Citation:

PANGAEA.399545

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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: 21.778667 * Median Longitude: -69.328778 * South-bound Latitude: 21.453000 * West-bound Longitude: -69.734000 * North-bound Latitude: 22.391000 * East-bound Longitude: -68.893000

Date/Time Start: 1978-11-26T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1978-12-13T00:00:00

Event(s):

PL8H * Latitude Start: 21.457000 * Longitude Start: -68.893000 * Latitude End: 22.391000 * Longitude End: -69.734000 * Date/Time Start: 1978-11-26T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1978-12-13T00:00:00 * 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:

54 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]
1978-11-26T00:00	21.457	-68.893	-4.319	-0.513	1998.58
1978-11-27T00:00	21.453	-68.929	-5.159	0.384	1998.58
1978-11-28T00:00	21.456	-68.972	-6.359	1.025	1998.58
1978-11-29T00:00	21.464	-69.025	-6.838	1.922	1998.58
1978-11-30T00:00	21.479	-69.082	-7.077	2.819	1998.58
1978-12-01T00:00	21.501	-69.141	-7.196	3.332	1998.58
1978-12-02T00:00	21.527	-69.201	-7.315	3.716	1998.58
1978-12-03T00:00	21.556	-69.262	-6.474	5.639	1998.58
1978-12-04T00:00	21.600	-69.316	-4.075	9.611	1998.58
1978-12-05T00:00	21.675	-69.350	-4.552	13.199	1998.58
1978-12-06T00:00	21.778	-69.388	-7.302	13.840	1998.58
1978-12-07T00:00	21.886	-69.449	-8.972	12.687	1998.58
1978-12-08T00:00	21.985	-69.524	-8.964	11.662	1998.58
1978-12-09T00:00	22.076	-69.599	-6.570	11.021	1999.08
1978-12-10T00:00	22.162	-69.654	-4.059	10.765	1999.58
1978-12-11T00:00	22.246	-69.688	-2.744	9.996	2000.08
1978-12-12T00:00	22.324	-69.711	-2.743	8.587	2000.58
1978-12-13T00:00	22.391	-69.734	-2.742	8.587	2000.58