Citation:

PANGAEA.405941

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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: -55.015227 * Median Longitude: -10.102636 * South-bound Latitude: -55.073000 * West-bound Longitude: -10.262000 * North-bound Latitude: -54.972000 * East-bound Longitude: -10.015000

Date/Time Start: 1997-01-13T18:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1997-01-19T00:00:00

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

Event(s):

SVP_9525814 (WMO17521) * Latitude: -55.073000 * Longitude: -10.186000 * Date/Time Start: 1997-01-13T18:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1997-01-19T00:00:00 * 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:

128 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
1997-01-13T18:00	-54.989	-10.018	1.484			0.0000	0.0000	1
1997-01-14T00:00	-55.002	-10.015	1.457	-1.10	1.92	0.0000	0.0000	0
1997-01-14T06:00	-54.982	-10.026	1.444	-5.54	7.00	0.0000	0.0000	0
1997-01-14T12:00	-54.975	-10.052	1.450	-2.49	2.67	0.0002	0.0005	0
1997-01-14T18:00	-54.972	-10.043	1.437	-2.07	-2.09	0.0000	0.0000	0
1997-01-15T00:00	-54.983	-10.066	1.432	-2.59	-2.89	0.0001	0.0002	0
1997-01-15T06:00	-54.983	-10.060	1.414	-1.43	-0.03	0.0003	0.0008	0
1997-01-15T12:00	-54.984	-10.076	1.524	-3.65	-0.70	0.0006	0.0014	0
1997-01-15T18:00	-54.986	-10.085	1.602	-0.73	-3.27	0.0000	0.0001	0
1997-01-16T00:00	-54.996	-10.081	1.536	1.29	-6.22	0.0002	0.0004	0
1997-01-16T06:00	-55.010	-10.076	1.468	0.60	-5.03	0.0001	0.0001	0
1997-01-16T12:00	-55.016	-10.077	1.502	-2.29	-5.73	0.0001	0.0002	0
1997-01-16T18:00	-55.032	-10.091	1.528	-3.32	-6.25	0.0002	0.0005	0
1997-01-17T00:00	-55.040	-10.099	1.524	-6.29	-3.48	0.0001	0.0001	0
1997-01-17T06:00	-55.045	-10.134	1.523	-2.66	-3.78	0.0000	0.0001	0
1997-01-17T12:00	-55.055	-10.117	1.601	-0.06	-4.74	0.0002	0.0006	0
1997-01-17T18:00	-55.064	-10.134	1.654	-5.73	-1.26	0.0000	0.0000	0
1997-01-18T00:00	-55.060	-10.156	1.637	-5.44	3.62	0.0000	0.0001	0
1997-01-18T06:00	-55.050	-10.171	1.645	-11.41	9.70	0.0003	0.0007	0
1997-01-18T12:00	-55.022	-10.233	1.734	-13.41	8.71	0.0005	0.0013	0
1997-01-18T18:00	-55.016	-10.262	1.788	6.99	-13.28	0.0000	0.0000	0
1997-01-19T00:00	-55.073	-10.186	1.745			0.0002	0.0006	0