Citation:

PANGAEA.406194

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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: 13.053115 * Median Longitude: -64.053836 * South-bound Latitude: 12.482000 * West-bound Longitude: -68.136000 * North-bound Latitude: 13.621000 * East-bound Longitude: -61.616000

Date/Time Start: 1996-12-07T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1997-01-06T06:00:00

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

Event(s):

SVP_9619177 (WMO41616) * Latitude: 13.289000 * Longitude: -68.136000 * Date/Time Start: 1996-12-07T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1997-01-06T06:00:00 * Location: Caribbean 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:

728 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
1996-12-07T00:00	13.519	-61.616	27.713			0.0001	0.0004
1996-12-07T06:00	13.502	-61.753	27.691	-58.45	-9.39	0.0004	0.0013
1996-12-07T12:00	13.483	-61.849	27.779	-27.35	-12.77	0.0001	0.0003
1996-12-07T18:00	13.452	-61.862	27.870	-2.53	-16.35	0.0014	0.0048
1996-12-08T00:00	13.419	-61.859	27.786	3.71	-17.60	0.0027	0.0098
1996-12-08T06:00	13.384	-61.847	27.718	7.04	-18.09	0.0038	0.0136
1996-12-08T12:00	13.348	-61.831	27.826	9.11	-18.15	0.0043	0.0155
1996-12-08T18:00	13.313	-61.811	27.919	10.44	-17.82	0.0042	0.0152
1996-12-09T00:00	13.278	-61.789	27.835	11.21	-17.04	0.0035	0.0127
1996-12-09T06:00	13.246	-61.766	27.765	11.52	-15.56	0.0024	0.0085
1996-12-09T12:00	13.218	-61.743	27.871	11.17	-11.78	0.0010	0.0034
1996-12-09T18:00	13.200	-61.722	27.950	12.69	-0.47	0.0000	0.0001
1996-12-10T00:00	13.216	-61.693	27.851	2.68	10.18	0.0001	0.0002
1996-12-10T06:00	13.240	-61.711	27.695	-13.35	16.75	0.0000	0.0000
1996-12-10T12:00	13.281	-61.746	27.704	-20.75	6.63	0.0000	0.0001
1996-12-10T18:00	13.266	-61.794	27.814	-24.65	-11.31	0.0012	0.0042
1996-12-11T00:00	13.237	-61.844	27.795	-25.49	-15.98	0.0026	0.0092
1996-12-11T06:00	13.203	-61.895	27.687	-25.68	-17.88	0.0036	0.0130
1996-12-11T12:00	13.167	-61.946	27.711	-25.32	-18.76	0.0041	0.0150
1996-12-11T18:00	13.130	-61.996	27.824	-24.30	-18.98	0.0041	0.0147
1996-12-12T00:00	13.093	-62.043	27.805	-22.44	-18.54	0.0034	0.0122
1996-12-12T06:00	13.058	-62.086	27.698	-19.16	-17.20	0.0022	0.0079
1996-12-12T12:00	13.026	-62.120	27.720	-9.93	-11.00	0.0008	0.0029
1996-12-12T18:00	13.015	-62.125	27.828	12.45	-3.66	0.0000	0.0001
1996-12-13T00:00	13.012	-62.070	27.791	19.80	3.45	0.0002	0.0006
1996-12-13T06:00	13.028	-62.046	27.673	14.95	7.20	0.0000	0.0001
1996-12-13T12:00	13.040	-62.010	27.695	3.85	4.00	0.0000	0.0001
1996-12-13T18:00	13.044	-62.031	27.774	-13.23	-0.03	0.0011	0.0037
1996-12-14T00:00	13.040	-62.063	27.748	-17.48	-2.73	0.0025	0.0088
1996-12-14T06:00	13.033	-62.101	27.688	-19.68	-3.72	0.0036	0.0128
1996-12-14T12:00	13.025	-62.141	27.735	-21.02	-4.49	0.0042	0.0150
1996-12-14T18:00	13.016	-62.184	27.817	-21.83	-5.22	0.0042	0.0151
1996-12-15T00:00	13.005	-62.228	27.792	-22.28	-6.06	0.0036	0.0129
