Citation:

PANGAEA.404810

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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: 45.210500 * Median Longitude: -29.848531 * South-bound Latitude: 44.996000 * West-bound Longitude: -29.993000 * North-bound Latitude: 45.318000 * East-bound Longitude: -29.691000

Date/Time Start: 1993-01-24T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1993-01-31T18:00:00

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

Event(s):

SVP_9301361 (WMO46912) * Latitude: 45.240000 * Longitude: -29.779000 * Date/Time Start: 1993-01-24T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1993-01-31T18:00:00 * Location: South Atlantic 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:

188 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
1993-01-24T00:00	44.996	-29.993	14.341			0.0001	0.0002	1
1993-01-24T06:00	45.037	-29.970	14.363	3.17	12.14	0.0000	0.0000	1
1993-01-24T12:00	45.044	-29.976	14.361	-0.92	5.51	0.0001	0.0001	1
1993-01-24T18:00	45.058	-29.975	14.376	2.95	11.99	0.0001	0.0001	1
1993-01-25T00:00	45.090	-29.959	14.371	6.37	16.38	0.0005	0.0007	1
1993-01-25T06:00	45.122	-29.940	14.332	7.40	14.61	0.0000	0.0001	1
1993-01-25T12:00	45.147	-29.919	14.322	6.78	17.18	0.0001	0.0001	1
1993-01-25T18:00	45.189	-29.902	14.312	2.69	19.14	0.0000	0.0000	1
1993-01-26T00:00	45.221	-29.904	14.278	2.03	12.39	0.0002	0.0003	1
1993-01-26T06:00	45.237	-29.891	14.247	-2.87	8.55	0.0000	0.0001	1
1993-01-26T12:00	45.255	-29.920	14.253	-3.43	7.26	0.0000	0.0000	1
1993-01-26T18:00	45.265	-29.910	14.248	-3.83	2.56	0.0000	0.0000	1
1993-01-27T00:00	45.265	-29.941	14.237	-4.02	6.55	0.0002	0.0003	1
1993-01-27T06:00	45.291	-29.932	14.236	4.01	10.97	0.0000	0.0000	1
1993-01-27T12:00	45.307	-29.919	14.244	8.92	7.01	0.0000	0.0000	1
1993-01-27T18:00	45.318	-29.883	14.237	11.85	-0.44	0.0000	0.0000	1
1993-01-28T00:00	45.306	-29.853	14.206	11.90	-5.49	0.0004	0.0005	1
1993-01-28T06:00	45.296	-29.818	14.172	6.25	-3.83	0.0003	0.0003	1
1993-01-28T12:00	45.291	-29.819	14.162	6.44	-3.05	0.0001	0.0001	1
1993-01-28T18:00	45.285	-29.782	14.157	7.67	-5.83	0.0000	0.0000	1
1993-01-29T00:00	45.268	-29.777	14.148	3.63	-1.46	0.0001	0.0002	1
1993-01-29T06:00	45.279	-29.762	14.150	7.75	-0.31	0.0000	0.0000	1
1993-01-29T12:00	45.267	-29.734	14.160	6.10	-4.61	0.0001	0.0001	1
1993-01-29T18:00	45.261	-29.729	14.169	5.31	-5.28	0.0000	0.0001	1
1993-01-30T00:00	45.246	-29.705	14.184	6.86	-13.24	0.0002	0.0002	1
1993-01-30T06:00	45.209	-29.691	14.173	-5.70	-14.27	0.0000	0.0000	1
1993-01-30T12:00	45.191	-29.736	14.160	-6.15	-5.73	0.0000	0.0000	1
1993-01-30T18:00	45.187	-29.725	14.153	-2.56	-4.98	0.0000	0.0000	1
1993-01-31T00:00	45.171	-29.750	14.128	-12.39	1.25	0.0002	0.0003	1
1993-01-31T06:00	45.192	-29.793	14.119	-2.91	8.72	0.0000	0.0000	1
1993-01-31T12:00	45.205	-29.766	14.129	2.48	12.38	0.0000	0.0000	1
1993-01-31T18:00	45.240	-29.779	14.118			0.0001	0.0001	1