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WOCE Surface Velocity Program, SVP (2006): Current velocity from surface drifter SVP_9616894 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.406146

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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: 56.925952 * Median Longitude: -52.545381 * South-bound Latitude: 56.904000 * West-bound Longitude: -52.731000 * North-bound Latitude: 56.954000 * East-bound Longitude: -52.353000
Date/Time Start: 1996-10-25T18:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1996-10-30T18:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, water: m * Maximum DEPTH, water: m
Event(s):
SVP_9616894 (WMO44922) * Latitude: 56.923000 * Longitude: -52.731000 * Date/Time Start: 1996-10-25T18:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1996-10-30T18:00:00 * Location: Labrador Sea * Campaign: SVP_1448 * Method/Device: Drifter, longterm (LD)
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
DATE/TIMEDate/TimeGeocode
LATITUDELatitudeGeocode
LONGITUDELongitudeGeocode
DEPTH, waterDepth watermGeocode
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)
CodeCodeBuoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)Drogue, off=0/on=1
Size:
101 data points

Data

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Date/Time

Latitude

Longitude

Depth water [m]

Cur vel U [cm/s]

Cur vel V [cm/s]

Latitude e

Longitude e

Code
1996-10-25T18:0056.934-52.35300.00020.00061
1996-10-26T00:0056.954-52.3590-7.842.500.00030.00101
1996-10-26T06:0056.944-52.4080-10.77-3.600.00040.00141
1996-10-26T12:0056.940-52.4350-5.15-6.690.00010.00021
1996-10-26T18:0056.918-52.4450-5.00-8.250.00010.00031
1996-10-27T00:0056.908-52.4710-5.12-3.540.00050.00171
1996-10-27T06:0056.904-52.4810-11.658.980.00030.00101
1996-10-27T12:0056.943-52.5540-3.974.090.00000.00011
1996-10-27T18:0056.920-52.50901.80-5.790.00000.00011
1996-10-28T00:0056.920-52.5410-6.331.540.00010.00051
1996-10-28T06:0056.926-52.5540-3.953.170.00000.00011
1996-10-28T12:0056.932-52.5690-2.06-0.970.00000.00001
1996-10-28T18:0056.922-52.5690-4.232.650.00000.00011
1996-10-29T00:0056.943-52.5990-5.370.210.00000.00001
1996-10-29T06:0056.923-52.6070-2.25-3.740.00010.00021
1996-10-29T12:0056.928-52.6150-3.25-1.590.00000.00001
1996-10-29T18:0056.917-52.6300-5.03-1.200.00000.00011
1996-10-30T00:0056.924-52.6510-2.60-3.240.00000.00011
1996-10-30T06:0056.905-52.6480-10.42-1.780.00000.00011
1996-10-30T12:0056.917-52.7240-11.674.780.00000.00011
1996-10-30T18:0056.923-52.73100.00000.00001