Citation:

PANGAEA.406945

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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: 15.780708 * Median Longitude: -66.733760 * South-bound Latitude: 13.420000 * West-bound Longitude: -68.482000 * North-bound Latitude: 16.670000 * East-bound Longitude: -65.098000

Date/Time Start: 1998-10-14T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1998-11-07T06:00:00

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

Event(s):

SVP_9816657 (WMO51664) * Latitude: 16.542000 * Longitude: -68.482000 * Date/Time Start: 1998-10-14T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1998-11-07T06:00:00 * 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:

572 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
1998-10-14T12:00	13.420	-65.108	26.374			0.0000	0.0000	1
1998-10-14T18:00	13.505	-65.098	27.098	0.62	39.89	0.0010	0.0034	1
1998-10-15T00:00	13.576	-65.106	27.311	-4.93	35.58	0.0022	0.0079	1
1998-10-15T06:00	13.643	-65.117	26.893	-6.29	34.30	0.0032	0.0114	1
1998-10-15T12:00	13.710	-65.131	27.001	-7.12	33.65	0.0037	0.0132	1
1998-10-15T18:00	13.775	-65.146	27.746	-7.76	33.26	0.0037	0.0131	1
1998-10-16T00:00	13.840	-65.162	27.968	-8.42	33.03	0.0031	0.0111	1
1998-10-16T06:00	13.904	-65.180	27.552	-9.40	32.98	0.0021	0.0075	1
1998-10-16T12:00	13.968	-65.200	27.653	-16.94	31.46	0.0009	0.0030	1
1998-10-16T18:00	14.027	-65.247	28.309	-15.43	39.00	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-10-17T00:00	14.121	-65.261	27.919	-7.09	44.85	0.0001	0.0004	1
1998-10-17T06:00	14.202	-65.276	25.837	-19.30	43.19	0.0000	0.0000	1
1998-10-17T12:00	14.289	-65.339	25.217	-27.72	43.42	0.0001	0.0003	1
1998-10-17T18:00	14.371	-65.387	25.418	-23.86	42.39	0.0012	0.0043	1
1998-10-18T00:00	14.455	-65.434	25.670	-23.76	42.90	0.0025	0.0087	1
1998-10-18T06:00	14.539	-65.482	25.609	-23.83	43.29	0.0034	0.0122	1
1998-10-18T12:00	14.624	-65.530	25.510	-23.80	43.54	0.0039	0.0140	1
1998-10-18T18:00	14.709	-65.577	25.728	-23.57	43.67	0.0039	0.0139	1
1998-10-19T00:00	14.794	-65.624	25.987	-23.10	43.70	0.0034	0.0120	1
1998-10-19T06:00	14.879	-65.670	25.929	-22.30	43.74	0.0024	0.0084	1
1998-10-19T12:00	14.965	-65.714	25.827	-20.58	44.52	0.0011	0.0039	1
1998-10-19T18:00	15.053	-65.753	26.037	-14.84	48.66	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-10-20T00:00	15.155	-65.773	26.384	-12.60	46.65	0.0001	0.0002	1
1998-10-20T06:00	15.235	-65.803	26.273	-12.80	39.61	0.0001	0.0003	1
1998-10-20T12:00	15.310	-65.825	26.110	-14.23	29.49	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-10-20T18:00	15.350	-65.861	26.917	-18.79	19.50	0.0011	0.0039	1
1998-10-21T00:00	15.386	-65.901	27.386	-20.32	17.50	0.0024	0.0083	1
1998-10-21T06:00	15.419	-65.943	26.816	-21.11	16.78	0.0033	0.0118	1
1998-10-21T12:00	15.451	-65.986	26.576	-21.61	16.60	0.0038	0.0136	1
1998-10-21T18:00	15.484	-66.030	27.369	-21.92	16.82	0.0038	0.0135	1
1998-10-22T00:00	15.517	-66.074	27.824	-22.08	17.51	0.0032	0.0115	1
1998-10-22T06:00	15.552	-66.118	27.236	-22.08	18.96	0.0023	0.0079	1
1998-10-22T12:00	15.591	-66.163	26.971	-21.27	23.21	0.0010	0.0035	1
1998-10-22T18:00	15.642	-66.204	27.728	-16.61	38.99	0.0000	0.0000	1
1998-10-23T00:00	15.743	-66.230	28.429	-28.15	48.16	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-10-23T06:00	15.830	-66.318	27.321	-39.10	44.76	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-10-23T12:00	15.918	-66.387	26.768	-31.82	32.72	0.0000	0.0000	1
1998-10-23T18:00	15.958	-66.446	26.779	-26.24	17.96	0.0010	0.0035	1
1998-10-24T00:00	15.988	-66.493	27.800	-22.97	14.41	0.0023	0.0080	1
1998-10-24T06:00	16.014	-66.539	28.096	-22.17	13.25	0.0033	0.0116	1
1998-10-24T12:00	16.039	-66.583	27.633	-21.49	12.55	0.0038	0.0137	1
1998-10-24T18:00	16.063	-66.626	27.909	-20.66	12.05	0.0039	0.0139	1
