Citation:

PANGAEA.399244

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:

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: 27.565625 * Median Longitude: -70.984125 * South-bound Latitude: 27.497000 * West-bound Longitude: -71.251000 * North-bound Latitude: 27.663000 * East-bound Longitude: -70.894000

Date/Time Start: 1973-03-15T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1973-04-07T00:00:00

Event(s):

MO9 * Latitude Start: 27.663000 * Longitude Start: -70.987000 * Latitude End: 27.578000 * Longitude End: -71.251000 * Date/Time Start: 1973-03-15T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1973-04-07T00:00:00 * Location: South Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: * 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):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	DATE/TIME	Date/Time				Geocode
2	LATITUDE	Latitude				Geocode
3	LONGITUDE	Longitude				Geocode
4	Current velocity, east-west	Cur vel U	cm/s	Rossby, H Thomas	Subsurface float
5	Current velocity, north-south	Cur vel V	cm/s	Rossby, H Thomas	Subsurface float

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)

Size:

48 data points

Data

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

1 Date/Time	2 Latitude	3 Longitude	4 Cur vel U [cm/s]	5 Cur vel V [cm/s]
1973-03-15T00:00	27.663	-70.987	2.169	-2.178
1973-03-16T00:00	27.646	-70.968	2.171	-2.184
1973-03-17T00:00	27.629	-70.949	2.167	-2.167
1973-03-18T00:00	27.612	-70.930	2.183	-2.231
1973-03-19T00:00	27.595	-70.911	2.123	-1.992
1973-03-20T00:00	27.580	-70.896	0.979	-2.113
1973-03-21T00:00	27.561	-70.894	-0.208	-2.636
1973-03-22T00:00	27.540	-70.896	-0.149	-2.732
1973-03-23T00:00	27.520	-70.896	0.114	-2.209
1973-03-24T00:00	27.506	-70.896	-0.307	-1.513
1973-03-25T00:00	27.497	-70.901	-0.599	-0.588
1973-03-26T00:00	27.498	-70.905	-0.381	0.787
1973-03-27T00:00	27.507	-70.910	-0.964	1.289
1973-03-28T00:00	27.517	-70.922	-1.595	1.368
1973-03-29T00:00	27.529	-70.937	-1.917	1.704
1973-03-30T00:00	27.543	-70.956	-2.403	1.820
1973-03-31T00:00	27.557	-70.979	-2.878	1.788
1973-04-01T00:00	27.570	-71.007	-3.576	1.416
1973-04-02T00:00	27.579	-71.042	-4.422	1.013
1973-04-03T00:00	27.586	-71.083	-4.792	0.688
1973-04-04T00:00	27.589	-71.125	-4.865	0.081
1973-04-05T00:00	27.588	-71.168	-4.887	-0.244
1973-04-06T00:00	27.585	-71.210	-4.726	-0.645
1973-04-07T00:00	27.578	-71.251	-4.666	-1.024