Citation:

PANGAEA.406741

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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: 17.891641 * Median Longitude: -67.258214 * South-bound Latitude: 17.268000 * West-bound Longitude: -69.832000 * North-bound Latitude: 18.324000 * East-bound Longitude: -65.051000

Date/Time Start: 1998-03-24T06:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1998-04-29T06:00:00

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

Event(s):

SVP_9730621 (WMO41619) * Latitude: 18.324000 * Longitude: -69.832000 * Date/Time Start: 1998-03-24T06:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1998-04-29T06:00:00 * 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:

864 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
1998-03-24T06:00	18.037	-65.051	26.323			0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-03-24T12:00	18.044	-65.073	26.333	-12.91	2.41	0.0002	0.0009	1
1998-03-24T18:00	18.047	-65.104	26.391	-15.82	1.08	0.0016	0.0066	1
1998-03-25T00:00	18.049	-65.138	26.394	-16.99	0.69	0.0029	0.0123	1
1998-03-25T06:00	18.050	-65.173	26.355	-17.62	0.44	0.0037	0.0159	1
1998-03-25T12:00	18.050	-65.210	26.372	-18.13	0.23	0.0039	0.0168	1
1998-03-25T18:00	18.050	-65.247	26.432	-18.61	0.00	0.0035	0.0148	1
1998-03-26T00:00	18.050	-65.286	26.436	-19.18	-0.30	0.0024	0.0103	1
1998-03-26T06:00	18.049	-65.325	26.397	-20.56	-1.10	0.0010	0.0043	1
1998-03-26T12:00	18.046	-65.370	26.413	-23.96	-3.36	0.0001	0.0003	1
1998-03-26T18:00	18.036	-65.423	26.472	-26.52	-3.56	0.0000	0.0000	1
1998-03-27T00:00	18.032	-65.478	26.459	-25.78	-1.29	0.0003	0.0014	1
1998-03-27T06:00	18.031	-65.528	26.384	-17.42	2.52	0.0001	0.0002	1
1998-03-27T12:00	18.042	-65.549	26.436	-10.88	3.29	0.0004	0.0018	1
1998-03-27T18:00	18.044	-65.573	26.572	-11.67	0.77	0.0019	0.0078	1
1998-03-28T00:00	18.045	-65.596	26.543	-11.40	0.37	0.0031	0.0134	1
1998-03-28T06:00	18.045	-65.619	26.434	-10.94	0.28	0.0039	0.0168	1
1998-03-28T12:00	18.046	-65.641	26.489	-10.40	0.29	0.0041	0.0176	1
1998-03-28T18:00	18.047	-65.662	26.626	-9.76	0.38	0.0036	0.0155	1
1998-03-29T00:00	18.047	-65.681	26.598	-8.86	0.56	0.0026	0.0109	1
1998-03-29T06:00	18.049	-65.698	26.490	-7.14	0.96	0.0012	0.0049	1
1998-03-29T12:00	18.051	-65.710	26.535	-1.62	2.58	0.0000	0.0000	1
1998-03-29T18:00	18.059	-65.704	26.715	1.05	4.63	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-03-30T00:00	18.069	-65.706	26.683	-3.56	-0.86	0.0001	0.0004	1
1998-03-30T06:00	18.055	-65.719	26.504	-1.16	-6.49	0.0000	0.0000	1
1998-03-30T12:00	18.044	-65.711	26.529	1.82	-3.10	0.0003	0.0013	1
1998-03-30T18:00	18.043	-65.712	26.669	-0.78	0.05	0.0018	0.0074	1
