Hummels, Rebecca; Brandt, Peter; Dengler, Marcus (2026): Physical oceanography from mooring KPO_0961 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.996422 (DOI registration in progress)
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Published: 2026-08-10
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
Steinfeldt, Reiner; Rhein, Monika; Brandt, Peter; Grevemeyer, Ingo; Reston, Timothy J; Devey, Colin W; Lackschewitz, Klas Sven (2009): Oceanography, geology and geophysics of the South Equatorial Atlantic, Cruise No. 62, June 24 - December 30, 2004, Ponta-Delgada (Portugal) - Walvis Bay (Namibia). METEOR-Berichte, Leitstelle Meteor, Institut für Meereskunde der Universität Hamburg, 09-1, 237 pp, https://doi.org/10.2312/cr_m62
Source:
Physical oceanography from mooring KPO_0961 in nc format (2026). kpo_0961.zip
Previous version:
Schott, Friedrich A; Zantopp, Rainer; Hummels, Rebecca (2018): Physical oceanography from mooring KPO_0961 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.886451
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: -10.940000 * Longitude: -34.993300
Date/Time Start: 2003-04-26T22:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2004-08-17T19:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, water: -0.15 m * Maximum DEPTH, water: 3498.04 m
Event(s):
KPO_0961 (kpo_0961) * Latitude: -10.940000 * Longitude: -34.993300 * Date/Time Start: 2003-05-11T22:00:01 * Date/Time End: 2004-08-17T14:30:00 * Campaign: M62/2 * Basis: Meteor (1986) * Method/Device: Mooring (MOOR)
Comment:
instrument = Label:kpo_0961_01 File:kpo_0961_instr_01.nc Type:GEOMAR TD-Logger SN:10 depth/pressure data was at least partially derived and not directly measured, consult quality flags for details
instrument = Label:kpo_0961_02 File:kpo_0961_instr_02.nc Type:Seabird MicroCat 37-SM SN:02250 depth/pressure data was at least partially derived and not directly measured, consult quality flags for details
instrument = Label:kpo_0961_03 File:kpo_0961_instr_03.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_0961_04 File:kpo_0961_instr_04.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_0961_05 File:kpo_0961_instr_05.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_0961_06 File:kpo_0961_instr_06.nc Type:Aanderaa RCM 8 SN:12783
instrument = Label:kpo_0961_07 File:kpo_0961_instr_07.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_0961_08 File:kpo_0961_instr_08.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_0961_09 File:kpo_0961_instr_09.nc Type:Seabird SeaCat 16 SN:1533 depth/pressure data was at least partially derived and not directly measured, consult quality flags for details
instrument = Label:kpo_0961_10 File:kpo_0961_instr_10.nc Type:Aanderaa RCM 8 SN:09349
instrument = Label:kpo_0961_11 File:kpo_0961_instr_11.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_0961_12 File:kpo_0961_instr_12.nc Type:Sontek Argonaut SN:151 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 |
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
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