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Richardson, Philip L; Schmitz, W J (2006): Current velocity from SOFAR float TA17B [dataset]. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Physical Oceanography Department, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.399626

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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: 22.165117 * Median Longitude: -21.411004 * South-bound Latitude: 21.081000 * West-bound Longitude: -25.309000 * North-bound Latitude: 23.312000 * East-bound Longitude: -18.109000
Date/Time Start: 1992-09-16T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1993-05-20T00:00:00
Event(s):
TA17B * Latitude Start: 22.572000 * Longitude Start: -18.806000 * Latitude End: 23.284000 * Longitude End: -24.282000 * Date/Time Start: 1992-09-16T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1993-05-20T00:00:00 * Location: Canarias Sea * Campaign: Floater * Method/Device: SOFAR float (SOFAR) * Comment: Nominal depth: 800m
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:
494 data points

Data

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Date/Time

Latitude

Longitude

Cur vel U [cm/s]

Cur vel V [cm/s]
1992-09-16T00:0022.572-18.80615.2757.670
1992-09-17T00:0022.617-18.6978.3721.963
1992-09-18T00:0022.605-18.6690.150-2.832
1992-09-19T00:0022.587-18.686-5.046-2.168
1992-09-20T00:0022.580-18.748-8.1751.892
1992-09-21T00:0022.629-18.804-4.38710.750
1992-09-22T00:0022.740-18.8142.15916.627
1992-09-23T00:0022.868-18.7727.15514.636
1992-09-24T00:0022.950-18.7058.0575.576
1992-09-25T00:0022.953-18.6446.206-4.256
1992-09-26T00:0022.896-18.6081.664-9.316
1992-09-27T00:0022.828-18.620-4.317-6.544
1992-09-28T00:0022.809-18.670-6.4962.041
1992-09-29T00:0022.854-18.717-4.2738.379
1992-09-30T00:0022.920-18.739-1.0017.125
1992-10-01T00:0022.958-18.7313.2863.111
1992-10-02T00:0022.973-18.6828.1530.812
1992-10-03T00:0022.975-18.59512.5260.180
1992-10-04T00:0022.975-18.47814.378-0.761
1992-10-05T00:0022.951-18.36611.501-6.365
1992-10-06T00:0022.876-18.2867.996-11.846
1992-10-07T00:0022.782-18.2256.755-11.234
1992-10-08T00:0022.705-18.1735.274-8.969
1992-10-09T00:0022.634-18.1412.114-9.795
1992-10-10T00:0022.552-18.1340.189-10.680
1992-10-11T00:0022.473-18.1310.703-9.390
1992-10-12T00:0022.405-18.1230.933-8.280
1992-10-13T00:0022.346-18.1160.928-6.318
1992-10-14T00:0022.306-18.1090.361-4.510
1992-10-15T00:0022.272-18.112-0.943-4.093
1992-10-16T00:0022.239-18.126-2.675-4.878
1992-10-17T00:0022.192-18.160-5.542-7.152
1992-10-18T00:0022.133-18.216-7.386-7.269
1992-10-19T00:0022.083-18.282-8.616-5.680
1992-10-20T00:0022.044-18.362-10.468-4.229
1992-10-21T00:0022.018-18.455-11.524-2.394
1992-10-22T00:0022.005-18.552-11.552-1.190
1992-10-23T00:0021.997-18.648-11.468-0.918
1992-10-24T00:0021.990-18.744-11.421-0.904
