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WOCE Surface Velocity Program, SVP (2006): Water temperature and current velocity from surface drifter SVP_9619796 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.406349

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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: 15.428833 * Median Longitude: 118.479667 * South-bound Latitude: 15.361000 * West-bound Longitude: 118.331000 * North-bound Latitude: 15.484000 * East-bound Longitude: 118.642000
Date/Time Start: 1997-11-19T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1997-11-20T18:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, water: m * Maximum DEPTH, water: m
Event(s):
SVP_9619796 (WMO53503) * Latitude: 15.484000 * Longitude: 118.642000 * Date/Time Start: 1997-11-19T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1997-11-20T18:00:00 * Location: South China Sea * Campaign: SVP_9600 * Method/Device: Drifter, longterm (LD)
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
DATE/TIMEDate/TimeGeocode
LATITUDELatitudeGeocode
LONGITUDELongitudeGeocode
DEPTH, waterDepth watermGeocode
Temperature, waterTemp°CBuoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)
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)
10 CodeCodeBuoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)Drogue, off=0/on=1
Size:
29 data points

Data

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Date/Time

Latitude

Longitude

Depth water [m]

Temp [°C]

Cur vel U [cm/s]

Cur vel V [cm/s]

Latitude e

Longitude e
10 
Code
1997-11-19T12:0015.361118.331027.8680.00040.00051
1997-11-19T18:0015.393118.393027.77129.6815.700.00030.00041
1997-11-20T00:0015.422118.451027.98626.9212.350.00000.00001
1997-11-20T06:0015.441118.501027.1612.790.00000.00001
1997-11-20T12:0015.472118.560034.9310.880.00000.00001
1997-11-20T18:0015.484118.64200.00000.00001