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Richardson, Philip L; Schmitz, W J (2006): Current velocity from SOFAR float TA06B [dataset]. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Physical Oceanography Department, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.399614

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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:
Richardson, Philip L; Zemanovic, M E; Wooding, Christine M; Schmitz, W J: SOFAR float trajectories in the Tropical Atlantic 1989-1992. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 94-33, whta.htm
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -5.849440 * Median Longitude: -33.778881 * South-bound Latitude: -9.478000 * West-bound Longitude: -37.434000 * North-bound Latitude: -2.430000 * East-bound Longitude: -31.230000
Date/Time Start: 1992-04-04T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1992-09-18T00:00:00
Event(s):
TA06B * Latitude Start: -3.013000 * Longitude Start: -37.434000 * Latitude End: -8.720000 * Longitude End: -31.230000 * Date/Time Start: 1992-04-04T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1992-09-18T00:00:00 * Location: South Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: Floater * Method/Device: SOFAR float (SOFAR) * Comment: Nominal depth: 1800m
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
Current velocity, east-westCur vel Ucm/sRichardson, Philip LSubsurface float
Current velocity, north-southCur vel Vcm/sRichardson, Philip LSubsurface float
Size:
336 data points

Data

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Date/Time

Latitude

Longitude

Cur vel U [cm/s]