1992-10-25T00:0021.983-18.839-11.338-0.847
1992-10-26T00:0021.977-18.933-11.001-0.706
1992-10-27T00:0021.973-19.021-9.925-0.173
1992-10-28T00:0021.977-19.099-8.8291.400
1992-10-29T00:0021.997-19.168-7.4723.801
1992-10-30T00:0022.034-19.223-5.7435.311
1992-10-31T00:0022.077-19.265-4.3285.712
1992-11-01T00:0022.123-19.295-2.7466.058
1992-11-02T00:0022.169-19.310-0.8085.427
1992-11-03T00:0022.204-19.3090.9653.375
1992-11-04T00:0022.222-19.2942.6771.449
1992-11-05T00:0022.228-19.2644.4380.056
1992-11-06T00:0022.221-19.2263.913-2.058
1992-11-07T00:0022.195-19.2031.749-4.511
1992-11-08T00:0022.154-19.1911.623-5.659
1992-11-09T00:0022.109-19.1732.502-5.918
1992-11-10T00:0022.063-19.1522.342-5.656
1992-11-11T00:0022.021-19.1332.468-5.291
1992-11-12T00:0021.980-19.1102.845-5.092
1992-11-13T00:0021.940-19.0911.212-5.484
1992-11-14T00:0021.893-19.091-0.879-6.420
1992-11-15T00:0021.844-19.100-0.926-5.745
1992-11-16T00:0021.808-19.1010.995-3.280
1992-11-17T00:0021.790-19.0842.693-1.895
1992-11-18T00:0021.774-19.0602.957-2.211
1992-11-19T00:0021.759-19.0324.153-1.179
1992-11-20T00:0021.756-18.9905.5710.008
1992-11-21T00:0021.752-18.9464.450-1.543
1992-11-22T00:0021.733-18.9172.849-2.679
1992-11-23T00:0021.715-18.8981.397-1.966
1992-11-24T00:0021.700-18.896-0.893-2.142
1992-11-25T00:0021.681-18.909-1.777-2.536
1992-11-26T00:0021.664-18.923-1.700-1.555
1992-11-27T00:0021.657-18.939-2.203-0.469
1992-11-28T00:0021.654-18.960-2.787-0.412
1992-11-29T00:0021.650-18.985-3.185-0.574
1992-11-30T00:0021.643-19.015-4.242-1.521
1992-12-01T00:0021.626-19.056-5.366-2.570
1992-12-02T00:0021.609-19.098-4.131-1.271
1992-12-03T00:0021.608-19.125-2.9160.732
1992-12-04T00:0021.615-19.153-3.9770.648
1992-12-05T00:0021.617-19.189-4.1830.137
1992-12-06T00:0021.621-19.218-2.6601.111
1992-12-07T00:0021.635-19.235-1.7142.337
1992-12-08T00:0021.655-19.249-1.6292.611
1992-12-09T00:0021.675-19.262-1.4752.597
1992-12-10T00:0021.694-19.276-2.1741.995
1992-12-11T00:0021.706-19.298-2.7661.340
1992-12-12T00:0021.717-19.320-2.5721.485
1992-12-13T00:0021.730-19.341-2.3931.946
1992-12-14T00:0021.747-19.360-2.2262.264
1992-12-15T00:0021.763-19.378-1.9941.687
1992-12-16T00:0021.774-19.393-1.6511.370
1992-12-17T00:0021.789-19.405-1.0972.827
1992-12-18T00:0021.818-19.410-0.0644.238
1992-12-19T00:0021.849-19.4080.2763.289
1992-12-20T00:0021.866-19.409-0.6811.059
1992-12-21T00:0021.867-19.421-2.218-0.604
1992-12-22T00:0021.861-19.442-2.292-0.564
1992-12-23T00:0021.861-19.456-1.1770.554
1992-12-24T00:0021.867-19.465-1.2570.654
1992-12-25T00:0021.868-19.480-2.408-0.480
1992-12-26T00:0021.861-19.502-2.388-1.040
1992-12-27T00:0021.855-19.518-1.676-0.360
1992-12-28T00:0021.855-19.532-1.6730.171
1992-12-29T00:0021.855-19.546-1.680-0.324
1992-12-30T00:0021.850-19.560-1.656-0.797
1992-12-31T00:0021.844-19.575-2.105-0.716
1993-01-01T00:0021.837-19.598-3.565-1.336