1996-12-15T06:00	12.992	-62.273	27.732	-22.35	-7.21	0.0025	0.0089
1996-12-15T12:00	12.976	-62.317	27.777	-21.62	-9.45	0.0011	0.0038
1996-12-15T18:00	12.955	-62.359	27.857	-22.25	-20.15	0.0000	0.0000
1996-12-16T00:00	12.898	-62.406	27.814	-20.57	-27.53	0.0001	0.0004
1996-12-16T06:00	12.848	-62.441	27.738	-13.65	-31.26	0.0001	0.0003
1996-12-16T12:00	12.776	-62.460	27.823	-7.91	-26.51	0.0001	0.0002
1996-12-16T18:00	12.744	-62.472	27.956	-5.30	-14.51	0.0013	0.0047
1996-12-17T00:00	12.719	-62.481	27.879	-4.05	-12.00	0.0027	0.0097
1996-12-17T06:00	12.697	-62.489	27.792	-3.43	-10.69	0.0038	0.0135
1996-12-17T12:00	12.677	-62.495	27.917	-3.03	-9.72	0.0043	0.0154
1996-12-17T18:00	12.659	-62.501	28.052	-2.80	-8.86	0.0042	0.0151
1996-12-18T00:00	12.643	-62.506	27.976	-2.66	-7.96	0.0035	0.0127
1996-12-18T06:00	12.628	-62.511	27.887	-2.59	-6.79	0.0024	0.0085
1996-12-18T12:00	12.616	-62.516	28.007	-1.36	-2.80	0.0010	0.0034
1996-12-18T18:00	12.617	-62.517	28.130	-1.26	-1.47	0.0000	0.0001
1996-12-19T00:00	12.610	-62.521	28.030	-12.20	3.25	0.0001	0.0002
1996-12-19T06:00	12.630	-62.565	27.835	-23.69	9.89	0.0000	0.0000
1996-12-19T12:00	12.649	-62.616	27.800	-31.54	4.67	0.0000	0.0000
1996-12-19T18:00	12.648	-62.691	27.845	-39.56	-1.26	0.0012	0.0041
1996-12-20T00:00	12.644	-62.773	27.835	-42.25	-2.47	0.0026	0.0091
1996-12-20T06:00	12.638	-62.859	27.765	-43.59	-3.25	0.0036	0.0130
1996-12-20T12:00	12.631	-62.946	27.752	-44.28	-3.88	0.0041	0.0149
1996-12-20T18:00	12.623	-63.035	27.798	-44.47	-4.46	0.0041	0.0147
1996-12-21T00:00	12.614	-63.123	27.789	-44.25	-5.11	0.0034	0.0122
1996-12-21T06:00	12.603	-63.211	27.720	-43.63	-6.06	0.0022	0.0080
1996-12-21T12:00	12.590	-63.297	27.706	-43.70	-10.21	0.0008	0.0029
1996-12-21T18:00	12.563	-63.384	27.748	-41.07	-12.44	0.0000	0.0001
1996-12-22T00:00	12.541	-63.460	27.715	-26.54	-14.67	0.0000	0.0000
1996-12-22T06:00	12.506	-63.490	27.652	-19.06	-15.10	0.0000	0.0001
1996-12-22T12:00	12.482	-63.535	27.627	-19.81	-3.59	0.0000	0.0001
1996-12-22T18:00	12.492	-63.569	27.651	-16.23	7.14	0.0011	0.0037
1996-12-23T00:00	12.510	-63.600	27.662	-15.97	10.56	0.0025	0.0088
1996-12-23T06:00	12.533	-63.632	27.631	-16.44	12.36	0.0036	0.0128
1996-12-23T12:00	12.559	-63.665	27.612	-17.28	13.73	0.0042	0.0151
1996-12-23T18:00	12.587	-63.701	27.636	-18.53	14.94	0.0042	0.0152
1996-12-24T00:00	12.617	-63.739	27.648	-20.33	16.16	0.0036	0.0131
1996-12-24T06:00	12.650	-63.782	27.616	-23.14	17.67	0.0025	0.0091
1996-12-24T12:00	12.686	-63.831	27.598	-29.07	20.57	0.0011	0.0040
1996-12-24T18:00	12.730	-63.897	27.623	-47.38	30.22	0.0000	0.0000
1996-12-25T00:00	12.804	-64.020	27.613	-66.10	35.68	0.0004	0.0015
1996-12-25T06:00	12.869	-64.160	27.545	-71.80	34.30	0.0000	0.0001
1996-12-25T12:00	12.938	-64.305	27.542	-68.06	22.44	0.0001	0.0002
1996-12-25T18:00	12.957	-64.431	27.587	-63.20	7.57	0.0013	0.0046
1996-12-26T00:00	12.967	-64.557	27.583	-63.31	4.48	0.0027	0.0097
