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WOCE Surface Velocity Program, SVP (2006): Water temperature and current velocity from surface drifter SVP_9809637 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.406852

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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: 9.263900 * Median Longitude: -56.655900 * South-bound Latitude: 8.806000 * West-bound Longitude: -56.753000 * North-bound Latitude: 9.452000 * East-bound Longitude: -56.418000
Date/Time Start: 1998-12-10T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1998-12-17T18:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, water: m * Maximum DEPTH, water: m
Event(s):
SVP_9809637 (WMO31938) * Latitude: 9.307000 * Longitude: -56.673000 * Date/Time Start: 1998-12-10T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1998-12-17T18:00:00 * Location: South Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: SVP_1955 * Method/Device: Drifter, longterm (LD)
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
DATE/TIMEDate/TimeGeocode
LATITUDELatitudeGeocode
LONGITUDELongitudeGeocode
DEPTH, waterDepth watermGeocode
Temperature, waterTemp°CBuoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)
Current velocity, east-westCur vel Ucm/sBuoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)
Current velocity, north-southCur vel Vcm/sBuoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)
Latitude, errorLatitude eBuoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)
Longitude, errorLongitude eBuoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)
10 CodeCodeBuoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)Drogue, off=0/on=1
Size:
176 data points

Data

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Date/Time

Latitude

Longitude

Depth water [m]

Temp [°C]

Cur vel U [cm/s]

Cur vel V [cm/s]

Latitude e

Longitude e
10 
Code
1998-12-10T12:008.806-56.418028.5260.00010.00021
1998-12-10T18:008.830-56.508028.537-44.6718.380.00000.00011
1998-12-11T00:008.878-56.593028.519-36.4229.450.00010.00050
1998-12-11T06:008.945-56.651028.473-32.3833.200.00000.00000
1998-12-11T12:009.007-56.721028.486-26.0031.940.00010.00030
1998-12-11T18:009.069-56.753028.5570.3031.680.00010.00020
1998-12-12T00:009.131-56.719028.51212.5129.940.00020.00060
1998-12-12T06:009.186-56.704028.4087.1221.190.00010.00040
1998-12-12T12:009.214-56.691028.4281.8214.260.00020.00050
1998-12-12T18:009.242-56.697028.474-4.0014.300.00080.00280
1998-12-13T00:009.270-56.707028.443-7.2013.190.00070.00220
1998-12-13T06:009.294-56.725028.404-7.9515.140.00000.00010
1998-12-13T12:009.329-56.738028.443-2.9121.820.00020.00060
1998-12-13T18:009.379-56.737028.4978.2825.030.00000.00010
1998-12-14T00:009.427-56.706028.46115.3818.480.00010.00030
1998-12-14T06:009.451-56.676028.40413.586.560.00000.00010
1998-12-14T12:009.452-56.652028.41119.41-3.760.00040.00140
1998-12-14T18:009.436-56.600028.44119.95-8.640.00000.00000
1998-12-15T00:009.418-56.574028.4441.24-9.010.00010.00020
1998-12-15T06:009.401-56.595028.397-9.29-7.080.00040.00120
1998-12-15T12:009.391-56.610028.348-9.62-4.200.00000.00000
1998-12-15T18:009.385-56.633028.348-10.632.620.00000.00000
1998-12-16T00:009.401-56.652028.318-6.955.690.00010.00030
1998-12-16T06:009.407-56.660028.2565.381.300.00000.00010
1998-12-16T12:009.406-56.631028.2440.23-3.590.00000.00010
1998-12-16T18:009.393-56.659028.289-5.63-5.520.00000.00000
1998-12-17T00:009.384-56.653028.277-2.68-11.410.00000.00000
1998-12-17T06:009.348-56.670028.244-4.54-14.050.00000.00010
1998-12-17T12:009.330-56.671028.236-0.79-10.690.00010.00020
1998-12-17T18:009.307-56.673028.2420.00000.00010