1993-01-02T00:0021.821-19.635-5.172-2.783
1993-01-03T00:0021.797-19.680-5.187-2.910
1993-01-04T00:0021.781-19.719-4.243-0.954
1993-01-05T00:0021.781-19.753-4.0560.576
1993-01-06T00:0021.785-19.789-4.6690.190
1993-01-07T00:0021.784-19.830-4.918-0.181
1993-01-08T00:0021.785-19.871-5.1040.533
1993-01-09T00:0021.791-19.917-5.9050.741
1993-01-10T00:0021.795-19.968-6.1070.348
1993-01-11T00:0021.798-20.016-5.2140.559
1993-01-12T00:0021.806-20.055-4.2751.645
1993-01-13T00:0021.821-20.094-5.6891.704
1993-01-14T00:0021.829-20.154-8.5100.382
1993-01-15T00:0021.832-20.227-8.0180.997
1993-01-16T00:0021.848-20.280-4.6512.935
1993-01-17T00:0021.874-20.310-3.1703.410
1993-01-18T00:0021.898-20.340-4.2002.647
1993-01-19T00:0021.915-20.381-5.5051.766
1993-01-20T00:0021.927-20.431-6.4261.440
1993-01-21T00:0021.939-20.488-7.1751.702
1993-01-22T00:0021.955-20.549-7.2002.517
1993-01-23T00:0021.978-20.607-6.7053.224
1993-01-24T00:0022.003-20.666-7.9373.043
1993-01-25T00:0022.024-20.745-11.0252.291
1993-01-26T00:0022.040-20.847-12.8492.020
1993-01-27T00:0022.057-20.954-12.4942.315
1993-01-28T00:0022.075-21.056-12.0812.175
1993-01-29T00:0022.089-21.159-12.6481.288
1993-01-30T00:0022.096-21.267-12.9360.747
1993-01-31T00:0022.102-21.374-12.6470.721
1993-02-01T00:0022.106-21.480-12.7940.212
1993-02-02T00:0022.105-21.587-12.494-0.415
1993-02-03T00:0022.100-21.688-11.756-0.859
1993-02-04T00:0022.094-21.785-11.426-0.378
1993-02-05T00:0022.096-21.882-12.0520.835
1993-02-06T00:0022.105-21.989-13.4611.268
1993-02-07T00:0022.113-22.107-14.7200.627
1993-02-08T00:0022.116-22.234-15.4370.451
1993-02-09T00:0022.123-22.362-14.8901.414
1993-02-10T00:0022.139-22.484-14.5652.736
1993-02-11T00:0022.166-22.611-16.0424.175
1993-02-12T00:0022.203-22.756-18.6785.169
1993-02-13T00:0022.246-22.921-20.2365.907
1993-02-14T00:0022.292-23.090-19.9285.421
1993-02-15T00:0022.326-23.253-18.8503.167
1993-02-16T00:0022.340-23.405-17.3590.367
1993-02-17T00:0022.331-23.540-14.373-2.714
1993-02-18T00:0022.299-23.645-11.002-5.275
1993-02-19T00:0022.250-23.730-9.601-7.329
1993-02-20T00:0022.185-23.811-10.009-9.239
1993-02-21T00:0022.107-23.899-10.881-10.692
1993-02-22T00:0022.019-23.989-10.242-11.813
1993-02-23T00:0021.922-24.066-8.019-13.180
1993-02-24T00:0021.812-24.120-4.676-15.051
1993-02-25T00:0021.688-24.143-0.917-16.580
1993-02-26T00:0021.557-24.1391.524-16.663
1993-02-27T00:0021.433-24.1212.738-14.799
1993-02-28T00:0021.329-24.0953.363-11.792
1993-03-01T00:0021.247-24.0663.622-9.537
1993-03-02T00:0021.178-24.0334.493-8.107
1993-03-03T00:0021.123-23.9925.088-5.704
1993-03-04T00:0021.091-23.9534.011-2.523
1993-03-05T00:0021.081-23.9281.959-0.351
1993-03-06T00:0021.082-23.9190.4200.466
1993-03-07T00:0021.086-23.918-0.0330.409
1993-03-08T00:0021.088-23.9180.0710.203
1993-03-09T00:0021.091-23.9170.1090.701
1993-03-10T00:0021.100-23.917-0.1461.606
