Dataset: drifter navigation

Name: SOFeX project South Patch Drifter Navigation from R/V Melville cruise COOK19MV from the Southern Ocean, south of New Zealand in 2002 (SOFeX project)
Published: 2008-08-15
Keywords: oceans

Cite This Dataset

Project:

Southern Ocean Iron Experiment (SOFeX)

Program:

Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB)

Iron Synthesis (FeSynth)

Principal Investigator:

Dr Xiujun Wang (Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, MLML)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Cynthia L. Chandler (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

15 August 2008

Version Date:

2008-08-15

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/2962/data

SOFeX project South Patch Drifter Navigation from R/V Melville cruise COOK19MV from the Southern Ocean, south of New Zealand in 2002 (SOFeX project)

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Description

SOFeX project South Patch Drifter Navigation

Acquisition Description

no methodology documentation contributed with data

Processing Description

 dates:           6 February 2002 to 13 February 2002  (20020206-20020213) 
 location:        N: -66.0829  S: -66.2076  W: -172.175  E: -171.213 

  
 Change history:
    070509: downloaded original data (MelvilleSoPatchDrifter.xls) from SOFeX project data web site.
            data prepared by Dave DuBois (OCB DMO, WHOI)
    080815: added to OCB database by Cyndy Chandler, OCB DMO, (cchandler@whoi.edu)
  
 OCB DMO Note: Two worksheets contained in original file: JD37.09_40 and JD40_44.3; plus embedded
    charts. The OCB DMO extracted charts and combined the two worksheets into one data set.
    Units of measurement were not reported for the distance measurements; guessing 
    the units might be meters.
 
 PI note: South Patch Drifter Navigation data plots were extracted from the Excel data file 
    and are available in a single PDF format file.

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Funding Sources

None available yet

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
COOK19MV	SOFeX MV	2002-01-19	R/V Melville	Dr Kenneth H. Coale (Chief Scientist)	data info

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
yrDay	day of year	dd.xxxx	yrday
lon_ship	longitude of ship; negative denotes West	decimal degrees	unknown
lat_ship	latitude of ship; negative denotes South	decimal degrees	unknown
lon_drift	longitude of drifter; negative denotes West	decimal degrees	unknown
lat_drift	latitude of drifter; negative denotes South	decimal degrees	unknown
lon_dist	longitude distance	meters ??	unknown
lat_dist	latitude distance	meters ??	unknown

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Dataset: drifter navigation