1998-03-31T00:00	18.044	-65.714	26.663	-1.20	0.44	0.0032	0.0135	1
1998-03-31T06:00	18.045	-65.716	26.535	-1.51	0.44	0.0042	0.0180	1
1998-03-31T12:00	18.046	-65.720	26.554	-1.80	0.20	0.0047	0.0200	1
1998-03-31T18:00	18.046	-65.724	26.697	-2.15	-0.30	0.0045	0.0192	1
1998-04-01T00:00	18.045	-65.729	26.692	-2.60	-1.17	0.0037	0.0159	1
1998-04-01T06:00	18.041	-65.734	26.565	-3.28	-2.79	0.0025	0.0104	1
1998-04-01T12:00	18.034	-65.742	26.593	-6.30	-9.55	0.0010	0.0040	1
1998-04-01T18:00	18.004	-65.760	26.724	-9.42	-21.98	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-04-02T00:00	17.948	-65.780	26.704	-8.90	-19.27	0.0000	0.0001	0
1998-04-02T06:00	17.929	-65.796	26.601	-14.62	-8.31	0.0001	0.0005	0
1998-04-02T12:00	17.915	-65.840	26.648	-20.26	-7.04	0.0002	0.0009	0
1998-04-02T18:00	17.901	-65.879	26.792	-19.25	-6.89	0.0016	0.0066	0
1998-04-03T00:00	17.889	-65.918	26.770	-19.49	-6.38	0.0029	0.0122	0
1998-04-03T06:00	17.876	-65.958	26.656	-19.69	-6.13	0.0037	0.0159	0
1998-04-03T12:00	17.865	-65.999	26.708	-19.78	-5.91	0.0039	0.0168	0
1998-04-03T18:00	17.853	-66.039	26.853	-19.74	-5.68	0.0035	0.0148	0
1998-04-04T00:00	17.842	-66.079	26.832	-19.58	-5.39	0.0024	0.0103	0
1998-04-04T06:00	17.832	-66.119	26.719	-19.65	-4.99	0.0010	0.0043	0
1998-04-04T12:00	17.823	-66.159	26.764	-20.04	-4.14	0.0001	0.0002	0
1998-04-04T18:00	17.816	-66.201	26.930	-18.24	0.17	0.0000	0.0000	0
1998-04-05T00:00	17.824	-66.234	26.889	-15.37	5.27	0.0000	0.0000	0
1998-04-05T06:00	17.837	-66.263	26.801	-7.33	4.01	0.0001	0.0002	0
1998-04-05T12:00	17.839	-66.264	26.944	-2.20	1.96	0.0004	0.0017	0
1998-04-05T18:00	17.844	-66.272	27.129	-4.31	2.62	0.0019	0.0078	0
1998-04-06T00:00	17.850	-66.281	27.105	-4.42	2.69	0.0031	0.0133	0
1998-04-06T06:00	17.855	-66.290	27.045	-4.50	2.68	0.0039	0.0168	0
1998-04-06T12:00	17.860	-66.299	27.197	-4.69	2.65	0.0041	0.0176	0
1998-04-06T18:00	17.865	-66.309	27.387	-5.06	2.60	0.0036	0.0155	0
1998-04-07T00:00	17.870	-66.320	27.365	-5.80	2.53	0.0026	0.0110	0
1998-04-07T06:00	17.875	-66.333	27.303	-8.06	2.27	0.0012	0.0049	0
1998-04-07T12:00	17.879	-66.353	27.463	-15.64	1.98	0.0000	0.0000	0
1998-04-07T18:00	17.883	-66.397	27.633	-14.00	2.12	0.0000	0.0001	0
1998-04-08T00:00	17.887	-66.410	27.647	-9.46	-3.33	0.0001	0.0004	0
1998-04-08T06:00	17.870	-66.435	27.606	-20.35	-10.36	0.0000	0.0000	0
1998-04-08T12:00	17.847	-66.493	27.626	-30.50	-6.74	0.0003	0.0013	0
1998-04-08T18:00	17.843	-66.560	27.647	-33.54	-1.05	0.0017	0.0072	0
1998-04-09T00:00	17.843	-66.630	27.623	-34.99	0.01	0.0030	0.0129	0
1998-04-09T06:00	17.843	-66.702	27.589	-35.97	0.56	0.0039	0.0166	0
1998-04-09T12:00	17.845	-66.776	27.600	-36.57	0.91	0.0041	0.0177	0
