00:0027.576-68.3761.0950.239
1973-08-20T00:0027.576-68.3720.362-0.281
1973-08-21T00:0027.573-68.3670.544-0.272
1973-08-22T00:0027.573-68.369-1.5090.213
1973-08-23T00:0027.574-68.388-1.711-0.195
1973-08-24T00:0027.570-68.3930.125-0.588
1973-08-25T00:0027.567-68.392-0.159-0.146
1973-08-26T00:0027.567-68.399-1.5490.016
1973-08-27T00:0027.567-68.413-0.8480.080
1973-08-28T00:0027.568-68.4072.2000.047
1973-08-29T00:0027.568-68.3832.3330.115
1973-08-30T00:0027.572-68.3701.1531.030
1973-08-31T00:0027.585-68.363-0.0852.306
1973-09-01T00:0027.606-68.372-1.4992.828
1973-09-02T00:0027.627-68.3780.9382.543
1973-09-03T00:0027.647-68.3630.8312.774
1973-09-04T00:0027.669-68.367-0.4932.521
1973-09-05T00:0027.686-68.3650.4572.149
1973-09-06T00:0027.704-68.3610.7192.351
1973-09-07T00:0027.722-68.3530.7782.298
1973-09-08T00:0027.740-68.352-0.7462.307
1973-09-09T00:0027.757-68.3590.1511.941
1973-09-10T00:0027.770-68.3491.1671.471
1973-09-11T00:0027.783-68.346-0.3702.178
1973-09-12T00:0027.805-68.354-1.3983.283
1973-09-13T00:0027.829-68.364-0.1942.389
1973-09-14T00:0027.842-68.3561.4901.397
1973-09-15T00:0027.857-68.355-2.6872.796
1973-09-16T00:0027.883-68.400-5.7883.193
1973-09-17T00:0027.903-68.435-1.5142.131
1973-09-18T00:0027.918-68.4340.2191.751
1973-09-19T00:0027.930-68.442-1.7571.255
1973-09-20T00:0027.938-68.458-1.3940.923
1973-09-21T00:0027.945-68.468-1.5520.822
1973-09-22T00:0027.950-68.490-3.3310.405
1973-09-23T00:0027.952-68.518-2.2070.253
1973-09-24T00:0027.954-68.528-0.8270.124
1973-09-25T00:0027.954-68.538-1.3200.023
1973-09-26T00:0027.956-68.5440.6390.554
1973-09-27T00:0027.962-68.5330.4740.839
1973-09-28T00:0027.967-68.543-2.1930.321
1973-09-29T00:0027.969-68.562-1.6110.572
1973-09-30T00:0027.978-68.569-0.2481.626
1973-10-01T00:0027.992-68.5670.8931.774
1973-10-02T00:0028.006-68.5570.7752.051
1973-10-03T00:0028.024-68.5550.1072.334
1973-10-04T00:0028.040-68.558-1.5431.696
1973-10-05T00:0028.052-68.579-2.1301.656
1973-10-06T00:0028.064-68.5831.5260.913
1973-10-07T00:0028.066-68.5660.4640.079
1973-10-08T00:0028.069-68.579-2.0160.695
1973-10-09T00:0028.075-68.5880.0910.605
1973-10-10T00:0028.077-68.588-1.418-0.036
1973-10-11T00:0028.075-68.612-2.609-0.459
1973-10-12T00:0028.071-68.624-0.433-0.436
1973-10-13T00:0028.069-68.6240.246-0.105
1973-10-14T00:0028.068-68.623-0.211-0.298
1973-10-15T00:0028.064-68.628-0.768-0.629
1973-10-16T00:0028.059-68.6300.896-0.649
1973-10-17T00:0028.055-68.6132.304-0.238
1973-10-18T00:0028.057-68.5990.4710.832
1973-10-19T00:0028.064-68.5922.9790.374
1973-10-20T00:0028.062-68.5456.046-0.404
1973-10-21T00:0028.061-68.4984.9250.089
1973-10-22T00:0028.062-68.4554.9740.050
1973-10-23T00:0028.065-68.4172.8291.251
1973-10-24T00:0028.081-68.3983.1672.258
1973-10-25T00:0028.096-68.3555.6601.647
1973-10-26T00:0028.106-68.3036.6120.776
1973-10-27T00:0028.109-68.2416.7930.252
1973-10-28T00:0028.114-68.2011.0181.294
1973-10-29T00:0028.127-68.218-3.0201.499
1973-10-30T00:0028.135-68.240-2.2410.789