Citation:

PANGAEA.402181

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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: 60.060375 * Median Longitude: 4.900875 * South-bound Latitude: 60.012000 * West-bound Longitude: 4.710000 * North-bound Latitude: 60.098000 * East-bound Longitude: 5.128000

Date/Time Start: 1998-03-03T18:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1998-03-05T12:00:00

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

Event(s):

SVP_2558895 (WMO44911) * Latitude: 60.098000 * Longitude: 4.710000 * Date/Time Start: 1998-03-03T18:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1998-03-05T12:00:00 * Location: North Sea * 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:

46 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	10 Code
1998-03-03T18:00	60.012	5.128	9.832	18.09	9.07	0.0018	0.0076	1
1998-03-04T00:00	60.028	5.058	9.770	17.82	8.14	0.0029	0.0124	1
1998-03-04T06:00	60.043	4.990	9.756	17.45	7.51	0.0034	0.0147	1
1998-03-04T12:00	60.057	4.923	9.801	16.94	6.99	0.0032	0.0138	1
1998-03-04T18:00	60.070	4.858	9.804	16.20	6.48	0.0024	0.0101	1
1998-03-05T00:00	60.082	4.797	9.759	14.79	5.75	0.0011	0.0044	0
1998-03-05T06:00	60.093	4.743	9.762	11.21	4.07	0.0000	0.0002	0
1998-03-05T12:00	60.098	4.710	9.803			0.0004	0.0015	0