Citation:

PANGAEA.399503

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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: 20.482514 * Median Longitude: -66.507480 * South-bound Latitude: 19.291000 * West-bound Longitude: -68.676000 * North-bound Latitude: 21.382000 * East-bound Longitude: -65.162000

Date/Time Start: 1981-01-16T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1981-07-13T00:00:00

Event(s):

PL12D * Latitude Start: 19.611000 * Longitude Start: -68.676000 * Latitude End: 21.251000 * Longitude End: -67.942000 * Date/Time Start: 1981-01-16T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1981-07-13T00:00:00 * Location: South Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: * Method/Device: SOFAR float (SOFAR) * Comment: Nominal depth: 700m

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):

#	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

License:

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

Size:

440 data points

Data

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1 Date/Time	2 Latitude	3 Longitude	4 Temp [°C]	5 Cur vel U [cm/s]	6 Cur vel V [cm/s]
1981-01-16T00:00	19.611	-68.676	5.44	3.521	-1.153
1981-01-17T00:00	19.602	-68.647	5.44	4.857	1.794
1981-01-18T00:00	19.616	-68.607	5.45	5.707	1.538
1981-01-19T00:00	19.628	-68.560	5.45	5.099	1.025
1981-01-20T00:00	19.636	-68.518	5.48	4.856	0.897
1981-01-21T00:00	19.643	-68.478	5.51	7.526	-0.128
1981-01-22T00:00	19.642	-68.416	5.57	6.434	0.769
1981-01-23T00:00	19.648	-68.363	5.62	3.763	2.178
1981-01-24T00:00	19.665	-68.332	5.64	4.855	1.794
1981-01-25T00:00	19.679	-68.292	5.65	4.370	2.947
1981-01-26T00:00	19.702	-68.256	5.70	3.033	3.459
1981-01-27T00:00	19.729	-68.231	5.74	2.670	2.306
1981-01-28T00:00	19.747	-68.209	5.76	1.213	4.484
1981-01-29T00:00	19.782	-68.199	5.78	0.727	4.612
1981-01-30T00:00	19.818	-68.193	5.79	0.242	4.484
1981-01-31T00:00	19.853	-68.191	5.80	0.121	4.612
1981-02-01T00:00	19.889	-68.190	5.79	1.091	1.153
1981-02-02T00:00	19.898	-68.181	5.78	1.455	-0.128
1981-02-03T00:00	19.897	-68.169	5.81	0.242	3.331
1981-02-04T00:00	19.923	-68.167	5.83	-0.727	6.918
1981-02-05T00:00	19.977	-68.173	5.83	-0.970	7.431
1981-02-06T00:00	20.035	-68.181	5.83	-1.453	9.353
1981-02-07T00:00	20.108	-68.193	5.84	-1.816	11.659
1981-02-08T00:00	20.199	-68.208	5.84	0.121	9.353
1981-02-09T00:00	20.272	-68.207	5.85	2.176	7.944
1981-02-10T00:00	20.334	-68.189	5.85	3.143	9.225
1981-02-11T00:00	20.406	-68.163	5.85	6.282	9.097
1981-02-12T00:00	20.477	-68.111	5.85	10.626	7.944
1981-02-13T00:00	20.539	-68.023	5.93	13.519	7.047
1981-02-14T00:00	20.594	-67.911	6.02	13.032	6.535
1981-02-15T00:00	20.645	-67.803	6.09	11.339	6.278
1981-02-16T00:00	20.694	-67.709	6.15	10.852	4.228
1981-02-17T00:00	20.727	-67.619	6.25	14.106	-2.562
1981-02-18T00:00	20.707	-67.502	6.34	15.915	-6.919
1981-02-19T00:00	20.653	-67.370	6.30	12.785	-5.125
1981-02-20T00:00	20.613	-67.264	6.26	9.531	-4.100
1981-02-21T00:00	20.581	-67.185	6.26	10.981	-8.072
1981-02-22T00:00	20.518	-67.094	6.25	11.710	-12.557
1981-02-23T00:00	20.420	-66.997	6.22	10.147	-14.735
1981-02-24T00:00	20.305	-66.913	6.20	10.639	-17.297
1981-02-25T00:00	20.170	-66.825	6.13	11.615	-18.706
1981-02-26T00:00	20.024	-66.729	6.06	11.504	-18.322
