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WOCE Surface Velocity Program, SVP (2006): Water temperature and current velocity from surface drifter SVP_8707969 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.404412

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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: 24.363088 * Median Longitude: -130.552138 * South-bound Latitude: 13.940000 * West-bound Longitude: -154.074000 * North-bound Latitude: 38.099000 * East-bound Longitude: -121.263000
Date/Time Start: 1987-05-18T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1987-12-14T12:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, water: m * Maximum DEPTH, water: m
Event(s):
SVP_8707969 (WMO43505) * Latitude: 14.014000 * Longitude: -154.074000 * Date/Time Start: 1987-05-18T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1987-12-14T12:00:00 * Location: North Pacific Ocean * Campaign: SVP_425 * 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:
5042 data points

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