1998-04-09T18:00	17.847	-66.851	27.619	-36.81	1.15	0.0037	0.0159	0
1998-04-10T00:00	17.849	-66.926	27.595	-36.75	1.30	0.0027	0.0115	0
1998-04-10T06:00	17.852	-67.001	27.563	-36.59	1.24	0.0013	0.0055	0
1998-04-10T12:00	17.854	-67.075	27.578	-38.34	-0.04	0.0000	0.0002	0
1998-04-10T18:00	17.852	-67.157	27.616	-32.97	8.66	0.0000	0.0001	0
1998-04-11T00:00	17.888	-67.210	27.583	-26.27	11.44	0.0000	0.0001	0
1998-04-11T06:00	17.896	-67.264	27.437	-31.21	3.33	0.0000	0.0001	0
1998-04-11T12:00	17.901	-67.337	27.390	-20.70	12.32	0.0002	0.0008	0
1998-04-11T18:00	17.944	-67.349	27.456	-2.80	23.90	0.0016	0.0066	0
1998-04-12T00:00	17.994	-67.348	27.449	1.43	25.97	0.0029	0.0122	0
1998-04-12T06:00	18.046	-67.343	27.354	3.37	26.50	0.0037	0.0159	0
1998-04-12T12:00	18.097	-67.335	27.333	4.39	26.11	0.0039	0.0168	0
1998-04-12T18:00	18.148	-67.325	27.402	4.75	24.76	0.0035	0.0149	0
1998-04-13T00:00	18.194	-67.315	27.397	4.19	21.95	0.0025	0.0104	0
1998-04-13T06:00	18.233	-67.308	27.302	-0.24	13.29	0.0011	0.0044	0
1998-04-13T12:00	18.246	-67.316	27.302	-17.04	-13.75	0.0001	0.0002	0
1998-04-13T18:00	18.180	-67.378	27.343	-0.45	-22.00	0.0000	0.0000	0
1998-04-14T00:00	18.160	-67.318	27.177	-16.92	-26.07	0.0002	0.0006	0
1998-04-14T06:00	18.078	-67.447	26.946	-37.23	-35.83	0.0001	0.0003	0
1998-04-14T12:00	18.020	-67.470	26.908	-14.13	-21.40	0.0004	0.0017	0
1998-04-14T18:00	17.994	-67.504	26.970	-17.10	-11.82	0.0019	0.0077	0
1998-04-15T00:00	17.974	-67.540	26.943	-17.66	-9.62	0.0031	0.0133	0
1998-04-15T06:00	17.957	-67.576	26.807	-18.09	-8.44	0.0039	0.0168	0
1998-04-15T12:00	17.941	-67.613	26.760	-18.38	-7.63	0.0041	0.0176	0
1998-04-15T18:00	17.927	-67.651	26.823	-18.56	-6.97	0.0037	0.0156	0
1998-04-16T00:00	17.914	-67.689	26.796	-18.60	-6.37	0.0026	0.0110	0
1998-04-16T06:00	17.902	-67.727	26.662	-18.49	-5.62	0.0012	0.0050	0
1998-04-16T12:00	17.892	-67.765	26.644	-17.85	-3.84	0.0000	0.0000	0
1998-04-16T18:00	17.887	-67.800	26.672	-21.07	-1.57	0.0000	0.0001	0
1998-04-17T00:00	17.886	-67.850	26.647	-22.13	2.54	0.0001	0.0003	0
1998-04-17T06:00	17.897	-67.890	26.605	-19.45	-0.46	0.0000	0.0001	0
1998-04-17T12:00	17.884	-67.930	26.583	-20.86	-6.61	0.0003	0.0012	0
1998-04-17T18:00	17.871	-67.975	26.784	-22.42	-6.94	0.0017	0.0072	0
1998-04-18T00:00	17.857	-68.021	26.844	-22.72	-7.58	0.0030	0.0129	0
1998-04-18T06:00	17.841	-68.068	26.698	-22.93	-8.07	0.0039	0.0166	0
1998-04-18T12:00	17.825	-68.115	26.692	-23.00	-8.50	0.0041	0.0177	0
1998-04-18T18:00	17.808	-68.161	26.892	-22.95	-8.94	0.0037	0.0159	0
1998-04-19T00:00	17.790	-68.208	26.955	-22.79	-9.51	0.0027	0.0115	0
1998-04-19T06:00	17.771	-68.254	26.812	-22.66	-10.77	0.0013	0.0055	0
1998-04-19T12:00	17.748	-68.300	26.808	-23.72	-17.10	0.0000	0.0002	0
