Citation:

PANGAEA.403402

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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: 2.129568 * Median Longitude: -136.768270 * South-bound Latitude: 0.205000 * West-bound Longitude: -138.120000 * North-bound Latitude: 4.600000 * East-bound Longitude: -135.800000

Date/Time Start: 1989-05-02T06:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1989-05-20T12:00:00

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

Event(s):

SVP_7711126 (WMO51815) * Latitude: 4.600000 * Longitude: -135.800000 * Date/Time Start: 1989-05-02T06:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1989-05-20T12:00:00 * Location: North Pacific 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	Current velocity, east-west	Cur vel U	cm/s	Buoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)
6	Current velocity, north-south	Cur vel V	cm/s	Buoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)
7	Latitude, error	Latitude e		Buoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)
8	Longitude, error	Longitude e		Buoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)
9	Code	Code		Buoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)	Drogue, off=0/on=1

License:

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

Size:

366 data points

Data

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1 Date/Time	2 Latitude	3 Longitude	5 Cur vel U [cm/s]	6 Cur vel V [cm/s]	7 Latitude e	8 Longitude e	9 Code
1989-05-02T06:00	0.205	-138.120			0.0000	0.0000	1
1989-05-02T12:00	0.245	-138.013	50.67	17.09	0.0000	0.0000	1
1989-05-02T18:00	0.272	-137.923	44.77	12.88	0.0007	0.0004	1
1989-05-03T00:00	0.295	-137.840	42.06	11.87	0.0016	0.0012	1
1989-05-03T06:00	0.318	-137.760	40.57	11.66	0.0024	0.0020	1
1989-05-03T12:00	0.341	-137.682	39.47	11.74	0.0029	0.0025	1
1989-05-03T18:00	0.364	-137.607	38.53	12.01	0.0030	0.0026	1
1989-05-04T00:00	0.388	-137.533	37.67	12.46	0.0028	0.0024	1
1989-05-04T06:00	0.413	-137.460	36.81	13.10	0.0022	0.0018	1
1989-05-04T12:00	0.439	-137.390	35.90	14.01	0.0014	0.0011	1
1989-05-04T18:00	0.467	-137.321	34.74	15.64	0.0005	0.0003	1
1989-05-05T00:00	0.500	-137.255	33.32	18.56	0.0001	0.0000	1
1989-05-05T06:00	0.540	-137.192	33.77	21.35	0.0002	0.0001	1
1989-05-05T12:00	0.583	-137.124	33.72	24.05	0.0000	0.0000	1
1989-05-05T18:00	0.634	-137.061	31.32	26.57	0.0007	0.0005	1
1989-05-06T00:00	0.687	-137.002	29.30	27.86	0.0016	0.0013	1
1989-05-06T06:00	0.743	-136.947	27.70	28.77	0.0024	0.0020	1
1989-05-06T12:00	0.800	-136.895	26.18	29.50	0.0029	0.0025	1
1989-05-06T18:00	0.858	-136.846	24.61	30.12	0.0031	0.0027	1
1989-05-07T00:00	0.917	-136.799	22.95	30.70	0.0029	0.0025	1
1989-05-07T06:00	0.978	-136.757	21.15	31.31	0.0024	0.0020	1
1989-05-07T12:00	1.040	-136.717	19.15	32.12	0.0016	0.0012	1
1989-05-07T18:00	1.103	-136.682	16.62	34.39	0.0006	0.0004	1
1989-05-08T00:00	1.174	-136.653	14.76	37.44	0.0000	0.0000	1
1989-05-08T06:00	1.250	-136.625	10.93	33.68	0.0000	0.0000	1
