Citation:

PANGAEA.405246

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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: 23.108622 * Median Longitude: 121.430757 * South-bound Latitude: 21.370000 * West-bound Longitude: 120.973000 * North-bound Latitude: 23.511000 * East-bound Longitude: 121.526000

Date/Time Start: 1996-03-04T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1996-04-01T00:00:00

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

Event(s):

SVP_9421973 (WMO22906) * Latitude: 23.332000 * Longitude: 121.459000 * Date/Time Start: 1996-03-04T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1996-04-01T00:00:00 * Location: South China Sea * 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:

662 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
1996-03-04T12:00	21.518	121.013	23.296			0.0001	0.0001	1
1996-03-04T18:00	21.528	120.973	22.923	0.09	-10.84	0.0000	0.0000	1
1996-03-05T00:00	21.476	121.013	22.934	41.83	-40.53	0.0001	0.0001	0
1996-03-05T06:00	21.370	121.147	22.901	72.80	-20.39	0.0002	0.0002	0
1996-03-05T12:00	21.396	121.316	22.633	42.05	46.20	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-05T18:00	21.550	121.323	22.344	7.98	72.33	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-06T00:00	21.678	121.350	22.222	24.68	52.29	0.0001	0.0001	0
1996-03-06T06:00	21.754	121.426	22.198	34.36	37.99	0.0007	0.0006	0
1996-03-06T12:00	21.827	121.493	22.274	21.03	39.73	0.0007	0.0006	0
1996-03-06T18:00	21.909	121.514	22.329	-25.34	56.00	0.0001	0.0001	0
1996-03-07T00:00	22.045	121.387	22.289	-69.86	74.15	0.0002	0.0002	0
1996-03-07T06:00	22.198	121.221	22.385	-51.61	70.06	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-07T12:00	22.318	121.171	22.540	-14.00	58.80	0.0009	0.0009	0
1996-03-07T18:00	22.428	121.162	22.586	0.62	54.35	0.0018	0.0018	0
1996-03-08T00:00	22.530	121.173	22.572	7.65	50.59	0.0022	0.0024	0
1996-03-08T06:00	22.625	121.194	22.878	10.99	46.18	0.0021	0.0023	0
1996-03-08T12:00	22.710	121.219	22.973	11.35	40.00	0.0015	0.0015	0
1996-03-08T18:00	22.781	121.242	22.813	6.88	26.64	0.0005	0.0005	0
1996-03-09T00:00	22.814	121.248	22.822	-3.80	-0.20	0.0001	0.0000	0
1996-03-09T06:00	22.780	121.226	22.886	-7.14	-14.40	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-09T12:00	22.758	121.218	22.929	5.11	3.26	0.0001	0.0001	0
1996-03-09T18:00	22.793	121.248	22.906	19.62	25.25	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-10T00:00	22.857	121.301	22.792	23.01	22.38	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-10T06:00	22.880	121.345	22.741	21.53	19.53	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-10T12:00	22.933	121.392	22.749	30.92	36.68	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-10T18:00	23.023	121.475	22.777	25.18	54.21	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-11T00:00	23.144	121.498	22.828	4.06	31.17	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-11T06:00	23.145	121.492	22.832	-0.65	4.14	0.0001	0.0001	0
1996-03-11T12:00	23.160	121.495	22.732	3.74	14.20	0.0003	0.0003	0
1996-03-11T18:00	23.200	121.508	22.727	0.96	33.54	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-12T00:00	23.291	121.499	23.031	-1.88	51.30	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-12T06:00	23.400	121.500	23.160	0.55	36.59	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-12T12:00	23.434	121.501	22.933	3.39	11.78	0.0003	0.0002	0
1996-03-12T18:00	23.446	121.514	22.886	3.44	6.36	0.0001	0.0000	0
1996-03-13T00:00	23.459	121.516	22.783	1.36	9.26	0.0003	0.0002	0
1996-03-13T06:00	23.482	121.520	22.831	0.17	9.64	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-13T12:00	23.496	121.517	23.057	-2.26	5.26	0.0005	0.0004	0
1996-03-13T18:00	23.503	121.510	23.168	-2.22	2.63	0.0004	0.0003	0
1996-03-14T00:00	23.507	121.507	23.259	0.27	1.10	0.0001	0.0001	0
1996-03-14T06:00	23.507	121.511	23.298	2.31	0.12	0.0006	0.0006	0
1996-03-14T12:00	23.507	121.517	23.236	2.23	-0.10	0.0006	0.0005	0
1996-03-14T18:00	23.507	121.521	23.027	0.08	0.92	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-15T00:00	23.511	121.517	23.127	-3.26	-1.78	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-15T06:00	23.500	121.507	23.534	-1.20	-2.13	0.0001	0.0001	0
1996-03-15T12:00	23.502	121.512	23.544	1.04	-1.06	0.0001	0.0000	0
1996-03-15T18:00	23.496	121.512	23.458	-0.90	2.03	0.0002	0.0002	0
1996-03-16T00:00	23.510	121.508	23.499	-0.93	3.01	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-16T06:00	23.508	121.508	23.541	2.75	-2.81	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-16T12:00	23.499	121.520	23.606	3.99	-2.48	0.0003	0.0002	0
1996-03-16T18:00	23.498	121.524	23.508	1.42	-0.93	0.0011	0.0010	0
1996-03-17T00:00	23.496	121.526	23.484	0.09	-2.02	0.0015	0.0015	0
1996-03-17T06:00	23.490	121.525	23.572	-1.54	-4.69	0.0013	0.0013	0
1996-03-17T12:00	23.477	121.520	23.635	-4.59	-14.17	0.0006	0.0006	0