1998-04-19T18:00	17.704	-68.351	27.081	-21.04	-17.84	0.0001	0.0002	0
1998-04-20T00:00	17.679	-68.386	27.019	-21.55	-25.62	0.0000	0.0001	0
1998-04-20T06:00	17.604	-68.439	26.594	-25.04	-32.36	0.0000	0.0001	0
1998-04-20T12:00	17.552	-68.488	26.550	-24.74	-22.78	0.0002	0.0008	0
1998-04-20T18:00	17.515	-68.539	26.851	-25.57	-18.19	0.0016	0.0066	0
1998-04-21T00:00	17.481	-68.592	26.899	-26.22	-17.05	0.0029	0.0122	0
1998-04-21T06:00	17.449	-68.646	26.637	-26.90	-16.29	0.0037	0.0159	0
1998-04-21T12:00	17.418	-68.701	26.631	-27.65	-15.63	0.0039	0.0168	0
1998-04-21T18:00	17.388	-68.758	26.939	-28.52	-14.96	0.0035	0.0149	0
1998-04-22T00:00	17.359	-68.817	26.991	-29.71	-14.24	0.0025	0.0104	0
1998-04-22T06:00	17.332	-68.879	26.732	-32.49	-14.19	0.0011	0.0044	0
1998-04-22T12:00	17.304	-68.949	26.770	-39.57	-16.30	0.0001	0.0002	0
1998-04-22T18:00	17.268	-69.040	27.029	-44.71	-3.54	0.0000	0.0000	0
1998-04-23T00:00	17.290	-69.131	27.046	-49.89	13.71	0.0003	0.0013	0
1998-04-23T06:00	17.322	-69.242	26.931	-45.33	22.81	0.0001	0.0003	0
1998-04-23T12:00	17.379	-69.315	27.022	-31.28	27.32	0.0004	0.0017	0
1998-04-23T18:00	17.428	-69.370	27.164	-25.71	25.43	0.0018	0.0077	0
1998-04-24T00:00	17.478	-69.420	27.140	-23.80	25.56	0.0031	0.0133	0
1998-04-24T06:00	17.528	-69.467	27.063	-22.41	25.68	0.0039	0.0168	0
1998-04-24T12:00	17.578	-69.511	27.154	-21.20	25.65	0.0041	0.0176	0
1998-04-24T18:00	17.628	-69.553	27.300	-19.94	25.41	0.0037	0.0156	0
1998-04-25T00:00	17.678	-69.592	27.277	-18.41	24.87	0.0026	0.0110	0
1998-04-25T06:00	17.725	-69.628	27.200	-15.73	23.54	0.0012	0.0050	0
1998-04-25T12:00	17.769	-69.656	27.299	-6.71	19.33	0.0000	0.0000	0
1998-04-25T18:00	17.801	-69.655	27.427	-4.63	21.48	0.0000	0.0001	0
1998-04-26T00:00	17.853	-69.675	27.432	-11.51	26.97	0.0001	0.0003	0
1998-04-26T06:00	17.906	-69.702	27.377	-10.11	24.52	0.0000	0.0001	0
1998-04-26T12:00	17.949	-69.716	27.374	-6.34	20.60	0.0003	0.0013	0
1998-04-26T18:00	17.986	-69.728	27.430	-5.60	18.96	0.0019	0.0077	0
1998-04-27T00:00	18.023	-69.739	27.446	-5.46	18.54	0.0035	0.0150	0
1998-04-27T06:00	18.059	-69.750	27.406	-5.38	18.30	0.0050	0.0214	0
1998-04-27T12:00	18.094	-69.761	27.406	-5.32	18.09	0.0060	0.0261	0
1998-04-27T18:00	18.129	-69.772	27.464	-5.28	17.88	0.0066	0.0286	0
1998-04-28T00:00	18.164	-69.783	27.481	-5.22	17.62	0.0066	0.0287	0
1998-04-28T06:00	18.198	-69.793	27.442	-5.12	17.30	0.0061	0.0263	0
1998-04-28T12:00	18.232	-69.804	27.442	-5.00	16.88	0.0050	0.0217	0
1998-04-28T18:00	18.264	-69.814	27.500	-4.82	16.30	0.0035	0.0151	0
1998-04-29T00:00	18.295	-69.823		-4.56	15.40	0.0018	0.0075	0
1998-04-29T06:00	18.324	-69.832				0.0002	0.0008	0