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Rossby, H Thomas (2006): Current veolcity from SOFAR float PL10G [dataset]. Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island at Narragansett, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.399493

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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:
O'Gara, R; Rossby, H Thomas; Spain, D L: SOFAR float pilot studies in the Western North Atlantic 1975-1981. Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, 82-3, pl.htm
Project(s):
World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 24.318333 * Median Longitude: -61.066222 * South-bound Latitude: 24.302000 * West-bound Longitude: -61.184000 * North-bound Latitude: 24.343000 * East-bound Longitude: -60.938000
Date/Time Start: 1977-04-03T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1977-04-11T00:00:00
Event(s):
PL10G * Latitude Start: 24.343000 * Longitude Start: -60.938000 * Latitude End: 24.302000 * Longitude End: -61.184000 * Date/Time Start: 1977-04-03T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1977-04-11T00:00:00 * Location: South Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: Floater * Method/Device: SOFAR float (SOFAR) * Comment: Nominal depth: 2000m
Comment:
Processing method: interpolated, velocity algorithm: backward differencing. 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:
18 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]
1977-04-03T00:0024.343-60.938-3.524-2.051
1977-04-04T00:0024.327-60.968-3.524-0.385
1977-04-05T00:0024.324-60.998-4.346-0.256
1977-04-06T00:0024.322-61.035-4.346-0.513
1977-04-07T00:0024.318-61.072-3.642-0.385
1977-04-08T00:0024.315-61.103-3.759-0.513
1977-04-09T00:0024.311-61.135-3.290-1.026
1977-04-10T00:0024.303-61.163-2.467-0.128
1977-04-11T00:0024.302-61.184-3.206-1.886