Cur vel V [cm/s]
1992-04-04T00:00-3.013-37.4342.2923.892
1992-04-05T00:00-2.985-37.4066.2242.965
1992-04-06T00:00-2.975-37.3409.095-1.163
1992-04-07T00:00-3.008-37.2748.347-7.142
1992-04-08T00:00-3.081-37.2098.082-10.964
1992-04-09T00:00-3.175-37.1497.573-13.116
1992-04-10T00:00-3.280-37.0897.937-12.973
1992-04-11T00:00-3.366-37.0258.528-8.321
1992-04-12T00:00-3.408-36.9569.272-2.886
1992-04-13T00:00-3.421-36.8829.562-1.250
1992-04-14T00:00-3.439-36.8099.201-4.014
1992-04-15T00:00-3.485-36.7398.811-7.264
1992-04-16T00:00-3.544-36.6718.798-7.244
1992-04-17T00:00-3.590-36.6019.237-4.075
1992-04-18T00:00-3.604-36.5279.8060.507
1992-04-19T00:00-3.583-36.44910.1774.736
1992-04-20T00:00-3.535-36.36910.4417.041
1992-04-21T00:00-3.479-36.28710.5617.027
1992-04-22T00:00-3.427-36.20510.5916.314
1992-04-23T00:00-3.382-36.12310.3544.959
1992-04-24T00:00-3.351-36.04410.1173.030
1992-04-25T00:00-3.331-35.96510.1452.501
1992-04-26T00:00-3.303-35.88311.4315.393
1992-04-27T00:00-3.243-35.78015.5229.711
1992-04-28T00:00-3.154-35.63821.03312.969
1992-04-29T00:00-3.043-35.45525.78115.199
1992-04-30T00:00-2.920-35.24328.30816.073
1992-05-01T00:00-2.796-35.02128.52315.336
1992-05-02T00:00-2.682-34.80227.85713.955
1992-05-03T00:00-2.579-34.58827.23412.155
1992-05-04T00:00-2.496-34.37826.9298.834
1992-05-05T00:00-2.444-34.17126.0814.339
1992-05-06T00:00-2.430-33.97325.150-0.850
1992-05-07T00:00-2.457-33.78123.933-5.931
1992-05-08T00:00-2.519-33.60720.457-9.597
1992-05-09T00:00-2.603-33.46317.034-11.733
1992-05-10T00:00-2.700-33.33715.660-12.960
1992-05-11T00:00-2.804-33.21814.921-13.597
1992-05-12T00:00-2.910-33.10514.225-13.277
1992-05-13T00:00-3.007-32.99713.490-11.233
1992-05-14T00:00-3.083-32.89712.102-8.209
1992-05-15T00:00-3.135-32.8129.509-5.074
1992-05-16T00:00-3.165-32.7516.213-2.977
1992-05-17T00:00-3.186-32.7153.076-2.597
1992-05-18T00:00-3.208-32.7001.167-3.144
1992-05-19T00:00-3.235-32.695-0.024-3.640
1992-05-20T00:00-3.265-32.700-1.071-4.182
1992-05-21T00:00-3.299-32.711-1.866-4.205
1992-05-22T00:00-3.328-32.731-3.428-3.187
1992-05-23T00:00-3.348-32.764-4.874-1.860
1992-05-24T00:00-3.360-32.803-4.858-1.658
1992-05-25T00:00-3.378-32.838-4.248-3.027
1992-05-26T00:00-3.406-32.869-3.616-3.894
1992-05-27T00:00-3.435-32.894-2.896-3.281
1992-05-28T00:00-3.457-32.914-2.165-2.561
1992-05-29T00:00-3.478-32.928-1.564-2.984
1992-05-30T00:00-3.506-32.940-1.608-4.317
1992-05-31T00:00-3.545-32.955-2.421-5.473
1992-06-01T00:00-3.589-32.978-3.368-5.659
1992-06-02T00:00-3.635-33.007-4.165-6.445
1992-06-03T00:00-3.692-33.042-4.661-8.106
1992-06-04T00:00-3.760-33.079-4.962-9.121
1992-06-05T00:00-3.831-33.120-5.574-8.776
1992-06-06T00:00-3.895-33.168-7.068-7.604
1992-06-07T00:00-3.949-33.232-9.346-6.112
1992-06-08T00:00-3.991-33.313-11.462-4.807
1992-06-09T00:00-4.028-33.409-13.058-4.992
1992-06-10T00:00-4.073-33.516-14.579-6.707
1992-06-11T00:00-4.131-33.637-16.534-7.724
1992-06-12T00:00-4.188-33.771-17.596-6.551
1992-06-13T00:00-4.234-33.906-16.783-5.617
1992-06-14T00:00-4.282-34.028-14.340-7.069
1992-06-15T00:00-4.347-34.131-12.585-9.490
1992-06-16T00:00-4.426-34.229-12.789-10.256
1992-06-17T00:00-4.507-34.327-11.792-10.916
1992-06-18T00:00-4.601-34.405-7.861-13.270
1992-06-19T00:00-4.715-34.448-3.385-15.865
1992-06-20T00:00-4.847-34.464-1.329-17.720
1992-06-21T00:00-4.991-34.476-2.083-19.222
1992-06-22T00:00-5.151-34.496-2.659-22.110
1992-06-23T00:00-5.335-34.510-0.369-24.416
1992-06-24T00:00-5.523-34.4992.978-23.054
1992-06-25T00:00-5.691-34.4684.615-20.054
