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WOCE Surface Velocity Program, SVP (2006): Water temperature and current velocity from surface drifter SVP_7717617 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.404187

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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: -1.842667 * Median Longitude: 156.264000 * South-bound Latitude: -1.917000 * West-bound Longitude: 156.128000 * North-bound Latitude: -1.775000 * East-bound Longitude: 156.451000
Date/Time Start: 1992-12-19T06:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1992-12-21T06:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, water: m * Maximum DEPTH, water: m
Event(s):
SVP_7717617 (WMO21928) * Latitude: -1.775000 * Longitude: 156.451000 * Date/Time Start: 1992-12-19T06:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1992-12-21T06:00:00 * Location: South Pacific Ocean * Campaign: SVP_271 * 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:
50 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
1992-12-19T06:00-1.917156.128029.7930.00000.00001
1992-12-19T12:00-1.886156.162029.49811.287.920.00010.00011
1992-12-19T18:00-1.886156.172029.41310.3217.630.00000.00001
1992-12-20T00:00-1.817156.202029.64318.774.800.00010.00011
1992-12-20T06:00-1.867156.245029.33430.88-2.280.00010.00001
1992-12-20T12:00-1.826156.322029.23824.5016.500.00020.00011
1992-12-20T18:00-1.803156.340029.2328.155.070.00000.00001
1992-12-21T00:00-1.807156.354029.39128.707.110.00010.00011
1992-12-21T06:00-1.775156.451029.3040.00000.00001