1996-12-26T06:00	12.974	-64.683	27.547	-63.43	3.21	0.0038	0.0135
1996-12-26T12:00	12.979	-64.810	27.562	-63.27	2.53	0.0043	0.0155
1996-12-26T18:00	12.984	-64.935	27.609	-62.73	2.18	0.0042	0.0152
1996-12-27T00:00	12.988	-65.059	27.605	-61.70	2.08	0.0036	0.0128
1996-12-27T06:00	12.992	-65.181	27.570	-59.98	2.22	0.0024	0.0086
1996-12-27T12:00	12.996	-65.298	27.583	-56.45	3.20	0.0010	0.0034
1996-12-27T18:00	13.004	-65.406	27.629	-47.66	3.74	0.0000	0.0001
1996-12-28T00:00	13.011	-65.488	27.608	-41.74	12.02	0.0001	0.0002
1996-12-28T06:00	13.051	-65.572	27.566	-36.73	14.71	0.0000	0.0000
1996-12-28T12:00	13.068	-65.634	27.575	-35.29	9.45	0.0000	0.0000
1996-12-28T18:00	13.088	-65.713	27.599	-40.62	10.42	0.0012	0.0042
1996-12-29T00:00	13.109	-65.796	27.565	-42.49	10.77	0.0027	0.0095
1996-12-29T06:00	13.130	-65.882	27.531	-43.30	10.81	0.0039	0.0139
1996-12-29T12:00	13.151	-65.969	27.555	-43.71	10.80	0.0046	0.0167
1996-12-29T18:00	13.172	-66.056	27.579	-43.80	10.75	0.0048	0.0175
1996-12-30T00:00	13.193	-66.143	27.546	-43.58	10.67	0.0044	0.0161
1996-12-30T06:00	13.214	-66.230	27.512	-43.00	10.55	0.0035	0.0127
1996-12-30T12:00	13.234	-66.315	27.535	-41.89	10.40	0.0022	0.0079
1996-12-30T18:00	13.254	-66.397	27.556	-38.37	11.25	0.0008	0.0026
1996-12-31T00:00	13.278	-66.468	27.501	-32.47	7.43	0.0000	0.0000
1996-12-31T06:00	13.283	-66.526	27.416	-38.65	9.93	0.0000	0.0001
1996-12-31T12:00	13.317	-66.622	27.403	-40.27	17.01	0.0000	0.0001
1996-12-31T18:00	13.350	-66.687	27.471	-30.00	16.56	0.0010	0.0036
1997-01-01T00:00	13.381	-66.741	27.460	-26.73	16.38	0.0028	0.0096
1997-01-01T06:00	13.414	-66.793	27.412	-25.76	16.53	0.0040	0.0141
1997-01-01T12:00	13.446	-66.844	27.436	-25.19	16.55	0.0047	0.0166
1997-01-01T18:00	13.478	-66.894	27.498	-24.78	16.41	0.0047	0.0166
1997-01-02T00:00	13.510	-66.943	27.488	-24.46	16.08	0.0041	0.0143
1997-01-02T06:00	13.541	-66.991	27.440	-24.22	15.47	0.0028	0.0099
1997-01-02T12:00	13.570	-67.040	27.463	-24.52	14.24	0.0013	0.0043
1997-01-02T18:00	13.597	-67.089	27.518	-27.60	9.23	0.0000	0.0000
1997-01-03T00:00	13.606	-67.150	27.439	-23.34	6.38	0.0000	0.0001
1997-01-03T06:00	13.621	-67.183	27.219	-15.51	0.58	0.0000	0.0001
1997-01-03T12:00	13.609	-67.212	27.156	-22.37	-8.47	0.0001	0.0002
1997-01-03T18:00	13.588	-67.272	27.221	-32.33	-10.76	0.0015	0.0050
1997-01-04T00:00	13.567	-67.341	27.248	-35.69	-11.52	0.0030	0.0106
1997-01-04T06:00	13.543	-67.414	27.211	-37.52	-12.16	0.0042	0.0148
1997-01-04T12:00	13.519	-67.491	27.218	-38.81	-12.69	0.0048	0.0170
1997-01-04T18:00	13.494	-67.569	27.291	-39.85	-13.14	0.0047	0.0167
1997-01-05T00:00	13.468	-67.650	27.321	-40.78	-13.60	0.0040	0.0141
1997-01-05T06:00	13.441	-67.732	27.284	-41.88	-14.19	0.0027	0.0095
1997-01-05T12:00	13.412	-67.817	27.289	-44.90	-15.66	0.0011	0.0038
1997-01-05T18:00	13.379	-67.911	27.362	-52.25	-20.02	0.0000	0.0001
1997-01-06T00:00	13.334	-68.025	27.359	-56.35	-23.25	0.0001	0.0002
1997-01-06T06:00	13.289	-68.136	27.293			0.0000	0.0000