Citation:

PANGAEA.402552

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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: 22.981042 * Median Longitude: 121.387375 * South-bound Latitude: 21.672000 * West-bound Longitude: 120.840000 * North-bound Latitude: 23.562000 * East-bound Longitude: 121.593000

Date/Time Start: 1992-10-02T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1992-10-08T06:00:00

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

Event(s):

SVP_7700512 (WMO21936) * Latitude: 23.553000 * Longitude: 121.535000 * Date/Time Start: 1992-10-02T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1992-10-08T06:00:00 * Location: South China 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:

138 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
1992-10-02T12:00	21.672	120.840	28.031			0.0000	0.0000	1
1992-10-02T18:00	21.773	120.936	27.994	53.44	69.84	0.0000	0.0000	1
1992-10-03T00:00	21.945	121.064	28.032	53.93	92.41	0.0002	0.0002	1
1992-10-03T06:00	22.133	121.162	28.173	38.17	97.11	0.0000	0.0000	1
1992-10-03T12:00	22.324	121.224	28.155	14.94	96.78	0.0000	0.0000	1
1992-10-03T18:00	22.511	121.225	28.042	6.92	92.02	0.0000	0.0000	1
1992-10-04T00:00	22.683	121.253	28.009	22.59	96.78	0.0000	0.0000	1
1992-10-04T06:00	22.888	121.320	28.082	45.11	97.55	0.0001	0.0000	1
1992-10-04T12:00	23.063	121.443	28.060	49.88	91.07	0.0000	0.0000	1
1992-10-04T18:00	23.243	121.530	27.939	33.25	94.18	0.0000	0.0000	1
1992-10-05T00:00	23.430	121.584	27.713	14.79	81.76	0.0000	0.0000	1
1992-10-05T06:00	23.562	121.593	27.528	-0.65	30.16	0.0002	0.0002	1
1992-10-05T12:00	23.548	121.581	27.303	-13.63	-39.01	0.0000	0.0000	1
1992-10-05T18:00	23.410	121.535	26.989	-17.73	-67.29	0.0003	0.0002	1
1992-10-06T00:00	23.285	121.506	26.732	-5.51	-47.54	0.0001	0.0001	1
1992-10-06T06:00	23.225	121.512	26.694	-11.74	-24.92	0.0000	0.0000	1
1992-10-06T12:00	23.188	121.456	26.978	-14.04	-13.16	0.0000	0.0000	1
1992-10-06T18:00	23.173	121.453	27.130	-0.49	11.29	0.0001	0.0001	1
1992-10-07T00:00	23.232	121.454	27.207	10.55	39.85	0.0000	0.0000	1
1992-10-07T06:00	23.329	121.497	27.328	15.08	39.77	0.0000	0.0000	1
1992-10-07T12:00	23.387	121.518	27.286	7.98	33.10	0.0000	0.0000	1
1992-10-07T18:00	23.458	121.531	27.178	6.42	36.55	0.0001	0.0000	1
1992-10-08T00:00	23.530	121.545		0.96	24.27	0.0000	0.0000	1
1992-10-08T06:00	23.553	121.535				0.0000	0.0000	1