1992-06-26T00:00-5.840-34.4305.101-18.443
1992-06-27T00:00-5.981-34.3895.358-17.519
1992-06-28T00:00-6.110-34.3484.993-15.149
1992-06-29T00:00-6.214-34.3114.649-11.347
1992-06-30T00:00-6.289-34.2735.230-8.191
1992-07-01T00:00-6.346-34.2305.551-6.573
1992-07-02T00:00-6.395-34.1914.067-6.218
1992-07-03T00:00-6.447-34.1672.382-7.336
1992-07-04T00:00-6.512-34.1521.385-9.364
1992-07-05T00:00-6.593-34.147-0.240-11.269
1992-07-06T00:00-6.688-34.154-1.190-13.139
1992-07-07T00:00-6.800-34.1600.010-15.658
1992-07-08T00:00-6.933-34.1531.534-18.303
1992-07-09T00:00-7.084-34.1372.679-20.179
1992-07-10T00:00-7.245-34.1075.396-20.782
1992-07-11T00:00-7.406-34.0528.331-20.333
1992-07-12T00:00-7.562-33.97910.345-19.606
1992-07-13T00:00-7.713-33.88912.747-19.125
1992-07-14T00:00-7.860-33.78313.745-18.323
1992-07-15T00:00-7.996-33.68311.156-16.251
1992-07-16T00:00-8.112-33.6117.474-13.437
1992-07-17T00:00-8.206-33.5634.873-10.639
1992-07-18T00:00-8.282-33.5332.879-9.285
1992-07-19T00:00-8.355-33.5171.209-9.436
1992-07-20T00:00-8.432-33.514-0.446-10.572
1992-07-21T00:00-8.524-33.524-2.102-13.173
1992-07-22T00:00-8.638-33.548-4.145-15.842
1992-07-23T00:00-8.771-33.587-5.396-18.309
1992-07-24T00:00-8.922-33.630-5.597-19.979
1992-07-25T00:00-9.076-33.677-6.582-18.896
1992-07-26T00:00-9.212-33.729-5.866-15.798
1992-07-27T00:00-9.322-33.765-3.533-12.378
1992-07-28T00:00-9.405-33.785-1.364-8.805
1992-07-29T00:00-9.458-33.7851.359-4.630
1992-07-30T00:00-9.478-33.7653.553-0.710
1992-07-31T00:00-9.473-33.7295.7811.711
1992-08-01T00:00-9.455-33.6728.7832.700
1992-08-02T00:00-9.432-33.59211.3273.234
1992-08-03T00:00-9.404-33.49613.0243.949
1992-08-04T00:00-9.369-33.38714.7565.162
1992-08-05T00:00-9.322-33.26715.2956.893
1992-08-06T00:00-9.263-33.15114.0887.974
1992-08-07T00:00-9.202-33.04313.8147.294
1992-08-08T00:00-9.149-32.93413.4636.629
1992-08-09T00:00-9.094-32.83910.1907.662
1992-08-10T00:00-9.029-32.7785.3228.803
1992-08-11T00:00-8.959-32.7540.9728.967
1992-08-12T00:00-8.890-32.758-1.5728.705
1992-08-13T00:00-8.823-32.774-2.3208.436
1992-08-14T00:00-8.756-32.794-2.8989.007
1992-08-15T00:00-8.682-32.821-4.0469.680
1992-08-16T00:00-8.609-32.859-5.7588.721
1992-08-17T00:00-8.547-32.911-7.3197.277
1992-08-18T00:00-8.492-32.970-7.3977.099
1992-08-19T00:00-8.435-33.024-6.2937.336
1992-08-20T00:00-8.378-33.067-4.5207.333
1992-08-21T00:00-8.319-33.091-1.2517.875
1992-08-22T00:00-8.254-33.0862.2578.781
1992-08-23T00:00-8.183-33.0594.4649.225
1992-08-24T00:00-8.113-33.0176.2878.462
1992-08-25T00:00-8.051-32.9608.2737.613
1992-08-26T00:00-7.993-32.8889.9967.164
1992-08-27T00:00-7.939-32.80411.4596.738
1992-08-28T00:00-7.886-32.70813.0826.972
1992-08-29T00:00-7.830-32.60014.3277.229
1992-08-30T00:00-7.775-32.48515.0086.734
1992-08-31T00:00-7.724-32.36515.6456.539
1992-09-01T00:00-7.673-32.24016.2576.278
1992-09-02T00:00-7.630-32.11116.6334.445
1992-09-03T00:00-7.608-31.98116.4410.901
1992-09-04T00:00-7.616-31.85615.303-2.675
1992-09-05T00:00-7.646-31.74512.768-4.792
1992-09-06T00:00-7.690-31.6599.099-6.570
1992-09-07T00:00-7.750-31.5996.767-8.861
1992-09-08T00:00-7.826-31.5486.350-10.208
1992-09-09T00:00-7.908-31.5005.747-10.976
1992-09-10T00:00-8.000-31.4613.972-12.700
1992-09-11T00:00-8.104-31.4391.715-13.485
1992-09-12T00:00-8.208-31.4310.649-13.230
1992-09-13T00:00-8.312-31.4241.427-13.466
1992-09-14T00:00-8.417-31.4063.203-13.162
1992-09-15T00:00-8.513-31.3744.880-11.068
1992-09-16T00:00-8.594-31.3344.802-10.534
1992-09-17T00:00-8.673-31.2946.489-8.236
1992-09-18T00:00-8.720-31.2308.983-4.906