1998-10-25T00:00	16.086	-66.666	28.953	-19.52	11.62	0.0034	0.0122	1
1998-10-25T06:00	16.109	-66.704	29.259	-17.74	11.22	0.0025	0.0088	1
1998-10-25T12:00	16.130	-66.738	28.794	-13.65	10.74	0.0013	0.0043	1
1998-10-25T18:00	16.151	-66.760	29.057	-1.11	9.14	0.0001	0.0003	1
1998-10-26T00:00	16.166	-66.742	30.075	-2.83	10.12	0.0001	0.0004	1
1998-10-26T06:00	16.190	-66.771	30.285	-8.49	12.69	0.0000	0.0000	1
1998-10-26T12:00	16.215	-66.777	29.882	-7.53	11.63	0.0001	0.0003	1
1998-10-26T18:00	16.236	-66.801	29.927	-13.10	10.54	0.0012	0.0043	1
1998-10-27T00:00	16.257	-66.830	30.491	-14.31	10.84	0.0025	0.0087	1
1998-10-27T06:00	16.278	-66.859	30.470	-14.76	10.90	0.0034	0.0122	1
1998-10-27T12:00	16.299	-66.889	29.943	-14.92	10.92	0.0039	0.0140	1
1998-10-27T18:00	16.320	-66.920	30.006	-14.83	10.88	0.0039	0.0139	1
1998-10-28T00:00	16.342	-66.949	30.583	-14.49	10.81	0.0034	0.0120	1
1998-10-28T06:00	16.363	-66.978	30.576	-13.73	10.71	0.0024	0.0084	1
1998-10-28T12:00	16.383	-67.005	30.063	-11.71	10.82	0.0011	0.0039	1
1998-10-28T18:00	16.405	-67.026	30.142	-5.09	9.86	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-10-29T00:00	16.422	-67.025	30.740	-5.78	8.82	0.0001	0.0002	1
1998-10-29T06:00	16.439	-67.049	30.761	-12.80	9.79	0.0001	0.0003	1
1998-10-29T12:00	16.460	-67.077	30.220	-15.38	10.27	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-10-29T18:00	16.479	-67.111	30.291	-17.10	10.00	0.0011	0.0038	1
1998-10-30T00:00	16.499	-67.146	30.992	-17.66	10.18	0.0023	0.0083	1
1998-10-30T06:00	16.519	-67.183	31.133	-18.04	10.22	0.0033	0.0117	1
1998-10-30T12:00	16.539	-67.219	30.647	-18.27	10.16	0.0038	0.0136	1
1998-10-30T18:00	16.559	-67.257	30.721	-18.37	10.01	0.0038	0.0135	1
1998-10-31T00:00	16.578	-67.294	31.422	-18.32	9.76	0.0032	0.0115	1
1998-10-31T06:00	16.597	-67.331	31.560	-18.03	9.36	0.0023	0.0080	1
1998-10-31T12:00	16.615	-67.367	31.067	-16.58	8.79	0.0010	0.0035	1
1998-10-31T18:00	16.631	-67.398	31.130	-12.89	9.36	0.0000	0.0000	1
1998-11-01T00:00	16.651	-67.419	31.812	-19.15	1.66	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-11-01T06:00	16.638	-67.475	31.917	-30.23	3.27	0.0002	0.0006	1
1998-11-01T12:00	16.664	-67.541	31.088	-31.54	8.32	0.0000	0.0000	1
1998-11-01T18:00	16.670	-67.603	30.650	-30.59	1.07	0.0010	0.0034	1
1998-11-02T00:00	16.668	-67.665	30.981	-30.80	-1.58	0.0023	0.0079	1
1998-11-02T06:00	16.664	-67.728	31.245	-30.95	-2.45	0.0033	0.0116	1
1998-11-02T12:00	16.658	-67.791	30.603	-30.89	-2.96	0.0038	0.0137	1
1998-11-02T18:00	16.652	-67.853	30.028	-30.60	-3.29	0.0039	0.0138	1
1998-11-03T00:00	16.646	-67.914	30.360	-29.96	-3.50	0.0034	0.0121	1
1998-11-03T06:00	16.639	-67.974	30.629	-28.80	-3.58	0.0025	0.0088	1
1998-11-03T12:00	16.632	-68.031	29.996	-26.19	-3.23	0.0013	0.0044	1
1998-11-03T18:00	16.626	-68.080	29.505	-17.07	-1.42	0.0001	0.0003	1
1998-11-04T00:00	16.626	-68.100	29.400	-17.28	-5.42	0.0001	0.0004	1
1998-11-04T06:00	16.605	-68.150	29.288	-26.05	-10.94	0.0000	0.0000	1
1998-11-04T12:00	16.583	-68.206	29.278	-22.65	-8.24	0.0001	0.0003	1
1998-11-04T18:00	16.573	-68.242	29.338	-17.12	-4.75	0.0012	0.0043	1
1998-11-05T00:00	16.565	-68.275	29.311	-15.90	-3.74	0.0025	0.0087	1
1998-11-05T06:00	16.558	-68.306	29.245	-15.23	-3.26	0.0034	0.0122	1
1998-11-05T12:00	16.552	-68.337	29.266	-14.70	-2.90	0.0039	0.0140	1
1998-11-05T18:00	16.547	-68.366	29.326	-14.15	-2.58	0.0039	0.0139	1
1998-11-06T00:00	16.542	-68.394	29.298	-13.51	-2.22	0.0034	0.0120	1
1998-11-06T06:00	16.538	-68.420	29.232	-12.63	-1.69	0.0024	0.0084	1
1998-11-06T12:00	16.535	-68.445	29.251	-10.85	-0.27	0.0011	0.0039	1
1998-11-06T18:00	16.537	-68.464	29.309	-4.33	5.24	0.0000	0.0001	1
1998-11-07T00:00	16.556	-68.463	29.263	-4.37	1.32	0.0001	0.0002	1
1998-11-07T06:00	16.542	-68.482	29.173			0.0001	0.0003	1