1989-05-08T12:00	1.306	-136.610	5.03	28.38	0.0008	0.0005	1
1989-05-08T18:00	1.360	-136.605	1.03	27.88	0.0017	0.0014	1
1989-05-09T00:00	1.414	-136.606	-1.62	27.52	0.0026	0.0022	1
1989-05-09T06:00	1.468	-136.612	-3.62	27.34	0.0032	0.0029	1
1989-05-09T12:00	1.521	-136.620	-5.18	27.29	0.0036	0.0032	1
1989-05-09T18:00	1.575	-136.632	-6.38	27.34	0.0035	0.0031	1
1989-05-10T00:00	1.628	-136.645	-7.32	27.48	0.0031	0.0027	1
1989-05-10T06:00	1.682	-136.660	-8.03	27.70	0.0024	0.0020	1
1989-05-10T12:00	1.736	-136.676	-8.57	27.93	0.0015	0.0012	1
1989-05-10T18:00	1.791	-136.693	-9.81	27.18	0.0006	0.0004	1
1989-05-11T00:00	1.842	-136.714	-6.40	27.32	0.0000	0.0000	1
1989-05-11T06:00	1.898	-136.718	-2.88	37.58	0.0000	0.0000	1
1989-05-11T12:00	1.989	-136.726	-4.90	42.17	0.0000	0.0000	1
1989-05-11T18:00	2.063	-136.737	-6.09	36.47	0.0007	0.0005	1
1989-05-12T00:00	2.132	-136.749	-6.15	35.24	0.0017	0.0013	1
1989-05-12T06:00	2.200	-136.761	-6.02	35.01	0.0027	0.0024	1
1989-05-12T12:00	2.269	-136.773	-5.69	35.02	0.0036	0.0033	1
1989-05-12T18:00	2.337	-136.783	-5.17	35.13	0.0042	0.0040	1
1989-05-13T00:00	2.406	-136.793	-4.49	35.29	0.0045	0.0043	1
1989-05-13T06:00	2.475	-136.801	-3.61	35.50	0.0044	0.0043	1
1989-05-13T12:00	2.545	-136.807	-2.53	35.74	0.0041	0.0040	1
1989-05-13T18:00	2.615	-136.811	-1.21	36.04	0.0034	0.0032	1
1989-05-14T00:00	2.685	-136.812	0.44	36.41	0.0025	0.0023	1
1989-05-14T06:00	2.757	-136.809	2.56	36.91	0.0014	0.0012	1
1989-05-14T12:00	2.830	-136.802	5.77	37.96	0.0004	0.0003	1
1989-05-14T18:00	2.905	-136.786	10.03	39.61	0.0002	0.0001	1
1989-05-15T00:00	2.984	-136.763	13.59	40.78	0.0013	0.0011	1
1989-05-15T06:00	3.064	-136.734	15.90	41.23	0.0026	0.0025	1
1989-05-15T12:00	3.145	-136.701	17.70	41.51	0.0041	0.0041	1
1989-05-15T18:00	3.227	-136.665	19.15	41.68	0.0055	0.0058	1
1989-05-16T00:00	3.308	-136.626	20.36	41.78	0.0069	0.0074	1
1989-05-16T06:00	3.390	-136.586	21.40	41.80	0.0080	0.0089	1
1989-05-16T12:00	3.471	-136.543	22.28	41.76	0.0090	0.0101	1
1989-05-16T18:00	3.553	-136.499	23.02	41.66	0.0098	0.0111	1
1989-05-17T00:00	3.634	-136.454	23.64	41.50	0.0103	0.0118	1
1989-05-17T06:00	3.715	-136.407	24.15	41.29	0.0106	0.0121	1
1989-05-17T12:00	3.796	-136.360	24.55	41.01	0.0106	0.0121	1
1989-05-17T18:00	3.875	-136.312	24.87	40.66	0.0104	0.0118	1
1989-05-18T00:00	3.954	-136.263	25.07	40.23	0.0099	0.0111	1
1989-05-18T06:00	4.032	-136.214	25.18	39.72	0.0092	0.0101	1
1989-05-18T12:00	4.110	-136.165	25.20	39.11	0.0082	0.0088	1
1989-05-18T18:00	4.185	-136.116	25.11	38.37	0.0070	0.0073	1
1989-05-19T00:00	4.259	-136.067	24.92	37.46	0.0057	0.0057	1
1989-05-19T06:00	4.332	-136.019	24.61	36.32	0.0043	0.0041	1
1989-05-19T12:00	4.401	-135.972	24.13	34.82	0.0029	0.0025	1
1989-05-19T18:00	4.468	-135.925	23.51	32.61	0.0015	0.0012	1
1989-05-20T00:00	4.529	-135.880	22.93	26.88	0.0004	0.0003	1
1989-05-20T06:00	4.573	-135.836	20.67	18.31	0.0001	0.0000	1
1989-05-20T12:00	4.600	-135.800			0.0000	0.0000	1