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WOCE Surface Velocity Program, SVP (2006): Water temperature and current velocity from surface drifter SVP_18745 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.401603

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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:
Hansen, Donald V; Poulain, Pierre-Marie (1996): Quality control and interpolations of WOCE-TOGA drifter data. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 13(4), 900-909, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(1996)013%3C0900:QCAIOW%3E2.0.CO;2
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -45.024250 * Median Longitude: 25.122500 * South-bound Latitude: -45.043000 * West-bound Longitude: 25.055000 * North-bound Latitude: -45.000000 * East-bound Longitude: 25.224000
Date/Time Start: 2000-12-10T18:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2000-12-11T12:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, water: m * Maximum DEPTH, water: m
Event(s):
SVP_18745 (WMO16524) * Latitude: -45.043000 * Longitude: 25.224000 * Date/Time Start: 2000-12-10T18:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2000-12-11T12:00:00 * Location: Indian Ocean * Campaign: SVP_9325 * Method/Device: Drifter, longterm (LD)
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
DATE/TIMEDate/TimeGeocode
LATITUDELatitudeGeocode
LONGITUDELongitudeGeocode
DEPTH, waterDepth watermGeocode
Temperature, waterTemp°CBuoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)
Current velocity, east-westCur vel Ucm/sBuoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)
Current velocity, north-southCur vel Vcm/sBuoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)
Latitude, errorLatitude eBuoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)
Longitude, errorLongitude eBuoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)
10 CodeCodeBuoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)Drogue, off=0/on=1
Size:
20 data points

Data

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Date/Time

Latitude

Longitude

Depth water [m]

Temp [°C]

Cur vel U [cm/s]

Cur vel V [cm/s]

Latitude e

Longitude e
10 
Code
2000-12-10T18:00-45.00025.055010.3560.00000.00001
2000-12-11T00:00-45.01225.070010.28715.82-10.890.00010.00011
2000-12-11T06:00-45.04225.141010.21627.96-7.990.00000.00001
2000-12-11T12:00-45.04325.224010.1780.00020.00031