Details of WOCE SAMBA experiment float data
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Title of dataset | WOCE SAMBA experiment float data |
Narrative summary of dataset | During the World Ocean circulation experiment, 100 MARVOR floats were launched near 800 dbar mostly in the Brazil basin, within the framework of SAMBA (SubAntartic Motions in the Brazil bAsin).This experiment aimed at describing the absolute general circulation of the Antarctic Intermediate Water around 800 m depth in the South Atlantic. MARVOR floats cycled every 2 (or 3) months between their nominal depth and surface to transmit data via the ARGOS system and were programmed for 30 (or 20) cycles, i.e. a total life of 5 years. |
Supporting documentation | M. Ollitrault, Y. Auffret, N. Cortès, C. Hémon, P. Jégou, S. Le Reste, G. Loaëc, J-P. Rannou - 1995 - The SAMBA experiment, volume 1, SAMBA I LAGRAGIAN and CTD DATA (February 1994 - August 1995). Repères Océan 12, 1995, 496p. SAMBA_Float_positions: one file per float and per cycle SAMBA_read-me.txt: explains how to read the data siles |
Project/programme | WOCE/SAMBA/FLOATS |
Start date | 1994-02-12 |
End date | 2003-12-31 |
Responsible organisations
Country | France |
Organisation name | Laboratory for Ocean Physics and Satellite remote |
Role of organisation | Originator of Dataset |
Country | France |
Organisation name | SEA scieNtific Open data Edition |
Role of organisation | Publisher |
Dataset availability
Original dataset download link | https://cloud.emodnet-ingestion.eu/index.php/s/x2Ax7lnNPAcTO8a |
Date of original dataset publication | 2018-04-30 |
Dataset format | Text or Plaintext |
Public access | No limitations |
License for use | CC0 1.0 |
Type | Dataset |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.17882/46185 |
Locations
Map | © OpenStreetMap contributors |
Latitude north boundary | 5 |
Longitude east boundary | -20 |
Latitude south boundary | -45 |
Longitude west boundary | -56 |
Coordinate reference system | World Geodetic System 84 |
Sea area | Atlantic Ocean |
Data types, collection and processing
Observation type | Water column temperature and salinity |
Currents | |
Parameter | Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents) |
Temperature of the water column | |
Platform type | drifting subsurface float |
Process information
Submitting organisation | Ifremer, Scientific Information Systems for the sea |
Submission identifier (UUID) | 12fcd5d6-034c-4fe1-ba13-5253f8608de6 |
Date of dataset creation | 1994-02-12 |
Date of metadata creation | 2018-04-09 |
Date of metadata latest revision | 2018-04-12 |
Date of publishing | 2018-04-30 |
Processing data centre | Ifremer, Scientific Information Systems for the sea |
Summary record-ID | 140 |