Citation:

PANGAEA.399540

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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: 23.548095 * Median Longitude: -59.812857 * South-bound Latitude: 23.442000 * West-bound Longitude: -59.984000 * North-bound Latitude: 23.643000 * East-bound Longitude: -59.729000

Date/Time Start: 1977-02-25T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1977-03-17T00:00:00

Event(s):

PL8C * Latitude Start: 23.442000 * Longitude Start: -59.781000 * Latitude End: 23.643000 * Longitude End: -59.984000 * Date/Time Start: 1977-02-25T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1977-03-17T00:00:00 * Location: South Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: * Method/Device: SOFAR float (SOFAR) * Comment: Nominal depth: 2000m

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:

63 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]
1977-02-25T00:00	23.442	-59.781	1.419	2.564	1999.96
1977-02-26T00:00	23.462	-59.769	0.118	2.820	2000.17
1977-02-27T00:00	23.484	-59.768	-0.828	2.564	1999.92
1977-02-28T00:00	23.504	-59.775	-0.236	1.923	1999.67
1977-03-01T00:00	23.519	-59.777	2.955	-0.641	1999.30
1977-03-02T00:00	23.514	-59.752	2.719	-1.154	1998.92
1977-03-03T00:00	23.505	-59.729	-0.591	0.769	1998.50
1977-03-04T00:00	23.511	-59.734	-0.946	1.666	1998.08
1977-03-05T00:00	23.524	-59.742	-2.246	2.051	1998.38
1977-03-06T00:00	23.540	-59.761	-2.836	1.282	1998.67
1977-03-07T00:00	23.550	-59.785	-2.009	0.385	1998.88
1977-03-08T00:00	23.553	-59.802	0.354	0.641	1999.08
1977-03-09T00:00	23.558	-59.799	0.236	1.282	1998.63
1977-03-10T00:00	23.568	-59.797	-2.363	1.025	1998.17
1977-03-11T00:00	23.576	-59.817	-3.544	1.666	1998.80
1977-03-12T00:00	23.589	-59.847	-3.544	1.538	1999.42
1977-03-13T00:00	23.601	-59.877	-2.599	1.282	1999.55
1977-03-14T00:00	23.611	-59.899	-2.717	1.282	1999.67
1977-03-15T00:00	23.621	-59.922	-3.661	1.795	1999.96
1977-03-16T00:00	23.635	-59.953	-3.661	1.025	2000.25
1977-03-17T00:00	23.643	-59.984	-4.008	0.481	2000.25