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WOCE Surface Velocity Program, SVP (2006): Water temperature and current velocity from surface drifter SVP_7702972 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.402880

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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: -9.906937 * Median Longitude: -80.347062 * South-bound Latitude: -10.441000 * West-bound Longitude: -80.697000 * North-bound Latitude: -9.366000 * East-bound Longitude: -80.083000
Date/Time Start: 1986-05-08T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1986-05-11T18:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, water: m * Maximum DEPTH, water: m
Event(s):
SVP_7702972 (WMO999) * Latitude: -9.366000 * Longitude: -80.697000 * Date/Time Start: 1986-05-08T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1986-05-11T18:00:00 * Location: South Pacific Ocean * Campaign: SVP_129 * 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:
92 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
1986-05-08T00:00-10.441-80.083023.9210.00000.00001
1986-05-08T06:00-10.379-80.126023.815-22.0632.760.00000.00001
1986-05-08T12:00-10.313-80.170023.803-17.6334.020.00010.00011
1986-05-08T18:00-10.247-80.195023.866-11.5834.510.00020.00021
1986-05-09T00:00-10.178-80.216023.806-9.7335.290.00030.00041
1986-05-09T06:00-10.109-80.234023.686-9.3836.210.00030.00031
1986-05-09T12:00-10.037-80.252023.689-10.1237.700.00020.00021
1986-05-09T18:00-9.961-80.274023.752-13.3041.150.00000.00001
1986-05-10T00:00-9.876-80.305023.655-21.3344.690.00000.00001
1986-05-10T06:00-9.787-80.358023.545-28.0043.990.00000.00001
1986-05-10T12:00-9.704-80.415023.562-29.0039.920.00010.00011
1986-05-10T18:00-9.631-80.472023.653-28.8436.820.00020.00031
1986-05-11T00:00-9.561-80.529023.598-28.9235.390.00030.00041
1986-05-11T06:00-9.493-80.585023.498-28.7834.060.00030.00041
1986-05-11T12:00-9.428-80.642023.545-28.3032.390.00020.00021
1986-05-11T18:00-9.366-80.697023.6360.00000.00001