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Rossby, H Thomas (2006): Current veolcity from SOFAR float PL1D [dataset]. Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island at Narragansett, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.399515

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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
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 31.835581 * Median Longitude: -69.022577 * South-bound Latitude: 29.617000 * West-bound Longitude: -70.819000 * North-bound Latitude: 33.310000 * East-bound Longitude: -67.815000
Date/Time Start: 1976-06-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1977-02-03T00:00:00
Event(s):
PL1D * Latitude Start: 33.310000 * Longitude Start: -67.818000 * Latitude End: 29.617000 * Longitude End: -70.819000 * Date/Time Start: 1976-06-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1977-02-03T00:00:00 * 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):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
DATE/TIMEDate/TimeGeocode
LATITUDELatitudeGeocode
LONGITUDELongitudeGeocode
Current velocity, east-westCur vel Ucm/sRossby, H ThomasSubsurface float
Current velocity, north-southCur vel Vcm/sRossby, H ThomasSubsurface float
Size:
496 data points

Data

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Date/Time

Latitude

Longitude

Cur vel U [cm/s]

Cur vel V [cm/s]
1976-06-01T00:0033.310-67.8180.323-4.236
1976-06-02T00:0033.277-67.815-1.510-4.364
1976-06-03T00:0033.243-67.829-2.805-4.621
1976-06-04T00:0033.207-67.855-4.005-7.188
1976-06-05T00:0033.151-67.892-4.007-7.188
1976-06-06T00:0033.095-67.929-4.010-7.188
1976-06-07T00:0033.039-67.966-4.012-7.188
1976-06-08T00:0032.983-68.003-4.015-7.188
1976-06-09T00:0032.927-68.041-4.017-7.188
1976-06-10T00:0032.871-68.078-4.020-7.188
1976-06-11T00:0032.815-68.115-4.023-7.188
1976-06-12T00:0032.759-68.152-4.025-7.188
1976-06-13T00:0032.703-68.189-1.845-10.011
1976-06-14T00:0032.625-68.206-3.258-10.397
1976-06-15T00:0032.544-68.236-3.153-10.653
1976-06-16T00:0032.461-68.265-2.503-11.294
1976-06-17T00:0032.373-68.288-2.832-11.038
1976-06-18T00:0032.287-68.314-1.853-11.807
1976-06-19T00:0032.195-68.331-0.982-12.193
1976-06-20T00:0032.100-68.340-3.278-11.165
1976-06-21T00:0032.013-68.370-3.390-10.010
1976-06-22T00:0031.935-68.4011.095-9.625
1976-06-23T00:0031.860-68.3910.547-8.085
1976-06-24T00:0031.797-68.3860.329-6.673
1976-06-25T00:0031.745-68.383-0.877-5.390
1976-06-26T00:0031.703-68.391-1.426-3.978
1976-06-27T00:0031.672-68.4041.427-3.080
1976-06-28T00:0031.648-68.3911.756-1.797
1976-06-29T00:0031.634-68.3756.807-2.053
1976-06-30T00:0031.618-68.3139.884-1.155
1976-07-01T00:0031.609-68.2235.9311.668
1976-07-02T00:0031.622-68.1696.2592.823
1976-07-03T00:0031.644-68.1126.5874.235
1976-07-04T00:0031.677-68.0524.8295.775
1976-07-05T00:0031.722-68.0084.2786.673
1976-07-06T00:0031.774-67.9693.1797.315
1976-07-07T00:0031.831-67.9401.8637.443
1976-07-08T00:0031.889-67.9231.3136.673
1976-07-09T00:0031.941-67.9110.7666.160
1976-07-10T00:0031.989-67.904-1.0946.288
1976-07-11T00:0032.038-67.914-1.6405.262
1976-07-12T00:0032.079-67.929-1.0934.107
1976-07-13T00:0032.111-67.939-3.0593.722
1976-07-14T00:0032.140-67.967-4.2583.337
1976-07-15T00:0032.166-68.006-4.2582.182
1976-07-16T00:0032.183-68.045-5.5672.310
1976-07-17T00:0032.201-68.096-5.7841.925
1976-07-18T00:0032.216-68.149-4.3651.155
1976-07-19T00:0032.225-68.189-5.2361.412
1976-07-20T00:0032.236-68.237-6.1091.027
1976-07-21T00:0032.244-68.293-5.4540.514
