Citation:

PANGAEA.404120

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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: 6.544615 * Median Longitude: 157.729692 * South-bound Latitude: 6.477000 * West-bound Longitude: 157.515000 * North-bound Latitude: 6.665000 * East-bound Longitude: 158.113000

Date/Time Start: 1993-02-02T18:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1993-02-09T00:00:00

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

Event(s):

SVP_7716240 (WMO52852) * Latitude: 6.665000 * Longitude: 158.113000 * Date/Time Start: 1993-02-02T18:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1993-02-09T00:00:00 * 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	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:

150 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
1993-02-02T18:00	6.477	157.515	28.271			0.0000	0.0000	1
1993-02-03T00:00	6.490	157.530	28.292	7.81	6.20	0.0002	0.0001	1
1993-02-03T06:00	6.501	157.546	28.332	7.50	3.22	0.0002	0.0001	1
1993-02-03T12:00	6.502	157.559	28.304	6.31	0.01	0.0016	0.0013	1
1993-02-03T18:00	6.501	157.571	28.267	5.79	-0.84	0.0031	0.0027	1
1993-02-04T00:00	6.499	157.581	28.292	5.39	-1.20	0.0040	0.0038	1
1993-02-04T06:00	6.497	157.592	28.327	5.01	-1.31	0.0043	0.0040	1
1993-02-04T12:00	6.494	157.601	28.299	4.61	-1.21	0.0038	0.0035	1
1993-02-04T18:00	6.492	157.610	28.262	4.11	-0.84	0.0026	0.0022	1
1993-02-05T00:00	6.491	157.617	28.288	3.11	0.52	0.0011	0.0008	1
1993-02-05T06:00	6.494	157.622	28.325	3.67	1.61	0.0000	0.0000	1
1993-02-05T12:00	6.497	157.631	28.280	2.54	4.01	0.0002	0.0001	1
1993-02-05T18:00	6.510	157.632	28.244	3.71	10.52	0.0000	0.0000	1
1993-02-06T00:00	6.538	157.646	28.355	15.62	9.50	0.0001	0.0001	1
1993-02-06T06:00	6.547	157.693	28.444	20.20	4.43	0.0000	0.0000	1
1993-02-06T12:00	6.556	157.725	28.339	16.98	4.40	0.0013	0.0010	1
1993-02-06T18:00	6.564	157.759	28.253	17.75	4.23	0.0029	0.0025	1
1993-02-07T00:00	6.572	157.794	28.333	18.20	4.16	0.0040	0.0037	1
1993-02-07T06:00	6.580	157.830	28.394	18.60	4.17	0.0045	0.0043	1
1993-02-07T12:00	6.588	157.867	28.289	19.03	4.29	0.0042	0.0040	1
1993-02-07T18:00	6.597	157.904	28.203	19.57	4.55	0.0033	0.0029	1
1993-02-08T00:00	6.606	157.943	28.284	20.41	5.13	0.0018	0.0015	1
1993-02-08T06:00	6.617	157.984	28.345	22.41	7.59	0.0004	0.0002	1
1993-02-08T12:00	6.636	158.031	28.260	23.62	8.33	0.0001	0.0001	1
1993-02-08T18:00	6.649	158.076		21.14	7.59	0.0000	0.0000	1
1993-02-09T00:00	6.665	158.113				0.0004	0.0003	1