Citation:

PANGAEA.406154

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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: 55.296727 * Median Longitude: -52.654955 * South-bound Latitude: 55.119000 * West-bound Longitude: -52.854000 * North-bound Latitude: 55.447000 * East-bound Longitude: -52.484000

Date/Time Start: 1997-03-12T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1997-03-17T18:00:00

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

Event(s):

SVP_9616904 (WMO44925) * Latitude: 55.119000 * Longitude: -52.602000 * Date/Time Start: 1997-03-12T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1997-03-17T18:00:00 * Location: Labrador 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:

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
1997-03-12T12:00	55.190	-52.731	3.180			0.0001	0.0002	1
1997-03-12T18:00	55.142	-52.756	3.216	1.77	-12.14	0.0000	0.0001	1
1997-03-13T00:00	55.143	-52.719	3.174	10.72	7.37	0.0004	0.0013	1
1997-03-13T06:00	55.170	-52.684	3.127	10.48	15.69	0.0009	0.0030	1
1997-03-13T12:00	55.204	-52.648	3.110	5.56	20.39	0.0002	0.0008	1
1997-03-13T18:00	55.249	-52.646	3.050	4.84	17.70	0.0001	0.0002	1
1997-03-14T00:00	55.272	-52.615	3.003	13.55	13.71	0.0002	0.0005	1
1997-03-14T06:00	55.303	-52.554	2.979	7.85	17.04	0.0001	0.0003	1
1997-03-14T12:00	55.338	-52.562	2.980	-12.04	8.28	0.0000	0.0000	1
1997-03-14T18:00	55.335	-52.636	2.977	7.32	2.09	0.0000	0.0001	1
1997-03-15T00:00	55.346	-52.512	2.984	20.59	13.17	0.0002	0.0006	1
1997-03-15T06:00	55.386	-52.495	2.979	4.12	16.51	0.0000	0.0001	1
1997-03-15T12:00	55.411	-52.484	2.999	-4.10	15.84	0.0000	0.0000	1
1997-03-15T18:00	55.447	-52.523	3.026	-17.41	9.12	0.0003	0.0008	1
1997-03-16T00:00	55.446	-52.603	3.016	-29.89	-9.98	0.0002	0.0007	1
1997-03-16T06:00	55.408	-52.727	2.718	-16.87	-12.04	0.0001	0.0003	1
1997-03-16T12:00	55.399	-52.718	2.530	-5.68	-0.03	0.0000	0.0001	1
1997-03-16T18:00	55.408	-52.766	2.906	-16.22	-12.08	0.0000	0.0000	1
1997-03-17T00:00	55.352	-52.828	3.107	-12.93	-35.13	0.0005	0.0015	1
1997-03-17T06:00	55.272	-52.854	2.986	12.11	-42.34	0.0000	0.0001	1
1997-03-17T12:00	55.188	-52.746	2.921	37.16	-39.34	0.0000	0.0001	1
1997-03-17T18:00	55.119	-52.602	2.885			0.0000	0.0000	1