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WOCE Surface Velocity Program, SVP (2006): Water temperature and current velocity from surface drifter SVP_7716208 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.404088

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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: -2.499603 * Median Longitude: 156.740266 * South-bound Latitude: -5.963000 * West-bound Longitude: 143.787000 * North-bound Latitude: -0.486000 * East-bound Longitude: 160.762000
Date/Time Start: 1993-02-25T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1993-07-22T18:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, water: m * Maximum DEPTH, water: m
Event(s):
SVP_7716208 (WMO52871) * Latitude: -5.186000 * Longitude: 154.730000 * Date/Time Start: 1993-02-25T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1993-07-22T18:00:00 * Location: Bismarck Sea * Campaign: SVP_9129 * Method/Device: Drifter, longterm (LD)
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1DATE/TIMEDate/TimeGeocode
2LATITUDELatitudeGeocode
3LONGITUDELongitudeGeocode
4DEPTH, waterDepth watermGeocode
5Temperature, waterTemp°CBuoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)
6Current velocity, east-westCur vel Ucm/sBuoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)
7Current velocity, north-southCur vel Vcm/sBuoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)
8Latitude, errorLatitude eBuoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)
9Longitude, errorLongitude eBuoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)
10CodeCodeBuoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)Drogue, off=0/on=1
Size:
3536 data points

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