Citation:

PANGAEA.399511

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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: 24.300448 * Median Longitude: -70.051069 * South-bound Latitude: 23.582000 * West-bound Longitude: -70.518000 * North-bound Latitude: 24.745000 * East-bound Longitude: -69.577000

Date/Time Start: 1976-10-05T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1976-11-02T00:00:00

Event(s):

PL16 * Latitude Start: 24.745000 * Longitude Start: -70.516000 * Latitude End: 23.582000 * Longitude End: -69.670000 * Date/Time Start: 1976-10-05T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1976-11-02T00:00:00 * 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	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
6	Pressure, maximum	Press max	dbar	Rossby, H Thomas	Subsurface float

License:

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

Size:

87 data points

Data

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1 Date/Time	2 Latitude	3 Longitude	4 Cur vel U [cm/s]	5 Cur vel V [cm/s]	6 Press max [dbar]
1976-10-05T00:00	24.745	-70.516	-0.234	-1.410	728.49
1976-10-06T00:00	24.734	-70.518	0.819	-0.513	728.49
1976-10-07T00:00	24.730	-70.511	2.459	-0.897	728.50
1976-10-08T00:00	24.723	-70.490	2.928	-1.026	727.62
1976-10-09T00:00	24.715	-70.465	1.874	-1.154	726.74
1976-10-10T00:00	24.706	-70.449	2.693	-2.564	725.33
1976-10-11T00:00	24.686	-70.426	3.514	-3.077	723.92
1976-10-12T00:00	24.662	-70.396	3.633	-3.205	721.50
1976-10-13T00:00	24.637	-70.365	4.335	-3.461	719.08
1976-10-14T00:00	24.610	-70.328	4.103	-4.102	719.00
1976-10-15T00:00	24.578	-70.293	5.041	-5.256	718.92
1976-10-16T00:00	24.537	-70.250	6.919	-5.513	715.84
1976-10-17T00:00	24.494	-70.191	6.452	-5.384	712.76
1976-10-18T00:00	24.452	-70.136	5.868	-4.230	709.05
1976-10-19T00:00	24.419	-70.086	7.043	-4.487	705.34
1976-10-20T00:00	24.384	-70.026	8.454	-6.410	707.84
1976-10-21T00:00	24.334	-69.954	10.103	-9.614	710.34
1976-10-22T00:00	24.259	-69.868	9.167	-11.537	709.05
1976-10-23T00:00	24.169	-69.790	6.704	-11.537	707.76
1976-10-24T00:00	24.079	-69.733	5.532	-8.973	706.47
1976-10-25T00:00	24.009	-69.686	3.650	-7.179	705.18
1976-10-26T00:00	23.953	-69.655	3.534	-6.537	702.51
1976-10-27T00:00	23.902	-69.625	3.889	-6.025	699.83
1976-10-28T00:00	23.855	-69.592	1.768	-7.435	698.25
1976-10-29T00:00	23.797	-69.577	-2.830	-10.511	696.67
1976-10-30T00:00	23.715	-69.601	-4.013	-9.870	696.67
1976-10-31T00:00	23.638	-69.635	-1.653	-3.717	696.67
1976-11-01T00:00	23.609	-69.649	-2.480	-3.461	696.67
1976-11-02T00:00	23.582	-69.670	-2.481	-3.461	696.67