/* DATA DESCRIPTION: Citation: Rossby, H Thomas (2006): Current veolcity from SOFAR float PL1A. Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island at Narragansett, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.399512 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, https://store.pangaea.de/Projects/WOCE/SSF/pl.htm Project(s): World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) (URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Ocean_Circulation_Experiment) Coverage: MEDIAN LATITUDE: 31.258167 * MEDIAN LONGITUDE: -63.059889 * SOUTH-BOUND LATITUDE: 31.183000 * WEST-BOUND LONGITUDE: -63.324000 * NORTH-BOUND LATITUDE: 31.297000 * EAST-BOUND LONGITUDE: -62.713000 DATE/TIME START: 1975-10-01T00:00:00 * DATE/TIME END: 1975-10-18T00:00:00 Event(s): PL1A * LATITUDE START: 31.183000 * LONGITUDE START: -62.713000 * LATITUDE END: 31.297000 * LONGITUDE END: -63.324000 * DATE/TIME START: 1975-10-01T00:00:00 * DATE/TIME END: 1975-10-18T00:00:00 * LOCATION: South Atlantic Ocean * CAMPAIGN: Floater * 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): DATE/TIME (Date/Time) * GEOCODE LATITUDE (Latitude) * GEOCODE LONGITUDE (Longitude) * GEOCODE Current velocity, east-west [cm/s] (Cur vel U) * PI: Rossby, H Thomas (trossby@gso.uri.edu) * METHOD/DEVICE: Subsurface float Current velocity, north-south [cm/s] (Cur vel V) * PI: Rossby, H Thomas (trossby@gso.uri.edu) * METHOD/DEVICE: Subsurface float License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0) (URI: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) Size: 36 data points */ Date/Time Latitude Longitude Cur vel U [cm/s] Cur vel V [cm/s] 1975-10-01T00:00 31.183 -62.713 -2.317 0.641 1975-10-02T00:00 31.188 -62.734 -4.302 0.385 1975-10-03T00:00 31.191 -62.773 -5.957 1.411 1975-10-04T00:00 31.202 -62.827 -7.059 2.823 1975-10-05T00:00 31.224 -62.891 -6.837 3.208 1975-10-06T00:00 31.249 -62.953 -5.954 2.823 1975-10-07T00:00 31.271 -63.007 -5.291 1.540 1975-10-08T00:00 31.283 -63.055 -6.392 1.412 1975-10-09T00:00 31.294 -63.113 -2.755 -0.205 1975-10-10T00:00 31.292 -63.138 -2.755 -0.205 1975-10-11T00:00 31.291 -63.163 -2.755 -0.205 1975-10-12T00:00 31.289 -63.188 -2.755 -0.205 1975-10-13T00:00 31.288 -63.213 -2.755 -0.205 1975-10-14T00:00 31.286 -63.238 -0.661 -0.642 1975-10-15T00:00 31.281 -63.244 0.220 -1.668 1975-10-16T00:00 31.268 -63.242 -2.205 0.257 1975-10-17T00:00 31.270 -63.262 -6.834 3.465 1975-10-18T00:00 31.297 -63.324 -2.186 1.946