Citation:

PANGAEA.406820

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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: 8.891087 * Median Longitude: -56.712725 * South-bound Latitude: 8.282000 * West-bound Longitude: -57.714000 * North-bound Latitude: 9.526000 * East-bound Longitude: -56.276000

Date/Time Start: 1998-12-10T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1998-12-27T12:00:00

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

Event(s):

SVP_9806208 (WMO41936) * Latitude: 8.457000 * Longitude: -57.714000 * Date/Time Start: 1998-12-10T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1998-12-27T12:00:00 * 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:

408 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
1998-12-10T12:00	9.226	-56.505	28.252			0.0001	0.0002	1
1998-12-10T18:00	9.265	-56.544	28.221	-20.90	26.16	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-12-11T00:00	9.329	-56.587	28.202	-13.59	31.55	0.0001	0.0005	1
1998-12-11T06:00	9.389	-56.597	28.168	1.13	26.96	0.0000	0.0000	1
1998-12-11T12:00	9.434	-56.583	28.211	9.53	18.94	0.0001	0.0003	1
1998-12-11T18:00	9.462	-56.560	28.288	13.33	15.37	0.0001	0.0002	1
1998-12-12T00:00	9.494	-56.531	28.251	18.62	14.30	0.0002	0.0006	1
1998-12-12T06:00	9.518	-56.487	28.151	21.68	8.15	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-12-12T12:00	9.526	-56.445	28.131	19.22	-2.21	0.0001	0.0004	1
1998-12-12T18:00	9.510	-56.411	28.173	10.70	-9.16	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-12-13T00:00	9.490	-56.403	28.156	2.65	-8.68	0.0003	0.0010	1
1998-12-13T06:00	9.476	-56.400	28.118	-0.94	-4.31	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-12-13T12:00	9.473	-56.407	28.133	-2.51	0.54	0.0002	0.0006	1
1998-12-13T18:00	9.478	-56.410	28.178	5.06	4.73	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-12-14T00:00	9.492	-56.387	28.154	15.07	5.82	0.0001	0.0003	1
1998-12-14T06:00	9.501	-56.351	28.100	19.80	-3.38	0.0001	0.0002	1
1998-12-14T12:00	9.478	-56.309	28.103	19.00	-13.81	0.0005	0.0017	1
1998-12-14T18:00	9.447	-56.276	28.133	3.02	-24.15	0.0000	0.0000	1
1998-12-15T00:00	9.384	-56.297	28.127	-4.08	-27.60	0.0001	0.0002	1
1998-12-15T06:00	9.339	-56.292	28.104	0.16	-22.52	0.0004	0.0012	1
1998-12-15T12:00	9.296	-56.297	28.095	-5.54	-16.15	0.0000	0.0000	1
1998-12-15T18:00	9.276	-56.314	28.114	-7.13	-9.44	0.0000	0.0000	1
1998-12-16T00:00	9.259	-56.325	28.091	-5.23	-9.00	0.0005	0.0017	1
1998-12-16T06:00	9.241	-56.335	28.041	-4.82	-13.51	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-12-16T12:00	9.206	-56.344	28.046	-4.61	-15.96	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-12-16T18:00	9.178	-56.353	28.106	-5.15	-16.48	0.0000	0.0000	1
1998-12-17T00:00	9.142	-56.364	28.073	-6.13	-15.99	0.0001	0.0004	1
