Citation:

PANGAEA.399520

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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: 23.313414 * Median Longitude: -72.501771 * South-bound Latitude: 22.786000 * West-bound Longitude: -74.121000 * North-bound Latitude: 24.504000 * East-bound Longitude: -71.835000

Date/Time Start: 1977-11-15T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1978-01-23T00:00:00

Event(s):

PL21C * Latitude Start: 24.504000 * Longitude Start: -74.121000 * Latitude End: 23.126000 * Longitude End: -72.394000 * Date/Time Start: 1977-11-15T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1978-01-23T00:00:00 * 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
7	Pressure, maximum	Press max	dbar	Rossby, H Thomas	Subsurface float

License:

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

Size:

280 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]	7 Press max [dbar]
1977-11-15T00:00	24.504	-74.121	8.99	14.312	-6.794	792.49
1977-11-16T00:00	24.451	-73.999	9.02	14.318	-6.666	791.58
1977-11-17T00:00	24.399	-73.877	9.04	14.088	-6.794	789.58
1977-11-18T00:00	24.346	-73.757	9.03	13.156	-8.333	787.58
1977-11-19T00:00	24.281	-73.645	9.03	12.573	-9.999	785.71
1977-11-20T00:00	24.203	-73.538	9.03	11.288	-10.383	783.83
1977-11-21T00:00	24.122	-73.442	9.02	9.060	-9.742	783.46
1977-11-22T00:00	24.046	-73.365	9.07	7.181	-9.101	783.08
1977-11-23T00:00	23.975	-73.304	9.12	6.125	-8.588	781.50
1977-11-24T00:00	23.908	-73.252	9.19	6.600	-7.563	779.92
1977-11-25T00:00	23.849	-73.196	9.26	6.838	-6.666	780.42
1977-11-26T00:00	23.797	-73.138	9.39	7.432	-5.768	780.92
1977-11-27T00:00	23.752	-73.075	9.52	7.551	-4.743	780.76
1977-11-28T00:00	23.715	-73.011	9.63	6.138	-3.461	780.59
1977-11-29T00:00	23.688	-72.959	9.73	4.958	-1.923	780.88
1977-11-30T00:00	23.673	-72.917	9.77	4.605	-1.154	781.17
1977-12-01T00:00	23.664	-72.878	9.82	4.250	-0.513	779.79
1977-12-02T00:00	23.660	-72.842	9.82	3.897	0.256	778.42
1977-12-03T00:00	23.662	-72.809	9.81	2.479	0.385	777.42
1977-12-04T00:00	23.665	-72.788	9.76	1.063	0.256	776.42
1977-12-05T00:00	23.667	-72.779	9.70	0.000	-0.897	774.29
1977-12-06T00:00	23.660	-72.779	9.72	-0.709	-3.333	772.16
1977-12-07T00:00	23.634	-72.785	9.73	-0.354	-6.794	771.58
1977-12-08T00:00	23.581	-72.788	9.85	-0.472	-8.844	771.00
1977-12-09T00:00	23.512	-72.792	9.96	-0.118	-8.844	771.17
1977-12-10T00:00	23.443	-72.793	10.07	1.183	-9.357	771.33
1977-12-11T00:00	23.370	-72.783	10.18	4.496	-10.767	771.17
1977-12-12T00:00	23.286	-72.745	10.23	6.394	-10.382	771.00
1977-12-13T00:00	23.205	-72.691	10.27	5.806	-8.844	770.38
1977-12-14T00:00	23.136	-72.642	10.31	5.808	-7.947	769.75
1977-12-15T00:00	23.074	-72.593	10.34	7.828	-6.280	768.04
1977-12-16T00:00	23.025	-72.527	10.35	8.186	-6.921	766.33
1977-12-17T00:00	22.971	-72.458	10.35	8.901	-6.665	764.96
1977-12-18T00:00	22.919	-72.383	10.36	7.599	-4.486	763.58
1977-12-19T00:00	22.884	-72.319	10.37	7.957	-3.076	762.09
1977-12-20T00:00	22.860	-72.252	10.40	11.166	-2.948	760.59
1977-12-21T00:00	22.837	-72.158	10.42	10.692	-2.563	758.38
1977-12-22T00:00	22.817	-72.068	10.41	7.010	-1.410	756.17
1977-12-23T00:00	22.806	-72.009	10.40	4.278	-0.769	754.38
1977-12-24T00:00	22.800	-71.973	10.40	3.209	-0.897	752.58
1977-12-25T00:00	22.793	-71.946	10.41	2.139	-0.641	750.79
1977-12-26T00:00	22.788	-71.928	10.40	2.853	-0.256	749.00
1977-12-27T00:00	22.786	-71.904	10.38	2.258	0.641	747.50
1977-12-28T00:00	22.791	-71.885	10.41	0.119	1.666	746.00
1977-12-29T00:00	22.804	-71.884	10.45	-1.188	2.179	745.00
1977-12-30T00:00	22.821	-71.894	10.50	-1.307	2.435	744.00
1977-12-31T00:00	22.840	-71.905	10.55	-0.475	2.435	743.17
1978-01-01T00:00	22.859	-71.909	10.61	-0.832	1.923	742.34
1978-01-02T00:00	22.874	-71.916	10.67	-1.307	1.922	740.80
1978-01-03T00:00	22.889	-71.927	10.70	-2.019	2.820	739.25
1978-01-04T00:00	22.911	-71.944	10.73	-1.900	2.051	738.38
1978-01-05T00:00	22.927	-71.960	10.76	0.593	0.769	737.50
1978-01-06T00:00	22.933	-71.955	10.79	2.375	-0.128	735.71
1978-01-07T00:00	22.932	-71.935	10.78	2.611	-0.128	733.92
1978-01-08T00:00	22.931	-71.913	10.77	1.781	0.769	732.50
1978-01-09T00:00	22.937	-71.898	10.81	1.781	1.282	731.08
1978-01-10T00:00	22.947	-71.883	10.85	2.968	2.051	730.25
1978-01-11T00:00	22.963	-71.858	10.91	2.730	3.333	729.42
1978-01-12T00:00	22.989	-71.835	10.96	-0.237	3.717	729.63
1978-01-13T00:00	23.018	-71.837	11.03	-0.950	4.101	729.83
1978-01-14T00:00	23.050	-71.845	11.10	-1.779	4.486	727.29
1978-01-15T00:00	23.085	-71.860	11.16	-4.507	4.102	724.75
1978-01-16T00:00	23.117	-71.898	11.21	-6.639	3.204	723.84
1978-01-17T00:00	23.142	-71.954	11.23	-7.467	2.307	722.92
1978-01-18T00:00	23.160	-72.017	11.24	-8.060	1.538	721.38
1978-01-19T00:00	23.172	-72.085	11.22	-9.126	0.513	719.83
1978-01-20T00:00	23.176	-72.162	11.19	-9.480	-0.385	718.00
1978-01-21T00:00	23.173	-72.242	11.13	-9.363	-1.923	716.17
1978-01-22T00:00	23.158	-72.321	11.07	-8.652	-4.102	713.09
1978-01-23T00:00	23.126	-72.394	10.99	-1.246	0.355	710.00