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WOCE Surface Velocity Program, SVP (2006): Water temperature and current velocity from surface drifter SVP_8911515 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.404476

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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: -64.268000 * Median Longitude: -61.204429 * South-bound Latitude: -64.286000 * West-bound Longitude: -61.247000 * North-bound Latitude: -64.235000 * East-bound Longitude: -61.168000
Date/Time Start: 1989-11-10T06:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1989-11-11T18:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, water: m * Maximum DEPTH, water: m
Event(s):
SVP_8911515 (WMO43501) * Latitude: -64.235000 * Longitude: -61.178000 * Date/Time Start: 1989-11-10T06:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1989-11-11T18:00:00 * Location: Scotia Sea, southwest Atlantic * Campaign: SVP_425 * 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:
38 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
1989-11-10T06:00-64.269-61.24100.3670.00000.00001
1989-11-10T12:00-64.272-61.24700.3722.32-4.420.00000.00001
1989-11-10T18:00-64.286-61.22100.3905.20-1.860.00000.00001
1989-11-11T00:00-64.279-61.20100.2025.073.260.00010.00011
1989-11-11T06:00-64.273-61.1750-0.3133.714.360.00000.00001
1989-11-11T12:00-64.262-61.16800.098-0.329.870.00020.00021
1989-11-11T18:00-64.235-61.17800.7110.00040.00051