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WOCE Surface Velocity Program, SVP (2006): Water temperature and current velocity from surface drifter SVP_9730586 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.406724

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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: 31.998685 * Median Longitude: -124.096869 * South-bound Latitude: 26.798000 * West-bound Longitude: -126.641000 * North-bound Latitude: 36.235000 * East-bound Longitude: -120.779000
Date/Time Start: 1998-03-22T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1999-04-09T06:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, water: m * Maximum DEPTH, water: m
Event(s):
SVP_9730586 (WMO43533) * Latitude: 26.798000 * Longitude: -121.948000 * Date/Time Start: 1998-03-22T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1999-04-09T06:00:00 * Location: North Pacific Ocean * Campaign: SVP_8325 * Method/Device: Drifter, longterm (LD)
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1DATE/TIMEDate/TimeGeocode
2LATITUDELatitudeGeocode
3LONGITUDELongitudeGeocode
4DEPTH, waterDepth watermGeocode
5Temperature, waterTemp°CBuoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)
6Current velocity, east-westCur vel Ucm/sBuoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)
7Current velocity, north-southCur vel Vcm/sBuoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)
8Latitude, errorLatitude eBuoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)
9Longitude, errorLongitude eBuoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)
10CodeCodeBuoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)Drogue, off=0/on=1
Size:
9188 data points

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