1981-02-27T00:00	19.881	-66.634		11.394	-17.681
1981-02-28T00:00	19.743	-66.540		11.161	-16.143
1981-03-01T00:00	19.617	-66.448		11.169	-13.581
1981-03-02T00:00	19.511	-66.356		10.935	-10.121
1981-03-03T00:00	19.432	-66.266		12.276	-8.071
1981-03-04T00:00	19.369	-66.165		14.349	-6.662
1981-03-05T00:00	19.317	-66.047		13.745	-2.818
1981-03-06T00:00	19.295	-65.934		12.408	-0.512
1981-03-07T00:00	19.291	-65.832		12.774	1.281
1981-03-08T00:00	19.301	-65.727		12.043	3.203
1981-03-09T00:00	19.326	-65.628		10.703	3.331
1981-03-10T00:00	19.352	-65.540		9.121	2.562
1981-03-11T00:00	19.372	-65.465		7.174	4.228
1981-03-12T00:00	19.405	-65.406		5.956	5.253
1981-03-13T00:00	19.446	-65.357		5.591	4.228
1981-03-14T00:00	19.479	-65.311		4.617	4.100
1981-03-15T00:00	19.511	-65.273		2.309	6.278
1981-03-16T00:00	19.560	-65.254		1.336	6.150
1981-03-17T00:00	19.608	-65.243		2.549	4.228
1981-03-18T00:00	19.641	-65.222		3.399	3.331
1981-03-19T00:00	19.667	-65.194		2.671	4.869
1981-03-20T00:00	19.705	-65.172		0.970	6.150
1981-03-21T00:00	19.753	-65.164		0.242	5.125
1981-03-22T00:00	19.793	-65.162		-0.121	3.075
1981-03-23T00:00	19.817	-65.163		-0.848	3.972
1981-03-24T00:00	19.848	-65.170		-3.273	6.919
1981-03-25T00:00	19.902	-65.197		-3.272	4.869
1981-03-26T00:00	19.940	-65.224		-5.089	3.844
1981-03-27T00:00	19.970	-65.266		-6.905	5.125
1981-03-28T00:00	20.010	-65.323		-4.239	2.306
1981-03-29T00:00	20.028	-65.358		-2.180	-0.384
1981-03-30T00:00	20.025	-65.376		-1.816	-0.384
1981-03-31T00:00	20.022	-65.391		-2.302	-0.384
1981-04-01T00:00	20.019	-65.410		-2.180	-0.384
1981-04-02T00:00	20.016	-65.428		-1.089	-0.256
1981-04-03T00:00	20.014	-65.437		-0.243	0.128
1981-04-04T00:00	20.015	-65.439		0.485	0.000
1981-04-05T00:00	20.015	-65.435		1.817	-0.897
1981-04-06T00:00	20.008	-65.420		2.180	0.128
1981-04-07T00:00	20.009	-65.402		1.938	2.050
1981-04-08T00:00	20.025	-65.386		2.544	2.563
1981-04-09T00:00	20.045	-65.365		3.269	2.563
1981-04-10T00:00	20.065	-65.338		4.116	2.178
1981-04-11T00:00	20.082	-65.304		3.995	1.409
1981-04-12T00:00	20.093	-65.271		2.663	3.459
1981-04-13T00:00	20.120	-65.249		1.211	5.894
1981-04-14T00:00	20.166	-65.239		0.000	6.663
1981-04-15T00:00	20.218	-65.239		0.604	3.203
1981-04-16T00:00	20.243	-65.234		1.330	1.281
1981-04-17T00:00	20.253	-65.223		1.089	2.050
1981-04-18T00:00	20.269	-65.214		-0.121	3.588
1981-04-19T00:00	20.297	-65.215		0.483	3.331
1981-04-20T00:00	20.323	-65.211		0.121	3.075
1981-04-21T00:00	20.347	-65.210		-0.362	3.716
1981-04-22T00:00	20.376	-65.213		0.604	2.947
1981-04-23T00:00	20.399	-65.208		1.691	2.434
1981-04-24T00:00	20.418	-65.194		1.208	3.460
1981-04-25T00:00	20.445	-65.184		-0.241	5.381
1981-04-26T00:00	20.487	-65.186		-0.604	5.381
1981-04-27T00:00	20.529	-65.191		-0.121	3.716
1981-04-28T00:00	20.558	-65.192		-0.241	3.716
1981-04-29T00:00	20.587	-65.194		-0.724	4.100
1981-04-30T00:00	20.619	-65.200		-0.483	3.075
1981-05-01T00:00	20.643	-65.204		-1.326	3.716
1981-05-02T00:00	20.672	-65.215		-2.051	4.869
1981-05-03T00:00	20.710	-65.232		-2.049	3.588
1981-05-04T00:00	20.738	-65.249		-2.773	3.075
1981-05-05T00:00	20.762	-65.272		-3.254	3.972
1981-05-06T00:00	20.793	-65.299		-2.530	2.307
1981-05-07T00:00	20.811	-65.320		-3.133	1.666
1981-05-08T00:00	20.824	-65.346		-5.060	4.101
