Citation:

PANGAEA.406535

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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: 60.836652 * Median Longitude: -41.156043 * South-bound Latitude: 59.720000 * West-bound Longitude: -42.287000 * North-bound Latitude: 61.750000 * East-bound Longitude: -39.868000

Date/Time Start: 1999-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1999-01-06T12:00:00

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

Event(s):

SVP_9706310 (WMO23586) * Latitude: 59.720000 * Longitude: -42.287000 * Date/Time Start: 1999-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1999-01-06T12:00:00 * Location: Greenland 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:

136 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
1999-01-01T00:00	61.750	-39.868	5.609	-25.41	-16.22	0.0007	0.0022	1
1999-01-01T06:00	61.718	-39.973	5.598	-26.77	-14.62	0.0004	0.0012	1
1999-01-01T12:00	61.693	-40.087	5.605	-31.45	-23.66	0.0000	0.0000	1
1999-01-01T18:00	61.626	-40.230	5.670	-36.25	-37.84	0.0007	0.0022	1
1999-01-02T00:00	61.546	-40.381	5.685	-37.77	-42.79	0.0016	0.0049	1
1999-01-02T06:00	61.460	-40.536	5.705	-38.30	-45.10	0.0022	0.0067	1
1999-01-02T12:00	61.371	-40.691	5.777	-38.30	-46.60	0.0023	0.0074	1
1999-01-02T18:00	61.279	-40.844	5.863	-37.78	-47.67	0.0021	0.0067	1
1999-01-03T00:00	61.185	-40.994	5.845	-36.59	-48.47	0.0015	0.0047	1
1999-01-03T06:00	61.091	-41.137	5.803	-33.65	-49.26	0.0007	0.0020	1
1999-01-03T12:00	60.994	-41.263	5.794	-25.96	-50.53	0.0000	0.0001	1
1999-01-03T18:00	60.895	-41.344	5.788	-18.78	-51.52	0.0007	0.0020	1
1999-01-04T00:00	60.794	-41.412	5.788	-16.35	-51.74	0.0009	0.0027	1
1999-01-04T06:00	60.694	-41.473	5.788	-16.13	-53.23	0.0005	0.0014	1
1999-01-04T12:00	60.588	-41.539	5.788	-15.03	-60.18	0.0000	0.0001	1
1999-01-04T18:00	60.461	-41.591	5.791	-11.14	-64.39	0.0000	0.0000	1
1999-01-05T00:00	60.338	-41.626	5.801	-9.02	-62.65	0.0005	0.0015	1
1999-01-05T06:00	60.218	-41.661	5.823	-10.19	-60.24	0.0004	0.0011	1
1999-01-05T12:00	60.105	-41.705	5.829	-21.87	-55.30	0.0000	0.0000	1
1999-01-05T18:00	60.003	-41.830	5.775	-35.73	-51.56	0.0006	0.0018	1
1999-01-06T00:00	59.904	-41.981	5.497	-39.71	-49.82	0.0011	0.0033	1
1999-01-06T06:00	59.810	-42.136	5.044	-39.81	-47.40	0.0010	0.0030	1
1999-01-06T12:00	59.720	-42.287	5.113			0.0004	0.0012	1