Citation:

PANGAEA.405040

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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: 52.021536 * Median Longitude: -43.186179 * South-bound Latitude: 51.762000 * West-bound Longitude: -44.635000 * North-bound Latitude: 52.241000 * East-bound Longitude: -42.396000

Date/Time Start: 1994-08-13T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1994-08-20T06:00:00

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

Event(s):

SVP_9421106 (WMO51806) * Latitude: 52.083000 * Longitude: -43.078000 * Date/Time Start: 1994-08-13T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1994-08-20T06:00:00 * 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:

164 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
1994-08-13T12:00	52.241	-44.635	11.159			0.0001	0.0001	1
1994-08-13T18:00	52.197	-44.530	11.057	23.78	-31.06	0.0001	0.0001	1
1994-08-14T00:00	52.121	-44.485	10.921	28.94	-33.18	0.0001	0.0002	1
1994-08-14T06:00	52.068	-44.348	10.791	49.64	-25.67	0.0004	0.0005	1
1994-08-14T12:00	52.021	-44.173	10.903	60.05	-22.63	0.0007	0.0009	1
1994-08-14T18:00	51.979	-43.970	11.214	65.97	-20.69	0.0025	0.0034	1
1994-08-15T00:00	51.940	-43.759	11.244	68.24	-19.75	0.0041	0.0057	1
1994-08-15T06:00	51.902	-43.542	11.104	69.16	-18.79	0.0052	0.0072	1
1994-08-15T12:00	51.866	-43.325	11.251	69.02	-17.65	0.0055	0.0076	1
1994-08-15T18:00	51.832	-43.110	11.574	67.78	-16.14	0.0050	0.0069	1
1994-08-16T00:00	51.802	-42.900	11.608	65.11	-13.99	0.0038	0.0052	1
1994-08-16T06:00	51.777	-42.702	11.466	59.68	-10.32	0.0020	0.0028	1
1994-08-16T12:00	51.762	-42.527	11.608	39.85	1.80	0.0003	0.0004	1
1994-08-16T18:00	51.784	-42.453	11.913	18.75	27.09	0.0000	0.0000	1
1994-08-17T00:00	51.867	-42.409	11.969	9.01	39.03	0.0001	0.0001	1
1994-08-17T06:00	51.936	-42.396	11.951	-6.16	36.55	0.0001	0.0001	1
1994-08-17T12:00	52.009	-42.448	11.867	-20.19	29.86	0.0000	0.0000	1
1994-08-17T18:00	52.051	-42.523	11.789	-23.93	19.44	0.0016	0.0021	1
1994-08-18T00:00	52.084	-42.599	11.788	-24.35	15.73	0.0033	0.0045	1
1994-08-18T06:00	52.112	-42.677	11.787	-24.83	13.88	0.0045	0.0062	1
1994-08-18T12:00	52.138	-42.755	11.705	-24.81	12.37	0.0049	0.0068	1
1994-08-18T18:00	52.160	-42.833	11.622	-24.25	10.83	0.0045	0.0063	1
1994-08-19T00:00	52.180	-42.909	11.620	-22.93	8.90	0.0034	0.0046	1
1994-08-19T06:00	52.195	-42.978	11.620	-19.88	5.47	0.0017	0.0023	1
1994-08-19T12:00	52.201	-43.034	11.544	-9.23	-8.03	0.0001	0.0001	1
1994-08-19T18:00	52.164	-43.036	11.488	-7.11	-18.02	0.0000	0.0000	1
1994-08-20T00:00	52.131	-43.079	11.518	-6.65	-20.66	0.0002	0.0003	1
1994-08-20T06:00	52.083	-43.078	11.500			0.0002	0.0003	1