1976-07-22T00:0032.248-68.343-4.7991.027
1976-07-23T00:0032.256-68.387-4.2541.155
1976-07-24T00:0032.265-68.426-3.4890.000
1976-07-25T00:0032.265-68.458-3.162-0.128
1976-07-26T00:0032.264-68.487-3.9261.797
1976-07-27T00:0032.278-68.523-4.2522.567
1976-07-28T00:0032.298-68.562-4.3612.567
1976-07-29T00:0032.318-68.602-1.9622.053
1976-07-30T00:0032.334-68.6200.2363.743
1976-07-31T00:0032.363-68.6180.2363.743
1976-08-01T00:0032.392-68.6160.2363.743
1976-08-02T00:0032.422-68.6140.2363.743
1976-08-03T00:0032.451-68.6110.2363.743
1976-08-04T00:0032.480-68.6090.2363.743
1976-08-05T00:0032.509-68.6070.1092.824
1976-08-06T00:0032.531-68.606-0.2171.412
1976-08-07T00:0032.542-68.6080.4350.770
1976-08-08T00:0032.548-68.6040.0000.257
1976-08-09T00:0032.550-68.604-0.653-2.053
1976-08-10T00:0032.534-68.610-1.196-4.877
1976-08-11T00:0032.496-68.621-3.046-6.160
1976-08-12T00:0032.448-68.649-5.659-7.188
1976-08-13T00:0032.392-68.701-4.138-7.187
1976-08-14T00:0032.336-68.739-2.289-7.059
1976-08-15T00:0032.281-68.760-2.726-7.315
1976-08-16T00:0032.224-68.785-2.945-7.059
1976-08-17T00:0032.169-68.812-2.293-6.930
1976-08-18T00:0032.115-68.833-0.546-6.032
1976-08-19T00:0032.068-68.8381.312-4.749
1976-08-20T00:0032.031-68.8261.093-3.722
1976-08-21T00:0032.002-68.8160.875-2.695
1976-08-22T00:0031.981-68.8081.422-2.439
1976-08-23T00:0031.962-68.7951.969-2.053
1976-08-24T00:0031.946-68.7771.970-1.540
1976-08-25T00:0031.934-68.7591.532-1.412
1976-08-26T00:0031.923-68.7451.095-1.412
1976-08-27T00:0031.912-68.7351.314-1.668
1976-08-28T00:0031.899-68.7230.876-1.412
1976-08-29T00:0031.888-68.7150.328-0.770
1976-08-30T00:0031.882-68.7121.205-0.513
1976-08-31T00:0031.878-68.7010.5470.000
1976-09-01T00:0031.878-68.696-1.0951.155
1976-09-02T00:0031.887-68.706-1.3141.540
1976-09-03T00:0031.899-68.718-0.3282.182
1976-09-04T00:0031.916-68.7211.3143.337
1976-09-05T00:0031.942-68.7090.1093.465
1976-09-06T00:0031.969-68.708-0.8763.850
1976-09-07T00:0031.999-68.716-1.5313.208
1976-09-08T00:0032.024-68.7300.2194.235
1976-09-09T00:0032.057-68.7281.4216.032
1976-09-10T00:0032.104-68.715-0.1105.518
1976-09-11T00:0032.147-68.716-0.2184.748
1976-09-12T00:0032.184-68.7180.7644.749
1976-09-13T00:0032.221-68.7110.2184.748
1976-09-14T00:0032.258-68.709-0.5454.877
1976-09-15T00:0032.296-68.714-1.9633.722
1976-09-16T00:0032.325-68.732-1.5263.080
1976-09-17T00:0032.349-68.7460.1094.364
1976-09-18T00:0032.383-68.745-2.7224.364
1976-09-19T00:0032.417-68.770-4.4643.209
1976-09-20T00:0032.442-68.811-2.7212.824
1976-09-21T00:0032.464-68.836-3.5912.952
1976-09-22T00:0032.487-68.869-4.8952.695
1976-09-23T00:0032.508-68.914-2.3923.081
1976-09-24T00:0032.532-68.936-0.5442.952
1976-09-25T00:0032.555-68.941-1.5223.080
1976-09-26T00:0032.579-68.955-1.8473.209
1976-09-27T00:0032.604-68.972-4.7802.310
1976-09-28T00:0032.622-69.016-4.2372.438
1976-09-29T00:0032.641-69.055-0.7603.722
1976-09-30T00:0032.670-69.062-0.3263.851
1976-10-01T00:0032.700-69.065-0.6513.979
1976-10-02T00:0032.731-69.071-0.6513.851
1976-10-03T00:0032.761-69.077-0.2173.722
1976-10-04T00:0032.790-69.0790.6513.850
1976-10-05T00:0032.820-69.0730.7583.466
1976-10-06T00:0032.847-69.0660.4343.080
1976-10-07T00:0032.871-69.0621.5173.209
1976-10-08T00:0032.896-69.0482.2743.337
1976-10-09T00:0032.922-69.0271.4073.209
1976-10-10T00:0032.947-69.0141.5152.695
1976-10-11T00:0032.968-69.0002.9221.797
1976-10-12T00:0032.982-68.9734.0031.540
1976-10-13T00:0032.994-68.9362.4870.642
1976-10-14T00:0032.999-68.9130.5410.128
1976-10-15T00:0033.000-68.9081.9470.514
1976-10-16T00:0033.004-68.8902.7040.128
