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WOCE Surface Velocity Program, SVP (2006): Current velocity from surface drifter SVP_9824477 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.406998

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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: 12.242000 * Median Longitude: -81.631556 * South-bound Latitude: 12.178000 * West-bound Longitude: -81.794000 * North-bound Latitude: 12.299000 * East-bound Longitude: -81.468000
Date/Time Start: 1998-10-18T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1998-10-20T12:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, water: m * Maximum DEPTH, water: m
Event(s):
SVP_9824477 (WMO41556) * Latitude: 12.178000 * Longitude: -81.794000 * Date/Time Start: 1998-10-18T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1998-10-20T12:00:00 * Location: Caribbean Sea * Campaign: SVP_9124 * Method/Device: Drifter, longterm (LD)
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
DATE/TIMEDate/TimeGeocode
LATITUDELatitudeGeocode
LONGITUDELongitudeGeocode
DEPTH, waterDepth watermGeocode
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)
CodeCodeBuoy, drifting (BUOY_DRIFT)Drogue, off=0/on=1
Size:
41 data points

Data

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Date/Time

Latitude

Longitude

Depth water [m]

Cur vel U [cm/s]

Cur vel V [cm/s]

Latitude e

Longitude e

Code
1998-10-18T12:0012.283-81.46800.00000.00011
1998-10-18T18:0012.299-81.5180-18.76-2.350.00010.00021
1998-10-19T00:0012.274-81.5420-17.50-9.480.00000.00011
1998-10-19T06:0012.262-81.5880-20.59-6.580.00010.00041
1998-10-19T12:0012.248-81.6240-22.41-6.320.00000.00001
1998-10-19T18:0012.237-81.6770-24.17-10.720.00020.00061
1998-10-20T00:0012.206-81.7200-19.28-11.840.00000.00011
1998-10-20T06:0012.191-81.7530-18.59-7.160.00010.00031
1998-10-20T12:0012.178-81.79400.00000.00011