1998-12-17T06:00	9.116	-56.377	28.004	-5.76	-15.85	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-12-17T12:00	9.080	-56.386	28.014	-3.64	-18.26	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-12-17T18:00	9.045	-56.391	28.043	0.04	-17.19	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-12-18T00:00	9.013	-56.386	28.025	-0.95	-19.22	0.0002	0.0005	1
1998-12-18T06:00	8.969	-56.395	27.977	-3.94	-22.63	0.0000	0.0000	1
1998-12-18T12:00	8.925	-56.402	27.980	-6.56	-25.49	0.0001	0.0003	1
1998-12-18T18:00	8.870	-56.421	28.015	-6.95	-25.76	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-12-19T00:00	8.824	-56.429	27.995	-15.30	-26.56	0.0002	0.0006	1
1998-12-19T06:00	8.766	-56.481	27.961	-22.37	-26.01	0.0000	0.0000	1
1998-12-19T12:00	8.722	-56.517	27.927	-20.33	-16.13	0.0000	0.0000	1
1998-12-19T18:00	8.703	-56.561	27.897	-22.42	-7.64	0.0009	0.0032	1
1998-12-20T00:00	8.693	-56.605	27.879	-22.34	-4.63	0.0018	0.0062	1
1998-12-20T06:00	8.685	-56.648	27.859	-21.63	-3.34	0.0020	0.0071	1
1998-12-20T12:00	8.679	-56.690	27.829	-20.07	-2.46	0.0016	0.0057	1
1998-12-20T18:00	8.675	-56.727	27.802	-13.93	-0.03	0.0007	0.0024	1
1998-12-21T00:00	8.679	-56.744	27.774	-3.90	2.01	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-12-21T06:00	8.683	-56.742	27.744	-5.76	-9.44	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-12-21T12:00	8.643	-56.767	27.788	-3.01	-18.48	0.0001	0.0002	1
1998-12-21T18:00	8.611	-56.754	27.858	-1.80	-20.54	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-12-22T00:00	8.562	-56.774	27.816	-5.89	-24.01	0.0000	0.0000	1
1998-12-22T06:00	8.517	-56.777	27.744	-11.62	-25.79	0.0001	0.0003	1
1998-12-22T12:00	8.462	-56.820	27.765	-23.74	-25.40	0.0001	0.0003	1
1998-12-22T18:00	8.418	-56.870	27.833	-30.11	-19.20	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-12-23T00:00	8.387	-56.938	27.822	-30.55	-10.08	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-12-23T06:00	8.379	-56.990	27.737	-25.29	-2.95	0.0007	0.0024	1
1998-12-23T12:00	8.375	-57.037	27.734	-23.91	-0.47	0.0007	0.0024	1
1998-12-23T18:00	8.377	-57.084	27.815	-22.41	4.96	0.0000	0.0000	1
1998-12-24T00:00	8.394	-57.125	27.790	-13.53	6.80	0.0004	0.0012	1
1998-12-24T06:00	8.403	-57.137	27.699	-5.95	-2.43	0.0001	0.0002	1
1998-12-24T12:00	8.385	-57.148	27.693	-8.71	-7.59	0.0000	0.0000	1
1998-12-24T18:00	8.374	-57.171	27.723	-12.34	-8.59	0.0000	0.0000	1
1998-12-25T00:00	8.351	-57.197	27.703	-13.70	-12.12	0.0005	0.0017	1
1998-12-25T06:00	8.326	-57.225	27.663	-16.50	-13.35	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-12-25T12:00	8.299	-57.261	27.659	-20.89	-11.26	0.0004	0.0014	1
1998-12-25T18:00	8.282	-57.307	27.644	-28.11	-4.31	0.0000	0.0000	1
1998-12-26T00:00	8.282	-57.372	27.610	-31.50	4.14	0.0000	0.0000	1
1998-12-26T06:00	8.299	-57.430	27.573	-28.92	10.46	0.0009	0.0029	1
1998-12-26T12:00	8.323	-57.485	27.575	-27.70	13.39	0.0016	0.0057	1
1998-12-26T18:00	8.351	-57.539	27.567	-27.48	14.67	0.0018	0.0061	1
1998-12-27T00:00	8.380	-57.593	27.532	-27.51	15.64	0.0012	0.0041	1
1998-12-27T06:00	8.412	-57.647		-30.78	19.59	0.0002	0.0007	1
1998-12-27T12:00	8.457	-57.714				0.0000	0.0001	1