Hummels, Rebecca; Brandt, Peter; Dengler, Marcus (2026): Physical oceanography from mooring KPO_0906 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.996306 (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
Stramma, Lothar (2001): Zirkulation und Klimavariabilität des tropischen Atlantiks = Circulation and climate variability in the tropical Atlantic ; Fahrtbericht / Cruise Report SO151 KLIIMAZIIRKEL (BMBF Projekt 03G0151A), Bridgetown - Recife, 1. - 27. November 2000. Institut für Meereskunde an der Universität Kiel, Germany, 33 pp, https://doi.org/10.3289/CR_SO_151
Source:
Physical oceanography from mooring KPO_0906 in nc format (2026). kpo_0906.zip
Previous version:
Schott, Friedrich A; Zantopp, Rainer; Hummels, Rebecca (2018): Physical oceanography from mooring KPO_0906 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.886428
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: -10.941700 * Longitude: -34.992000
Date/Time Start: 2000-11-16T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2002-02-04T00:00:03
Minimum DEPTH, water: 0.77 m * Maximum DEPTH, water: 3421.43 m
Event(s):
KPO_0906 (kpo_0906) * Latitude: -10.941700 * Longitude: -34.992000 * Date/Time Start: 2000-11-24T15:30:00 * Date/Time End: 2002-02-03T10:00:02 * Campaign: TROPINT02 * Basis: Ronald H. Brown * Method/Device: Mooring (MOOR)
Comment:
instrument = Label:kpo_0906_01 File:kpo_0906_instr_01.nc Type:Seabird MicroCat 37-SM SN:00056 depth/pressure data was at least partially derived and not directly measured, consult quality flags for details
instrument = Label:kpo_0906_02 File:kpo_0906_instr_02.nc Type:Sontek Argonaut SN:182 depth/pressure data was at least partially derived and not directly measured, consult quality flags for details
instrument = Label:kpo_0906_03 File:kpo_0906_instr_03.nc Type:GEOMAR TD-Logger SN:17
instrument = Label:kpo_0906_04 File:kpo_0906_instr_04.nc Type:Seabird MicroCat 37-SM SN:00054 depth/pressure data was at least partially derived and not directly measured, consult quality flags for details
instrument = Label:kpo_0906_05 File:kpo_0906_instr_05.nc Type:Aanderaa RCM 8 SN:09933
instrument = Label:kpo_0906_06 File:kpo_0906_instr_06.nc Type:Seabird SeaCat 16 SN:1307 depth/pressure data was at least partially derived and not directly measured, consult quality flags for details
instrument = Label:kpo_0906_07 File:kpo_0906_instr_07.nc Type:Sontek Argonaut SN:183 depth/pressure data was at least partially derived and not directly measured, consult quality flags for details
instrument = Label:kpo_0906_08 File:kpo_0906_instr_08.nc Type:Sontek Argonaut SN:188 depth/pressure data was at least partially derived and not directly measured, consult quality flags for details
instrument = Label:kpo_0906_09 File:kpo_0906_instr_09.nc Type:Seabird SeaCat 16 SN:0941 depth/pressure data was at least partially derived and not directly measured, consult quality flags for details
instrument = Label:kpo_0906_10 File:kpo_0906_instr_10.nc Type:Sontek Argonaut SN:038 depth/pressure data was at least partially derived and not directly measured, consult quality flags for details
instrument = Label:kpo_0906_11 File:kpo_0906_instr_11.nc Type:Aanderaa RCM 8 SN:09349
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:
1746444 data points
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