Hummels, Rebecca; Brandt, Peter; Dengler, Marcus (2026): Physical oceanography from mooring KPO_0886 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.996301 (DOI registration in progress)
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Published: 2026-08-06
Abstract:
This data set contains quality-controlled observations from a GEOMAR mooring deployment. Depending on the mooring configuration, measurements may include pressure, temperature, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, and current velocity recorded by oceanographic instruments throughout the deployment period.
During these times instruments equipped with pressure, temperature, conductivity, and oxygen sensors were not yet calibrated in situ immediately before deployment and after recovery by attaching them to the CTD frame during CTD/O2 casts. Hence these sensors could not be calibrated in the way described in the SOP. However, all instruments have a pressure time series associated with them, which was interpolated from available pressure measurements which seemed reasonable.
Related to:
Hummels, Rebecca; Brandt, Peter; Dengler, Marcus; Fischer, Jürgen; Araujo, G M (2015): Interannual to decadal changes in the western boundary circulation in the Atlantic at 11°S. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(18), 7615-7622, https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL065254
Schott, Friedrich A; Dengler, Marcus; Zantopp, Rainer; Stramma, Lothar; Fischer, Jürgen; Brandt, Peter (2005): The Shallow and Deep Western Boundary Circulation of the South Atlantic at 5°-11°S. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 35(11), 2031-2053, https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO2813.1
Spieß, Volkhard; Flueh, Ernst R; Schott, Friedrich A (2001): Trans Atlantic 2000, Cruise No. 47, 16 March - 3 July 2000. METEOR-Berichte, Leitstelle Meteor, Institut für Meereskunde der Universität Hamburg, 01-2, 191 pp, https://doi.org/10.2312/cr_m47
Source:
Physical oceanography from mooring KPO_0886 in nc format (2026). kpo_0886.zip
Previous version:
Schott, Friedrich A; Zantopp, Rainer; Hummels, Rebecca (2018): Physical oceanography from mooring KPO_0886 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.886417
Standard operating procedure:
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for GEOMAR Mooring Data Processing (2026). Mooring_Processing_v2.pdf
Project(s):
Tropisch-subtropische Wechselwirkungen (CLIVAR-marin)
Funding:
Coverage:
Latitude: -10.611700 * Longitude: -35.390000
Date/Time Start: 2000-03-15T20:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2002-02-03T22:11:34
Minimum DEPTH, water: -154.42 m * Maximum DEPTH, water: 2969.45 m
Event(s):
KPO_0886 (kpo_0886) * Latitude: -10.611700 * Longitude: -35.390000 * Date/Time Start: 2000-03-18T21:59:59 * Date/Time End: 2001-11-05T23:00:00 * Campaign: TROPINT02 * Basis: Ronald H. Brown * Method/Device: Mooring (MOOR)
Comment:
instrument = Label:kpo_0886_01 File:kpo_0886_instr_01.nc Type:Teledyne RDI Narrowband 150 SN:00591
instrument = Label:kpo_0886_02 File:kpo_0886_instr_02.nc Type:Seabird SeaCat 16 SN:2272 depth/pressure data was at least partially derived and not directly measured, consult quality flags for details
instrument = Label:kpo_0886_03 File:kpo_0886_instr_03.nc Type:Aanderaa RCM 8 SN:06122 depth/pressure data was at least partially derived and not directly measured, consult quality flags for details
instrument = Label:kpo_0886_04 File:kpo_0886_instr_04.nc Type:GEOMAR TD-Logger SN:35
instrument = Label:kpo_0886_05 File:kpo_0886_instr_05.nc Type:Sontek Argonaut SN:151 depth/pressure data was at least partially derived and not directly measured, consult quality flags for details
instrument = Label:kpo_0886_06 File:kpo_0886_instr_06.nc Type:FSI ACM SN:1377 depth/pressure data was at least partially derived and not directly measured, consult quality flags for details
instrument = Label:kpo_0886_07 File:kpo_0886_instr_07.nc Type:Seabird SeaCat 16 SN:1532 depth/pressure data was at least partially derived and not directly measured, consult quality flags for details
instrument = Label:kpo_0886_08 File:kpo_0886_instr_08.nc Type:FSI ACM SN:1378 depth/pressure data was at least partially derived and not directly measured, consult quality flags for details
instrument = Label:kpo_0886_09 File:kpo_0886_instr_09.nc Type:Sontek Argonaut SN:184 depth/pressure data was at least partially derived and not directly measured, consult quality flags for details
instrument = Label:kpo_0886_10 File:kpo_0886_instr_10.nc Type:Sontek Argonaut SN:177 depth/pressure data was at least partially derived and not directly measured, consult quality flags for details
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sample code/label | Sample label | Hummels, Rebecca | |||
| 2 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Hummels, Rebecca | Geocode | ||
| 3 | DEPTH, water | Depth water | m | Hummels, Rebecca | Geocode | |
| 4 | Quality flag, water depth | QF water depth | Hummels, Rebecca | |||
| 5 | Pressure, water | Press | dbar | Hummels, Rebecca | ||
| 6 | Quality flag, water pressure | QF water press | Hummels, Rebecca | |||
| 7 | Temperature, water | Temp | °C | Hummels, Rebecca | ||
| 8 | Quality flag, water temperature | QF water temp | Hummels, Rebecca | |||
| 9 | Salinity | Sal | Hummels, Rebecca | |||
| 10 | Quality flag, salinity | QF sal | Hummels, Rebecca | |||
| 11 | Current velocity, east-west | Cur vel U | cm/s | Hummels, Rebecca | ||
| 12 | Quality flag, current velocity | QF cur vel | Hummels, Rebecca | |||
| 13 | Current velocity, north-south | Cur vel V | cm/s | Hummels, Rebecca | ||
| 14 | Quality flag, current velocity | QF cur vel | Hummels, Rebecca |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
2909724 data points
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