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NODC Standard Product: Ocean current drifter data (2 disc set) (NCEI Accession 0098060)
2013-01-18
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2022-01-12
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These CD-ROMs hold over 4 million surface current observations, almost all obtained by the ship drift method. Date, data source, position, and current direction and speed are recorded for each observation. With the exception of about 5,100 observations taken using the Geomagnetic Electrokinetograph (GEK), these are not instrument-measured current data. Rather, they are indirect determinations of ocean surface currents based on the ship drift method. In this method, the difference between a ship's dead-reckoned position (determined from its previous position determined from a navigational fix) is ascribed solely to the effect of surface currents. These data are contained on disc 1 of this set.
In addition to the data files, disc 2 of this set provides surface current data summaries in the NODC Surface Current (Ship Drift) Long Summary format. These data are summarized by Modified Canadian ten-degree square, one-degree square, and month for all years. A Postscript file showing the Modified Canadian ten-degree square numbers is also included on disc 2 of this set. Subsurface Float Trajectories: The Subsurface Float Data Set consists primarily of SOFAR (Sound Fixing and Ranging) and RAFOS (SOFAR spelled backwards) float trajectories. These floats are ballasted for a target depth and acoustically tracked. Some ALACE (Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer) float trajectories are included with this float data set. ALACE is a subsurface float that cycles vertically from a depth where it is neutrally buoyant to the surface where it is located by, and relays data to, satellites. The Subsurface Float data has approximately 475 float trajectories and 432 float-years of data. Float depths range from a few hundred meters to several thousand with most observations falling in the 700 m to 2000 m depth range. Most of the trajectories are located in the North Atlantic Ocean and were obtained as part of a variety of experiments during the years 1972-1992.
This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis.
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0098060
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1995-05-01
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CURRENT DIRECTION
CURRENT SPEED
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NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS
GEK
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NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS
SUBSURFACE FLOAT
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NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS
US Navy; Naval Oceanographic Office
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS
US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; National Oceanographic Data Center
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NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS
World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE)
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NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS
Drake Passage
Northeast Atlantic Ocean (limit-40 W)
Northwest Pacific Ocean (limit-180)
Southeast Pacific Ocean (limit-140 W)
Southern Ocean
TOGA Area - Atlantic
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NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS
oceanography
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2012-09-15
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DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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WHOI > WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION
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EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
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GEK > Geomagnetic Electrokinetographs
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SUBSURFACE FLOAT (ICES code: 32SF)
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OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN
OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2023. GCMD Keywords, Version 17. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords
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Cite as: US National Oceanographic Data Center (2013). NODC Standard Product: Ocean current drifter data (2 disc set) (NCEI Accession 0098060). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0098060. Accessed [date].
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NCEI Accession 0098060 v1.1 was published.
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GEK
GEK
Geomagnetic Electrokinetograph
GEK measures surface current speed
SUBSURFACE FLOAT
SUBSURFACE FLOAT