1993-03-11T00:0021.115-23.9170.4752.103
1993-03-12T00:0021.133-23.9081.4912.670
1993-03-13T00:0021.158-23.8990.0533.749
1993-03-14T00:0021.190-23.911-2.7824.248
1993-03-15T00:0021.222-23.940-3.7083.862
1993-03-16T00:0021.251-23.966-2.2143.754
1993-03-17T00:0021.284-23.977-0.7724.958
1993-03-18T00:0021.328-23.985-1.5446.017
1993-03-19T00:0021.374-24.004-2.7775.573
1993-03-20T00:0021.415-24.026-2.1115.137
1993-03-21T00:0021.458-24.040-1.7416.172
1993-03-22T00:0021.512-24.062-3.8827.464
1993-03-23T00:0021.571-24.104-5.7547.414
1993-03-24T00:0021.627-24.153-5.8287.093
1993-03-25T00:0021.684-24.198-4.7257.657
1993-03-26T00:0021.746-24.234-4.3818.027
1993-03-27T00:0021.807-24.275-5.4107.521
1993-03-28T00:0021.864-24.323-5.9327.255
1993-03-29T00:0021.924-24.371-5.3178.442
1993-03-30T00:0021.995-24.414-5.4459.342
1993-03-31T00:0022.065-24.464-6.2498.400
1993-04-01T00:0022.126-24.514-5.4007.422
1993-04-02T00:0022.184-24.553-4.0357.664
1993-04-03T00:0022.248-24.584-3.5288.829
1993-04-04T00:0022.321-24.612-2.9719.693
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1993-04-08T00:0022.667-24.725-6.67311.182
1993-04-09T00:0022.753-24.791-8.96211.130
1993-04-10T00:0022.841-24.871-9.54711.199
1993-04-11T00:0022.921-24.947-8.4528.671
1993-04-12T00:0022.969-25.015-7.9413.335
1993-04-13T00:0022.974-25.082-7.858-1.630
1993-04-14T00:0022.951-25.143-6.205-3.735
1993-04-15T00:0022.922-25.184-3.645-3.423
1993-04-16T00:0022.902-25.206-1.654-1.415
1993-04-17T00:0022.902-25.214-0.4241.391
1993-04-18T00:0022.922-25.217-0.5673.541
1993-04-19T00:0022.952-25.227-1.9383.671
1993-04-20T00:0022.976-25.249-3.0782.538
1993-04-21T00:0022.992-25.274-2.4861.557
1993-04-22T00:0023.003-25.289-1.2181.615
1993-04-23T00:0023.020-25.297-0.8312.750
1993-04-24T00:0023.044-25.304-0.7983.151
1993-04-25T00:0023.068-25.309-0.2483.103
1993-04-26T00:0023.094-25.3061.0773.663
1993-04-27T00:0023.126-25.2893.0554.548
1993-04-28T00:0023.165-25.2545.1965.448
1993-04-29T00:0023.210-25.2046.3815.961
1993-04-30T00:0023.256-25.1486.9565.699
1993-05-01T00:0023.295-25.0858.0783.928
1993-05-02T00:0023.312-25.00910.1050.122
1993-05-03T00:0023.298-24.91511.881-3.261
1993-05-04T00:0023.269-24.81311.992-3.613
1993-05-05T00:0023.247-24.71710.495-1.898
1993-05-06T00:0023.238-24.6388.210-0.716
1993-05-07T00:0023.233-24.5766.771-0.623
1993-05-08T00:0023.228-24.5196.997-0.636
1993-05-09T00:0023.224-24.4587.175-0.293
1993-05-10T00:0023.222-24.4035.528-0.501
1993-05-11T00:0023.213-24.3682.698-1.933
1993-05-12T00:0023.193-24.3570.027-2.918
1993-05-13T00:0023.171-24.361-0.320-2.545
1993-05-14T00:0023.155-24.3561.608-1.513
1993-05-15T00:0023.148-24.3353.135-0.246
1993-05-16T00:0023.152-24.3111.8541.345
1993-05-17T00:0023.170-24.306-0.2403.326
1993-05-18T00:0023.201-24.315-2.3144.192
1993-05-19T00:0023.236-24.3281.6765.284
1993-05-20T00:0023.284-24.2827.3326.587