1996-03-17T18:00	23.435	121.505	23.494	-11.10	-27.51	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-18T00:00	23.370	121.473	23.292	-10.05	-19.68	0.0001	0.0001	0
1996-03-18T06:00	23.358	121.463	23.280	-2.62	-3.84	0.0007	0.0007	0
1996-03-18T12:00	23.355	121.462	23.265	0.37	-0.50	0.0009	0.0008	0
1996-03-18T18:00	23.356	121.465	23.145	2.42	1.16	0.0004	0.0004	0
1996-03-19T00:00	23.360	121.472	23.055	3.14	-0.67	0.0001	0.0001	0
1996-03-19T06:00	23.353	121.478	23.063	1.48	-4.05	0.0001	0.0000	0
1996-03-19T12:00	23.344	121.478	23.010	-0.89	-2.74	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-19T18:00	23.343	121.474	22.910	-3.11	-0.90	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-20T00:00	23.340	121.465	22.855	-3.32	-1.19	0.0004	0.0003	0
1996-03-20T06:00	23.338	121.460	22.866	1.08	-0.84	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-20T12:00	23.337	121.470	22.797	3.22	0.26	0.0001	0.0000	0
1996-03-20T18:00	23.339	121.474	22.696	-0.11	0.39	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-21T00:00	23.339	121.469	22.788	-0.72	-0.47	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-21T06:00	23.337	121.471	23.034	-0.36	1.10	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-21T12:00	23.343	121.468	23.020	1.65	1.10	0.0003	0.0002	0
1996-03-21T18:00	23.342	121.478	22.899	2.71	-1.36	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-22T00:00	23.338	121.479	22.908	-2.31	-0.42	0.0002	0.0002	0
1996-03-22T06:00	23.340	121.468	22.913	-2.77	-0.10	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-22T12:00	23.337	121.467	22.873	0.81	-0.73	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-22T18:00	23.337	121.471	22.781	0.18	0.55	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-23T00:00	23.339	121.468	22.728	-1.30	-0.83	0.0001	0.0000	0
1996-03-23T06:00	23.334	121.466	22.824	0.14	-1.97	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-23T12:00	23.332	121.469	22.887	1.19	0.12	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-23T18:00	23.334	121.471	22.774	0.27	0.07	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-24T00:00	23.332	121.470	22.759	-0.41	-1.99	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-24T06:00	23.326	121.469	22.926	0.32	0.55	0.0002	0.0001	0
1996-03-24T12:00	23.334	121.471	23.077	0.27	2.08	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-24T18:00	23.335	121.470	22.962	-0.46	1.02	0.0002	0.0002	0
1996-03-25T00:00	23.338	121.469	22.812	-3.31	0.38	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-25T06:00	23.336	121.456	22.933	-0.56	-0.27	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-25T12:00	23.337	121.467	22.940	2.59	0.26	0.0001	0.0000	0
1996-03-25T18:00	23.337	121.467	22.733	0.69	1.02	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-26T00:00	23.341	121.470	22.816	-0.54	0.43	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-26T06:00	23.339	121.465	23.084	-1.98	-0.68	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-26T12:00	23.338	121.461	22.880	0.94	0.34	0.0001	0.0001	0
1996-03-26T18:00	23.340	121.469	22.819	1.22	0.73	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-27T00:00	23.341	121.467	22.861	0.17	0.10	0.0001	0.0000	0
1996-03-27T06:00	23.340	121.470	22.976	0.09	-0.88	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-27T12:00	23.338	121.467	23.048	-0.05	-0.60	0.0001	0.0001	0
1996-03-27T18:00	23.338	121.469	23.091	1.53	0.29	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-28T00:00	23.339	121.473	23.175	-0.61	-0.02	0.0001	0.0001	0
1996-03-28T06:00	23.338	121.467	23.273	-0.99	-0.51	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-28T12:00	23.337	121.469	23.306	-0.16	-0.24	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-28T18:00	23.337	121.466	23.265	-0.81	0.66	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-29T00:00	23.339	121.466	23.323	1.02	0.13	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-29T06:00	23.338	121.470	23.356	0.71	-0.26	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-29T12:00	23.338	121.469	23.362	-0.70	-0.06	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-29T18:00	23.337	121.467	23.322	-1.12	0.19	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-30T00:00	23.339	121.464	23.378	-0.14	0.56	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-30T06:00	23.340	121.467	23.484	-2.41	1.05	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-30T12:00	23.343	121.454	23.346	-1.01	0.22	0.0003	0.0002	0
1996-03-30T18:00	23.340	121.463	23.087	6.28	1.66	0.0000	0.0000	0
1996-03-31T00:00	23.350	121.481	23.259	4.55	6.44	0.0004	0.0003	0
1996-03-31T06:00	23.366	121.482	23.486	-1.00	4.95	0.0003	0.0003	0
1996-03-31T12:00	23.369	121.476	23.301	-3.93	-3.76	0.0001	0.0001	0
1996-03-31T18:00	23.351	121.465	23.335	-4.02	-9.60	0.0003	0.0003	0
1996-04-01T00:00	23.332	121.459	22.404			0.0001	0.0001	0