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Owens, W Brechner; Price, James F (2006): Water temperature and current velocity from SOFAR float SL134B [dataset]. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Physical Oceanography Department, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.399594

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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: 29.958220 * Median Longitude: -77.350420 * South-bound Latitude: 29.451000 * West-bound Longitude: -78.149000 * North-bound Latitude: 30.405000 * East-bound Longitude: -76.917000
Date/Time Start: 1983-06-09T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1983-07-28T00:00:00
Event(s):
SL134B * Latitude Start: 29.451000 * Longitude Start: -76.917000 * Latitude End: 29.792000 * Longitude End: -78.149000 * Date/Time Start: 1983-06-09T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1983-07-28T00:00:00 * 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
Size:
144 data points

Data

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Date/Time

Latitude

Longitude

Temp [°C]

Cur vel U [cm/s]

Cur vel V [cm/s]
1983-06-09T00:0029.451-76.917-0.5513.092
1983-06-10T00:0029.491-76.9248.03-0.4966.254
1983-06-11T00:0029.515-76.9287.83-0.3221.325
1983-06-12T00:0029.545-76.9387.69-2.6697.681
1983-06-13T00:0029.627-76.9777.76-5.39610.762
1983-06-14T00:0029.664-77.0177.78-4.9430.585
1983-06-15T00:0029.665-77.0777.62-7.350-1.033
1983-06-16T00:0029.665-77.1607.49-11.2381.117
1983-06-17T00:0029.667-77.2587.51-10.820-0.262
1983-06-18T00:0029.686-77.3437.48-7.7972.145
1983-06-19T00:0029.655-77.3977.25-6.257-3.574
1983-06-20T00:0029.658-77.4557.03-4.4920.155
1983-06-21T00:0029.678-77.4986.84-6.2054.974
1983-06-22T00:0029.719-77.5526.69-5.0645.594
1983-06-23T00:0029.767-77.5806.65-1.5406.375
1983-06-24T00:0029.801-77.5746.623.6562.061
1983-06-25T00:0029.833-77.5326.644.3928.629
1983-06-26T00:0029.951-77.4926.655.47418.682
1983-06-27T00:0030.107-77.4216.669.87523.525
1983-06-28T00:0030.284-77.3256.7911.62618.912
1983-06-29T00:0030.397-77.2307.327.91211.845
1983-06-30T00:0030.405-77.1747.785.037-12.446
1983-07-01T00:0030.294-77.1337.994.567-9.796
1983-07-02T00:0030.274-77.1078.182.110-0.764
1983-07-03T00:0030.241-77.0788.292.940-4.745
1983-07-04T00:0030.237-77.0778.34-2.4064.386
1983-07-05T00:0030.319-77.1048.16-3.19812.262
1983-07-06T00:0030.315-77.1367.91-4.278-9.774
1983-07-07T00:0030.283-77.1817.43-3.9544.868
1983-07-08T00:0030.361-77.1837.173.0562.482
1983-07-09T00:0030.262-77.1387.736.012-17.074
1983-07-10T00:0030.228-77.1158.16-1.7657.128
1983-07-11T00:0030.264-77.1358.12-1.9711.402
1983-07-12T00:0030.272-77.1548.05-1.116-5.979
1983-07-13T00:0030.206-77.1677.89-2.957-3.515
1983-07-14T00:0030.193-77.1947.74-2.834-2.431
1983-07-15T00:0030.172-77.2357.62-7.2921.815
1983-07-16T00:0030.179-77.3077.36-8.936-4.485
1983-07-17T00:0030.131-77.3986.66-10.148-6.870
1983-07-18T00:0030.070-77.4916.12-9.997-9.335
1983-07-19T00:0029.979-77.5676.10-7.283-12.971
1983-07-20T00:0029.932-77.6406.10-9.5301.715
1983-07-21T00:0029.927-77.7126.12-6.099-6.131
1983-07-22T00:0029.850-77.7526.15-3.438-9.037
1983-07-23T00:0029.803-77.7876.18-3.791-9.537
1983-07-24T00:0029.735-77.839-8.682-0.556
1983-07-25T00:0029.766-77.921-8.9244.061
1983-07-26T00:0029.793-77.993-7.4493.535
1983-07-27T00:0029.802-78.059-8.072-0.762
1983-07-28T00:0029.792-78.149-11.5710.415