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Rossby, H Thomas (2006): Current velocity from SOFAR float MO46B [dataset]. Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island at Narragansett, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.399233

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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:
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
Project(s):
World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 24.075636 * Median Longitude: -73.599091 * South-bound Latitude: 23.500000 * West-bound Longitude: -74.468000 * North-bound Latitude: 24.564000 * East-bound Longitude: -73.051000
Date/Time Start: 1975-06-18T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1975-06-28T00:00:00
Event(s):
MO46B * Latitude Start: 24.564000 * Longitude Start: -74.468000 * Latitude End: 23.500000 * Longitude End: -73.090000 * Date/Time Start: 1975-06-18T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1975-06-28T00:00:00 * 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
1 DATE/TIMEDate/TimeGeocode
2 LATITUDELatitudeGeocode
3 LONGITUDELongitudeGeocode
4 Current velocity, east-westCur vel Ucm/sRossby, H ThomasSubsurface float
5 Current velocity, north-southCur vel Vcm/sRossby, H ThomasSubsurface float
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
Size:
22 data points

Data

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Date/Time		2 
Latitude		3 
Longitude		4 
Cur vel U [cm/s]		5 
Cur vel V [cm/s]
1975-06-18T00:0024.564-74.46824.803-15.488
1975-06-19T00:0024.484-74.25225.325-8.510
1975-06-20T00:0024.397-74.04223.840-14.699
1975-06-21T00:0024.266-73.84821.614-16.534
1975-06-22T00:0024.156-73.67319.798-11.849
1975-06-23T00:0024.074-73.50918.813-9.907
1975-06-24T00:0023.994-73.35417.589-10.820
1975-06-25T00:0023.906-73.21116.125-11.417
1975-06-26T00:0023.813-73.09210.541-13.118
1975-06-27T00:0023.678-73.051-1.691-23.790
1975-06-28T00:0023.500-73.090-3.083-12.085