Citation:

PANGAEA.401611

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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

Project(s):

World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE)

Coverage:

Median Latitude: -43.480444 * Median Longitude: 31.758533 * South-bound Latitude: -44.031000 * West-bound Longitude: 31.625000 * North-bound Latitude: -42.958000 * East-bound Longitude: 31.890000

Date/Time Start: 2000-12-19T18:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2000-12-30T18:00:00

Minimum DEPTH, water: 0 m * Maximum DEPTH, water: 0 m

Event(s):

SVP_18755 (WMO16525) * Latitude: -42.958000 * Longitude: 31.890000 * Date/Time Start: 2000-12-19T18:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2000-12-30T18:00:00 * Location: Indian Ocean * Campaign: * Method/Device: Drifter, longterm (LD)

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Method/Device	Comment
1	DATE/TIME	Date/Time			Geocode
2	LATITUDE	Latitude			Geocode
3	LONGITUDE	Longitude			Geocode
4	DEPTH, water	Depth water	m		Geocode
5	Temperature, water	Temp	°C	Buoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)
6	Current velocity, east-west	Cur vel U	cm/s	Buoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)
7	Current velocity, north-south	Cur vel V	cm/s	Buoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)
8	Latitude, error	Latitude e		Buoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)
9	Longitude, error	Longitude e		Buoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)
10	Code	Code		Buoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)	Drogue, off=0/on=1

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)

Size:

268 data points

Data

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1 Date/Time	2 Latitude	3 Longitude	5 Temp [°C]	6 Cur vel U [cm/s]	7 Cur vel V [cm/s]	8 Latitude e	9 Longitude e
2000-12-19T18:00	-44.031	31.882	9.399			0.0001	0.0003
2000-12-20T00:00	-44.012	31.875	9.617	-2.90	9.77	0.0014	0.0041
2000-12-20T06:00	-43.993	31.867	9.545	-3.04	10.15	0.0030	0.0094
2000-12-20T12:00	-43.973	31.858	9.356	-3.17	10.44	0.0044	0.0143
2000-12-20T18:00	-43.952	31.850	9.562	-3.32	10.70	0.0054	0.0180
2000-12-21T00:00	-43.931	31.840	9.673	-3.48	10.95	0.0060	0.0199
2000-12-21T06:00	-43.910	31.831	9.666	-3.66	11.19	0.0060	0.0199
2000-12-21T12:00	-43.888	31.821	9.660	-3.89	11.44	0.0056	0.0180
2000-12-21T18:00	-43.865	31.810	9.649	-4.17	11.72	0.0047	0.0144
2000-12-22T00:00	-43.842	31.798	9.626	-4.56	12.08	0.0034	0.0099
2000-12-22T06:00	-43.818	31.786	9.646	-5.16	12.65	0.0020	0.0050
2000-12-22T12:00	-43.793	31.771	9.629	-6.70	15.37	0.0006	0.0012
2000-12-22T18:00	-43.759	31.750	9.627	-7.61	15.43	0.0001	0.0001
2000-12-23T00:00	-43.733	31.730	9.607	-7.07	12.45	0.0012	0.0028
2000-12-23T06:00	-43.710	31.712	9.615	-6.62	11.59	0.0025	0.0067
2000-12-23T12:00	-43.688	31.694	9.805	-6.25	11.38	0.0035	0.0101
2000-12-23T18:00	-43.666	31.678	9.850	-5.82	11.41	0.0042	0.0122
2000-12-24T00:00	-43.644	31.663	9.721	-5.28	11.61	0.0042	0.0126
2000-12-24T06:00	-43.621	31.650	9.717	-4.61	11.99	0.0038	0.0110
2000-12-24T12:00	-43.597	31.639	9.731	-3.73	12.62	0.0029	0.0080
2000-12-24T18:00	-43.572	31.630	9.568	-2.53	13.69	0.0016	0.0042
2000-12-25T00:00	-43.544	31.625	9.430	-0.39	16.93	0.0004	0.0008
2000-12-25T06:00	-43.506	31.628	9.358	2.37	21.92	0.0003	0.0006
2000-12-25T12:00	-43.458	31.638	9.339	4.01	24.31	0.0006	0.0013
2000-12-25T18:00	-43.411	31.649	9.323	3.69	21.63	0.0001	0.0001
2000-12-26T00:00	-43.374	31.657	9.304	2.79	17.78	0.0007	0.0016
2000-12-26T06:00	-43.342	31.664	9.348	2.54	16.12	0.0018	0.0047
2000-12-26T12:00	-43.312	31.671	9.469	2.71	15.38	0.0027	0.0072
2000-12-26T18:00	-43.282	31.679	9.528	3.08	14.86	0.0029	0.0081
2000-12-27T00:00	-43.254	31.687	9.469	3.64	14.42	0.0026	0.0070
2000-12-27T06:00	-43.226	31.698	9.498	4.48	14.03	0.0018	0.0044
2000-12-27T12:00	-43.199	31.711	9.641	6.18	13.75	0.0006	0.0014
2000-12-27T18:00	-43.173	31.731	9.740	8.89	13.59	0.0001	0.0002
2000-12-28T00:00	-43.147	31.758	9.510	8.88	12.51	0.0001	0.0001
2000-12-28T06:00	-43.124	31.778	9.562	6.42	10.95	0.0008	0.0019
2000-12-28T12:00	-43.104	31.792	10.070	5.14	10.13	0.0024	0.0065
2000-12-28T18:00	-43.085	31.805	10.208	4.57	9.61	0.0042	0.0126
2000-12-29T00:00	-43.067	31.817	9.821	4.24	9.18	0.0060	0.0193
2000-12-29T06:00	-43.049	31.828	9.636	4.03	8.80	0.0077	0.0258
2000-12-29T12:00	-43.032	31.838	9.593	3.91	8.45	0.0091	0.0317
2000-12-29T18:00	-43.016	31.848	9.480	3.86	8.12	0.0102	0.0365
2000-12-30T00:00	-43.001	31.859	9.493	3.86	7.79	0.0110	0.0399
2000-12-30T06:00	-42.986	31.869	9.576	3.89	7.46	0.0113	0.0417
2000-12-30T12:00	-42.972	31.879	9.681	3.97	7.14	0.0113	0.0418
2000-12-30T18:00	-42.958	31.890	9.755	4.09	6.80	0.0108	0.0401