Citation:

PANGAEA.406819

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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: 19.958049 * Median Longitude: -73.988707 * South-bound Latitude: 19.199000 * West-bound Longitude: -75.475000 * North-bound Latitude: 20.492000 * East-bound Longitude: -73.092000

Date/Time Start: 1998-10-03T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1998-10-13T00:00:00

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

Event(s):

SVP_9806206 (WMO41936) * Latitude: 19.199000 * Longitude: -75.475000 * Date/Time Start: 1998-10-03T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1998-10-13T00:00:00 * Location: South Atlantic Ocean * 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:

240 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
1998-10-03T00:00	20.214	-73.277	28.741			0.0001	0.0003	1
1998-10-03T06:00	20.193	-73.311	28.697	-5.36	-4.68	0.0001	0.0002	1
1998-10-03T12:00	20.195	-73.300	28.764	7.67	1.32	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-10-03T18:00	20.198	-73.279	28.912	16.57	1.79	0.0000	0.0000	1
1998-10-04T00:00	20.202	-73.231	28.913	19.12	-2.06	0.0001	0.0005	1
1998-10-04T06:00	20.190	-73.200	28.844	18.37	11.02	0.0001	0.0002	1
1998-10-04T12:00	20.245	-73.155	28.839	22.19	24.22	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-10-04T18:00	20.284	-73.108	28.937	15.19	26.83	0.0003	0.0011	1
1998-10-05T00:00	20.350	-73.092	28.978	-4.38	35.49	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-10-05T06:00	20.423	-73.126	28.882	-20.98	29.61	0.0002	0.0006	1
1998-10-05T12:00	20.466	-73.179	28.818	-34.04	17.81	0.0000	0.0000	1
1998-10-05T18:00	20.492	-73.267	28.849	-40.44	6.44	0.0001	0.0004	1
1998-10-06T00:00	20.491	-73.347	28.838	-45.11	-6.13	0.0001	0.0002	1
1998-10-06T06:00	20.468	-73.454	28.760	-40.43	-11.82	0.0002	0.0006	1
1998-10-06T12:00	20.444	-73.514	28.724	-34.11	-14.95	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-10-06T18:00	20.410	-73.595	28.748	-30.32	-17.37	0.0001	0.0003	1
1998-10-07T00:00	20.377	-73.639	28.723	-24.93	-22.29	0.0001	0.0003	1
1998-10-07T06:00	20.323	-73.698	28.630	-30.44	-23.00	0.0002	0.0005	1
1998-10-07T12:00	20.287	-73.765	28.585	-23.23	-22.05	0.0000	0.0002	1
1998-10-07T18:00	20.237	-73.795	28.626	-15.03	-27.02	0.0001	0.0003	1
1998-10-08T00:00	20.181	-73.827	28.587	-17.93	-32.55	0.0000	0.0000	1
1998-10-08T06:00	20.110	-73.869	28.480	-20.87	-35.12	0.0001	0.0004	1
1998-10-08T12:00	20.044	-73.914	28.494	-25.49	-35.43	0.0001	0.0003	1
1998-10-08T18:00	19.971	-73.974	28.652	-25.77	-36.13	0.0001	0.0002	1
1998-10-09T00:00	19.903	-74.020	28.735	-35.21	-34.31	0.0000	0.0000	1
1998-10-09T06:00	19.837	-74.119	28.527	-43.21	-29.46	0.0001	0.0004	1
1998-10-09T12:00	19.788	-74.198	28.668	-40.19	-20.92	0.0000	0.0000	1
1998-10-09T18:00	19.756	-74.285	29.178	-39.81	-24.73	0.0001	0.0002	1
1998-10-10T00:00	19.692	-74.362	29.220	-44.75	-32.92	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-10-10T06:00	19.627	-74.469	28.705	-49.10	-29.29	0.0001	0.0003	1
1998-10-10T12:00	19.577	-74.564	28.667	-45.72	-26.55	0.0000	0.0000	1
1998-10-10T18:00	19.523	-74.657	29.084	-45.76	-21.10	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-10-11T00:00	19.495	-74.753	29.211	-44.65	-20.27	0.0001	0.0002	1
1998-10-11T06:00	19.444	-74.841	28.807	-42.04	-30.35	0.0001	0.0003	1
1998-10-11T12:00	19.376	-74.925	28.772	-36.60	-32.45	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-10-11T18:00	19.317	-74.991	29.144	-40.67	-28.73	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-10-12T00:00	19.264	-75.093	29.393	-50.88	-20.13	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-10-12T06:00	19.239	-75.200	29.209	-47.78	-7.79	0.0001	0.0002	1
1998-10-12T12:00	19.234	-75.289	29.087	-43.82	-6.23	0.0002	0.0007	1
1998-10-12T18:00	19.214	-75.380		-45.43	-8.88	0.0000	0.0000	1
1998-10-13T00:00	19.199	-75.475				0.0000	0.0000	1