1981-05-09T00:00	20.856	-65.388		-5.059	4.356
1981-05-10T00:00	20.890	-65.430		-4.697	3.204
1981-05-11T00:00	20.915	-65.469		-5.057	3.203
1981-05-12T00:00	20.940	-65.511		-5.177	2.691
1981-05-13T00:00	20.961	-65.554		-5.176	2.691
1981-05-14T00:00	20.982	-65.597		-5.656	3.716
1981-05-15T00:00	21.011	-65.644		-5.416	2.691
1981-05-16T00:00	21.032	-65.689		-5.534	2.050
1981-05-17T00:00	21.048	-65.735		-5.894	2.947
1981-05-18T00:00	21.071	-65.784		-5.774	3.332
1981-05-19T00:00	21.097	-65.832		-5.532	3.203
1981-05-20T00:00	21.122	-65.878		-5.411	2.947
1981-05-21T00:00	21.145	-65.923		-5.291	2.435
1981-05-22T00:00	21.164	-65.967		-4.567	1.538
1981-05-23T00:00	21.176	-66.005		-4.207	1.794
1981-05-24T00:00	21.190	-66.040		-4.447	2.306
1981-05-25T00:00	21.208	-66.077		-4.446	1.922
1981-05-26T00:00	21.223	-66.114		-4.326	1.666
1981-05-27T00:00	21.236	-66.150		-4.205	1.410
1981-05-28T00:00	21.247	-66.185		-4.085	1.281
1981-05-29T00:00	21.257	-66.219		-3.964	1.153
1981-05-30T00:00	21.266	-66.252		-4.565	1.281
1981-05-31T00:00	21.276	-66.290		-4.925	0.256
1981-06-01T00:00	21.278	-66.331		-5.045	-0.384
1981-06-02T00:00	21.275	-66.373		-5.165	0.641
1981-06-03T00:00	21.280	-66.416		-5.645	1.538
1981-06-04T00:00	21.292	-66.463	5.96	-6.246	1.025
1981-06-05T00:00	21.300	-66.515	5.95	-6.245	-0.128
1981-06-06T00:00	21.299	-66.567	5.95	-5.164	-2.307
1981-06-07T00:00	21.281	-66.610	5.93	-5.645	-2.050
1981-06-08T00:00	21.265	-66.657	5.92	-6.727	0.384
1981-06-09T00:00	21.268	-66.713	5.91	-6.727	1.538
1981-06-10T00:00	21.280	-66.769	5.89	-6.366	0.128
1981-06-11T00:00	21.281	-66.822	5.90	-6.006	-1.025
1981-06-12T00:00	21.273	-66.872	5.91	-5.645	-0.897
1981-06-13T00:00	21.266	-66.919	5.91	-5.165	-0.256
1981-06-14T00:00	21.264	-66.962	5.92	-5.165	0.641
1981-06-15T00:00	21.269	-67.005	5.92	-5.286	1.153
1981-06-16T00:00	21.278	-67.049	5.92	-5.165	1.281
1981-06-17T00:00	21.288	-67.092	5.91	-6.125	2.435
1981-06-18T00:00	21.307	-67.143	5.89	-7.206	3.716
1981-06-19T00:00	21.336	-67.203	5.89	-6.003	2.563
1981-06-20T00:00	21.356	-67.253	5.88	-4.802	0.641
1981-06-21T00:00	21.361	-67.293	5.88	-5.042	1.153
1981-06-22T00:00	21.370	-67.335	5.87	-3.961	0.256
1981-06-23T00:00	21.372	-67.368	5.87	-2.641	-1.153
1981-06-24T00:00	21.363	-67.390	5.86	-4.082	0.641
1981-06-25T00:00	21.368	-67.424	5.89	-4.441	1.794
1981-06-26T00:00	21.382	-67.461	5.91	-2.521	-0.384
1981-06-27T00:00	21.379	-67.482	5.88	-2.160	-0.897
1981-06-28T00:00	21.372	-67.500	5.85	-3.001	0.128
1981-06-29T00:00	21.373	-67.525	5.85	-1.800	-1.410
1981-06-30T00:00	21.362	-67.540	5.85	-1.561	-1.666
1981-07-01T00:00	21.349	-67.553	5.85	-2.882	0.128
1981-07-02T00:00	21.350	-67.577	5.84	-3.482	0.000
1981-07-03T00:00	21.350	-67.606	5.79	-3.242	-0.897
1981-07-04T00:00	21.343	-67.633	5.73	-2.641	-1.794
1981-07-05T00:00	21.329	-67.655	5.80	-3.002	-1.025
1981-07-06T00:00	21.321	-67.680	5.86	-4.202	0.641
1981-07-07T00:00	21.326	-67.715	5.86	-3.843	0.128
1981-07-08T00:00	21.327	-67.747	5.86	-2.882	-2.819
1981-07-09T00:00	21.305	-67.771	5.87	-4.203	-2.819
1981-07-10T00:00	21.283	-67.806	5.89	-5.525	-1.538
1981-07-11T00:00	21.271	-67.852	5.90	-5.406	-1.666
1981-07-12T00:00	21.258	-67.897	5.91	-5.406	-0.897
1981-07-13T00:00	21.251	-67.942	5.91	-5.406	-0.897