1976-10-17T00:0033.005-68.8653.137-0.128
1976-10-18T00:0033.004-68.8363.461-1.027
1976-10-19T00:0032.996-68.8043.029-2.438
1976-10-20T00:0032.977-68.7763.029-3.979
1976-10-21T00:0032.946-68.7481.840-4.492
1976-10-22T00:0032.911-68.7311.191-4.492
1976-10-23T00:0032.876-68.7201.516-5.134
1976-10-24T00:0032.836-68.7060.217-5.647
1976-10-25T00:0032.792-68.704-0.867-5.776
1976-10-26T00:0032.747-68.712-1.519-5.648
1976-10-27T00:0032.703-68.726-2.388-5.391
1976-10-28T00:0032.661-68.748-1.954-5.519
1976-10-29T00:0032.618-68.766-2.390-5.391
1976-10-30T00:0032.576-68.788-3.803-4.749
1976-10-31T00:0032.539-68.823-4.566-4.621
1976-11-01T00:0032.503-68.865-5.982-3.850
1976-11-02T00:0032.473-68.920-5.658-3.080
1976-11-03T00:0032.449-68.972-5.986-3.209
1976-11-04T00:0032.424-69.027-7.294-3.209
1976-11-05T00:0032.399-69.094-7.514-3.337
1976-11-06T00:0032.373-69.163-7.734-3.594
1976-11-07T00:0032.345-69.234-8.935-3.465
1976-11-08T00:0032.318-69.316-9.155-4.235
1976-11-09T00:0032.285-69.400-8.504-4.620
1976-11-10T00:0032.249-69.478-8.726-4.877
1976-11-11T00:0032.211-69.558-8.948-6.417
1976-11-12T00:0032.161-69.640-9.607-8.214
1976-11-13T00:0032.097-69.728-9.724-9.754
1976-11-14T00:0032.021-69.817-7.982-11.550
1976-11-15T00:0031.931-69.890-5.473-12.834
1976-11-16T00:0031.831-69.940-2.520-12.577
1976-11-17T00:0031.733-69.963-1.755-12.705
1976-11-18T00:0031.634-69.979-0.989-13.346
1976-11-19T00:0031.530-69.9881.869-12.576
1976-11-20T00:0031.432-69.9710.881-12.448
1976-11-21T00:0031.335-69.9631.542-10.137
1976-11-22T00:0031.256-69.9493.748-7.186
1976-11-23T00:0031.200-69.9151.214-8.084
1976-11-24T00:0031.137-69.9043.863-6.031
1976-11-25T00:0031.090-69.8699.388-1.026
1976-11-26T00:0031.082-69.7849.1670.513
1976-11-27T00:0031.086-69.7019.1670.770
1976-11-28T00:0031.092-69.61810.4901.668
1976-11-29T00:0031.105-69.5238.1721.027
1976-11-30T00:0031.113-69.4494.6371.540
1976-12-01T00:0031.125-69.4074.9683.208
1976-12-02T00:0031.150-69.3625.7393.593
1976-12-03T00:0031.178-69.3106.0683.593
1976-12-04T00:0031.206-69.2555.2942.823
1976-12-05T00:0031.228-69.2074.4111.925
1976-12-06T00:0031.243-69.1670.9930.385
1976-12-07T00:0031.246-69.1581.8740.642
1976-12-08T00:0031.251-69.1413.1971.540
1976-12-09T00:0031.263-69.112-0.220-0.385
1976-12-10T00:0031.260-69.114-1.103-2.310
1976-12-11T00:0031.242-69.1242.426-0.898
1976-12-12T00:0031.235-69.1021.764-1.411
1976-12-13T00:0031.224-69.086-0.220-1.540
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1976-12-15T00:0031.190-69.101-1.765-3.465
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1977-01-03T00:0030.733-69.981-7.538-9.238
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1977-01-07T00:0030.503-70.183-4.444-6.544
1977-01-08T00:0030.452-70.223-2.890-6.287
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1977-01-17T00:0030.045-70.336-5.135-7.698
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1977-01-19T00:0029.933-70.414-0.894-4.619
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1977-01-21T00:0029.870-70.424-1.006-2.566
1977-01-22T00:0029.850-70.433-0.560-2.694
1977-01-23T00:0029.829-70.4380.224-3.079
1977-01-24T00:0029.805-70.436-0.448-1.796
1977-01-25T00:0029.791-70.440-1.567-1.026
1977-01-26T00:0029.783-70.454-2.350-1.155
1977-01-27T00:0029.774-70.475-3.246-1.540
1977-01-28T00:0029.762-70.504-4.030-2.309
1977-01-29T00:0029.744-70.540-2.463-3.207
1977-01-30T00:0029.719-70.562-4.816-3.464
1977-01-31T00:0029.692-70.605-9.522-2.694
1977-02-01T00:0029.671-70.690-9.412-2.822
1977-02-02T00:0029.649-70.774-5.043-4.105
1977-02-03T00:0029.617-70.819-6.044-2.213