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Owens, W Brechner; Price, James F (2006): Water temperature and current velocity from SOFAR float SL130B [dataset]. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Physical Oceanography Department, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.399585

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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:
Price, James F; McKee, T K; Owens, W Brechner; Valdes, J R: Site L SOFAR float experiment 1982-1985. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 87-52, sitel.htm
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 36.282348 * Median Longitude: -67.496522 * South-bound Latitude: 35.069000 * West-bound Longitude: -68.863000 * North-bound Latitude: 38.150000 * East-bound Longitude: -65.524000
Date/Time Start: 1983-06-04T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1983-07-19T00:00:00
Event(s):
SL130B * Latitude Start: 35.701000 * Longitude Start: -68.131000 * Latitude End: 38.150000 * Longitude End: -68.471000 * Date/Time Start: 1983-06-04T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1983-07-19T00:00:00 * Location: South Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: Floater * Method/Device: SOFAR float (SOFAR) * Comment: Nominal depth: 700m
Comment:
Processing method: splined, velocity algorithm: splined. 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
Temperature, waterTemp°COwens, W BrechnerSubsurface float
Current velocity, east-westCur vel Ucm/sOwens, W BrechnerSubsurface float
Current velocity, north-southCur vel Vcm/sOwens, W BrechnerSubsurface float
Pressure, maximumPress maxdbarOwens, W BrechnerSubsurface float
Size:
137 data points

Data

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Date/Time

Latitude

Longitude

Temp [°C]

Cur vel U [cm/s]

Cur vel V [cm/s]

Press max [dbar]
1983-06-04T00:0035.701-68.131-11.1357.518
1983-06-05T00:0035.781-68.246-14.45118.731
1983-06-06T00:0035.831-68.348-3.441-14.965
1983-06-07T00:0035.671-68.358-1.103-29.435
1983-06-08T00:0035.491-68.3464.355-8.811
1983-06-09T00:0035.431-68.3005.359-7.623
1983-06-10T00:0035.351-68.18620.244-17.786
1983-06-11T00:0035.235-67.97813.8224.328-7.163
1983-06-12T00:0035.186-67.65113.2541.560-3.145
1983-06-13T00:0035.279-67.32013.0327.40524.757
1983-06-14T00:0035.422-67.14213.139.1907.669
1983-06-15T00:0035.415-67.06613.226.708-3.678
1983-06-16T00:0035.348-66.97613.2915.348-17.550
1983-06-17T00:0035.116-66.75013.2234.018-25.541
1983-06-18T00:0035.069-66.38413.0343.055-0.277
1983-06-19T00:0035.109-65.95712.6842.33816.276
1983-06-20T00:0035.347-65.64612.1921.62538.621
1983-06-21T00:0035.702-65.52412.066.10347.526
1983-06-22T00:0036.017-65.54212.28-11.45439.623
1983-06-23T00:0036.337-65.73612.63-26.09041.038
1983-06-24T00:0036.682-66.00213.12-29.53145.590
1983-06-25T00:0036.953-66.28413.32-27.33823.876
1983-06-26T00:0037.086-66.56013.25-30.39014.330
1983-06-27T00:0037.178-66.90013.28-37.52411.045
1983-06-28T00:0037.260-67.18613.39-20.1036.197
1983-06-29T00:0037.276-67.37213.38-22.184-5.973
1983-06-30T00:0037.233-67.61413.25-26.898-2.723
1983-07-01T00:0037.196-67.88713.35-28.380-7.483
1983-07-02T00:0037.096-68.16713.67-28.260-16.493
1983-07-03T00:0036.945-68.42313.71-26.499-22.282
1983-07-04T00:0036.714-68.64213.51-12.982-41.140888.52
1983-07-05T00:0036.363-68.57013.3324.234-43.518887.14
1983-07-06T00:0036.027-68.32713.1725.204-43.359886.20
1983-07-07T00:0035.720-68.06313.2635.100-26.445885.66
1983-07-08T00:0035.642-67.68213.5639.480-0.956887.68
1983-07-09T00:0035.720-67.40313.7519.42419.240892.10
1983-07-10T00:0035.880-67.23213.8615.04325.296
1983-07-11T00:0036.139-67.13913.683.08441.340
1983-07-12T00:0036.563-67.19813.24-17.97362.617
1983-07-13T00:0036.994-67.51113.06-40.59942.342
1983-07-14T00:0037.227-67.92613.13-45.92524.628
1983-07-15T00:0037.418-68.37613.16-45.82425.001
1983-07-16T00:0037.647-68.75413.16-25.17335.592
1983-07-17T00:0037.929-68.86313.410.31325.490
1983-07-18T00:0038.111-68.70113.8927.56119.115
1983-07-19T00:0038.150-68.47114.1720.1092.401